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Page 167
In this situation there was no hope left but in a retreat , which was even
exceedingly difficult under the watchful eye of an active enemy , with a powerful
army flushed with success , almost close to their works .-This difficult task was
however ...
In this situation there was no hope left but in a retreat , which was even
exceedingly difficult under the watchful eye of an active enemy , with a powerful
army flushed with success , almost close to their works .-This difficult task was
however ...
Page 221
Thuş overpowered and nearly surrounded , after an ineffectual attempt to retreat
to Prince . town , the three regiments of Rall , Lofsberg , and Knyphausen ,
Knyphausen , were obliged to surrender prisoners of war . A. D. 1777 , THE WAR
IN ...
Thuş overpowered and nearly surrounded , after an ineffectual attempt to retreat
to Prince . town , the three regiments of Rall , Lofsberg , and Knyphausen ,
Knyphausen , were obliged to surrender prisoners of war . A. D. 1777 , THE WAR
IN ...
Page 250
The royal army in this feigned retreat were guilty of some particular excesses ;
enormities , which were thought to have been permitted on purpose to enflame
the passions of the colonists , and to promote the general design of bringing them
to ...
The royal army in this feigned retreat were guilty of some particular excesses ;
enormities , which were thought to have been permitted on purpose to enflame
the passions of the colonists , and to promote the general design of bringing them
to ...
Page 347
The army accordingly began to move at nine o'clock at night ; and though the
move . ment was within musket fhot of the enemy , and the army encumbered in
the retreat with all its baggage , it was made without loss . A heavy rain which fell
...
The army accordingly began to move at nine o'clock at night ; and though the
move . ment was within musket fhot of the enemy , and the army encumbered in
the retreat with all its baggage , it was made without loss . A heavy rain which fell
...
Page 350
cumstances , and this state of weakness , without a posfibility of retreat , and their
provision juit exhausted , they were invested by an army of tour times their own
number , whose position extended three parts in four of a circle round them ; who
...
cumstances , and this state of weakness , without a posfibility of retreat , and their
provision juit exhausted , they were invested by an army of tour times their own
number , whose position extended three parts in four of a circle round them ; who
...
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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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