A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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Page viii
... surrender , and the sum- mons rejected ... The enemy's batteries are opened ... Dan- gerous situation of Lincoln ... Terms of capitulation offered by Lincoln and rejected ... Movements of the Cavalry ... Sur- prise of Lieutenant Colonel ...
... surrender , and the sum- mons rejected ... The enemy's batteries are opened ... Dan- gerous situation of Lincoln ... Terms of capitulation offered by Lincoln and rejected ... Movements of the Cavalry ... Sur- prise of Lieutenant Colonel ...
Page x
... surrender of a garrison at Rudgely's Farm by stratagem ... General Greene takes a position on the Pedee ... Morgan advances to the Pacolet and Broad Rivers ... Leslie arrives at Charles- ton with reinforcements for Cornwallis , and ...
... surrender of a garrison at Rudgely's Farm by stratagem ... General Greene takes a position on the Pedee ... Morgan advances to the Pacolet and Broad Rivers ... Leslie arrives at Charles- ton with reinforcements for Cornwallis , and ...
Page xii
... surrenders to Marion and Lee ... The Americans re- duce Orangeburg and Fort Granby ... Marion gains posses- sion of Augusta ... Greene lays siege to Ninety - Six - at- tempts a storm and is repulsed ... Arrival of Lord Rawdon with ...
... surrenders to Marion and Lee ... The Americans re- duce Orangeburg and Fort Granby ... Marion gains posses- sion of Augusta ... Greene lays siege to Ninety - Six - at- tempts a storm and is repulsed ... Arrival of Lord Rawdon with ...
Page xiii
... surrender of Lord Cornwallis ... Universal joy which that event occasioned ... Sir Henry Clinton appears off the Capes of Virginia with the British fleet , and an army of 7000 men ... Hears of the fall of Cornwallis , and returns to New ...
... surrender of Lord Cornwallis ... Universal joy which that event occasioned ... Sir Henry Clinton appears off the Capes of Virginia with the British fleet , and an army of 7000 men ... Hears of the fall of Cornwallis , and returns to New ...
Page 48
... surrender as prisoners of war . Majors Stewart and Tillard , who commanded there , thus fell into the hands of the enemy . The whole loss of the Ameri- cans in the course of the day amounted to nearly two hundred killed , wounded and ...
... surrender as prisoners of war . Majors Stewart and Tillard , who commanded there , thus fell into the hands of the enemy . The whole loss of the Ameri- cans in the course of the day amounted to nearly two hundred killed , wounded and ...
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