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Page 171
The royal army was now divided from the island of New York by the East River ,
and the men were impatient to pass that narrow limit . They posted themselves
along the coast wherever they could see or front their enemies , and erected ...
The royal army was now divided from the island of New York by the East River ,
and the men were impatient to pass that narrow limit . They posted themselves
along the coast wherever they could see or front their enemies , and erected ...
Page 173
Part of the British army took poffeffion of New York , and the rest encamped near
the centre of the island , with their right on Floren's Nook , on the East River , and
the left near Bloomingdale , and thus occupied the island from shore to shore ...
Part of the British army took poffeffion of New York , and the rest encamped near
the centre of the island , with their right on Floren's Nook , on the East River , and
the left near Bloomingdale , and thus occupied the island from shore to shore ...
Page 288
After much preparation , and severe labour , as well as imminent danger , the
cfficers and seamen conveyed some heavy artillery , provisions , and stores up
the river , by a different channel , on the West fide , to a small marshy island ,
where ...
After much preparation , and severe labour , as well as imminent danger , the
cfficers and seamen conveyed some heavy artillery , provisions , and stores up
the river , by a different channel , on the West fide , to a small marshy island ,
where ...
Page 464
... these notices , and suffered the French squadron , under the Count D'Estaing ,
to pass the limits of the Mediterranean , and to carry destruction to our fleet and
army in North America , and afterwards fire and sword to our West India islands .
... these notices , and suffered the French squadron , under the Count D'Estaing ,
to pass the limits of the Mediterranean , and to carry destruction to our fleet and
army in North America , and afterwards fire and sword to our West India islands .
Page 481
Two oppofite bays , in the inlets on the eastern and western , fides of the island ,
comprefs it fo much , as to form a kind of isthmus , by which the southern end ,
that fpreads into the ocean , is connected with the main body . The town of
Newport ...
Two oppofite bays , in the inlets on the eastern and western , fides of the island ,
comprefs it fo much , as to form a kind of isthmus , by which the southern end ,
that fpreads into the ocean , is connected with the main body . The town of
Newport ...
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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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