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 2Robson, 1780 |
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... considerable caution , and the re- membrance of the fate of the Heffians made our of ficers more cautious than on fome former occafions . A brigade of the British troops lay that night at · Maidenhead , fix miles from Trenton , and ...
... considerable caution , and the re- membrance of the fate of the Heffians made our of ficers more cautious than on fome former occafions . A brigade of the British troops lay that night at · Maidenhead , fix miles from Trenton , and ...
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... considerable detachment , amounting , as we have been informed , to 300 men , being grenadiers and chaffeurs , to the heights of Dumoulin's Hill ; some of them were already on the ridge , ready to ' attack us on the rear of Guey's Hill ...
... considerable detachment , amounting , as we have been informed , to 300 men , being grenadiers and chaffeurs , to the heights of Dumoulin's Hill ; some of them were already on the ridge , ready to ' attack us on the rear of Guey's Hill ...
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