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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... difficulties arofe which rendered them totally abor- tive . It was intended according to this scheme , that the garrifons which Great Britain had at Detroit , and fome other parts of the remote back fettlements , with their artillery ...
... difficulties arofe which rendered them totally abor- tive . It was intended according to this scheme , that the garrifons which Great Britain had at Detroit , and fome other parts of the remote back fettlements , with their artillery ...
Page 40
... difficulty , for the whole ar- my inlifted for an year to come , for certain . Of all the difficulties which the Americans met in attempts towards establishing a military force , nothing affected them fo grievously , or was fo hard to ...
... difficulty , for the whole ar- my inlifted for an year to come , for certain . Of all the difficulties which the Americans met in attempts towards establishing a military force , nothing affected them fo grievously , or was fo hard to ...
Page 54
... difficulties a- rofe : it was difcovered that a new work had been thrown up , which was much stronger than any of the former , and that the whole were now fo compleatly fortified , that all hope of forcing them was at an end . It now ...
... difficulties a- rofe : it was difcovered that a new work had been thrown up , which was much stronger than any of the former , and that the whole were now fo compleatly fortified , that all hope of forcing them was at an end . It now ...
Page 55
... difficulty . This part of the history of the war is very differently reprefented . Government writers affirm that the enemy remained quiet during the time of the embarkation , and made not the finalleft attempt to give the troops any ...
... difficulty . This part of the history of the war is very differently reprefented . Government writers affirm that the enemy remained quiet during the time of the embarkation , and made not the finalleft attempt to give the troops any ...
Page 58
... difficulties and appre henfion . As the high or h - eat winds now prevailed , they were alfo liable to be blown ' off to the Weft In- dies , without a stock of provifions in any degree fuffi , cient to fubfift them in fuch a paffage ...
... difficulties and appre henfion . As the high or h - eat winds now prevailed , they were alfo liable to be blown ' off to the Weft In- dies , without a stock of provifions in any degree fuffi , cient to fubfift them in fuch a paffage ...
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