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Page 68
The place called Three Rivers is rather to be considered as a long village than a
regular town ; and the design was to make the attack before break of day , with a
strong detachment , while two smaller parties were drawn up in readiness to ...
The place called Three Rivers is rather to be considered as a long village than a
regular town ; and the design was to make the attack before break of day , with a
strong detachment , while two smaller parties were drawn up in readiness to ...
Page 70
A strong detachment was landed here , under the command of General Burgoyne
, with orders to advance along the Sorrel to St. John's , while the remainder of the
fleet and army failed up the river Longueil , the place of passage from the ...
A strong detachment was landed here , under the command of General Burgoyne
, with orders to advance along the Sorrel to St. John's , while the remainder of the
fleet and army failed up the river Longueil , the place of passage from the ...
Page 173
... defy a strong force . Their nearest encampment was on the heights of Haerlem
, at the distance of about a mile and an half . There was between them M -
Gowan's pass , and the strong grounds called Morris's Heights lay between it and
King ...
... defy a strong force . Their nearest encampment was on the heights of Haerlem
, at the distance of about a mile and an half . There was between them M -
Gowan's pass , and the strong grounds called Morris's Heights lay between it and
King ...
Page 249
were in poffeflion of a strong post , from which it was not easy to drive them ; and
General Washington , , besides the strength of his situation , was now ren . dered
considerable by new reinforcements . Several strong bodies , under the ...
were in poffeflion of a strong post , from which it was not easy to drive them ; and
General Washington , , besides the strength of his situation , was now ren . dered
considerable by new reinforcements . Several strong bodies , under the ...
Page 250
General Howe did hot give up all hopes of bringing Washington from his strong
situation , and purlu . ed a plan that had well nigh answered his design . Upon
the 19th of June , he fuddenly retreated , and not without some visible signatures
of ...
General Howe did hot give up all hopes of bringing Washington from his strong
situation , and purlu . ed a plan that had well nigh answered his design . Upon
the 19th of June , he fuddenly retreated , and not without some visible signatures
of ...
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| Title | An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof with Its Various Successes and Disappointments on Both Sides, Volume 2 An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof with Its Various Successes and Disappointments on Both Sides, James Murray |
| Author | James Murray |
| Publisher | Robson, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 20 Apr 2012 |
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