Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... command , thought to fignalize , and raise himself into importance , by furprizing the town of Mon- treal . This rafh enterprize he undertook at the head of a fmall party of English provincials and Canadians , without the know- ledge of ...
... command , thought to fignalize , and raise himself into importance , by furprizing the town of Mon- treal . This rafh enterprize he undertook at the head of a fmall party of English provincials and Canadians , without the know- ledge of ...
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... commands the entrance into Canada , could not be reduced without a tolerable provifion of that kind . A fortu- nate ... command of Major Prefton , i- amounted to between 6 and 700 5 - men , of which about 300 were regu- he lars , and ...
... commands the entrance into Canada , could not be reduced without a tolerable provifion of that kind . A fortu- nate ... command of Major Prefton , i- amounted to between 6 and 700 5 - men , of which about 300 were regu- he lars , and ...
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... command de- volved upon a Mr. Campbell , who immediately retired without any farther effort . Whether he yielded too easily to the firft impreffion , as the Americans afferted , it is im- ' poffible for thofe who are not per- fectly ...
... command de- volved upon a Mr. Campbell , who immediately retired without any farther effort . Whether he yielded too easily to the firft impreffion , as the Americans afferted , it is im- ' poffible for thofe who are not per- fectly ...
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... command of the American army devolved upon Arnold , whose wound rendered him , for the fent , unequal to fo ardous a task . Their perfeverance was , however , aftonishing in their circumstances . They had loft befides their Gene- zal ...
... command of the American army devolved upon Arnold , whose wound rendered him , for the fent , unequal to fo ardous a task . Their perfeverance was , however , aftonishing in their circumstances . They had loft befides their Gene- zal ...
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... Command of the army at Bofton devolves upon General Howe . Continental army before Befton enlift for a new term . Town of Falmouth cannonaded , and nearly deftroyed . paffed by the Affembly of Massachusets Bay , for granting letters of ...
... Command of the army at Bofton devolves upon General Howe . Continental army before Befton enlift for a new term . Town of Falmouth cannonaded , and nearly deftroyed . paffed by the Affembly of Massachusets Bay , for granting letters of ...
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