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Page 89
... their duty to the amazement of their enemies , and conducted their fire with
such deliberation and design , that almost every fhot did execution . The carnage
aboard the Bristol and Experiment was dreadful , and the ships were hulled in a ...
... their duty to the amazement of their enemies , and conducted their fire with
such deliberation and design , that almost every fhot did execution . The carnage
aboard the Bristol and Experiment was dreadful , and the ships were hulled in a ...
Page 222
Thus one part of General Washington's pláň was executed with success ; but the
two others failed in the execution ; the quantity of ice being so great that the
divisions under Erving and Cadwallader , found the fiver at the places they were
to ...
Thus one part of General Washington's pláň was executed with success ; but the
two others failed in the execution ; the quantity of ice being so great that the
divisions under Erving and Cadwallader , found the fiver at the places they were
to ...
Page 248
This was undoubtedly by much the shortest method ; but even then there were
several very great difficulties in the way of the execution of this project .
Washington was to be brought to a decisive action and also defeated , otherwise
they could ...
This was undoubtedly by much the shortest method ; but even then there were
several very great difficulties in the way of the execution of this project .
Washington was to be brought to a decisive action and also defeated , otherwise
they could ...
Page 272
In imi . tation of a similar proceeding at the battle.of Minden , he took effectual
measures that a single shot should not be fired in the course of the expedition ,
and that the execution should only be done by the point of the bayonets . The
night ...
In imi . tation of a similar proceeding at the battle.of Minden , he took effectual
measures that a single shot should not be fired in the course of the expedition ,
and that the execution should only be done by the point of the bayonets . The
night ...
Page 345
This misfortune was not reprieved , altho ' orders for the recovery of the post were
dispatched by the General ; and his relation of the transaction seems to imply
fome blame to those who failed in the execution . By this means the enemy
gained ...
This misfortune was not reprieved , altho ' orders for the recovery of the post were
dispatched by the General ; and his relation of the transaction seems to imply
fome blame to those who failed in the execution . By this means the enemy
gained ...
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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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