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Page 152
ation was not so very difficult , but experience proved that the whole scheine was
by no means practicables The management of this last part of the plan was
committed to Lord Viscount Howe and his brother Sir William Howe , two officers
of ...
ation was not so very difficult , but experience proved that the whole scheine was
by no means practicables The management of this last part of the plan was
committed to Lord Viscount Howe and his brother Sir William Howe , two officers
of ...
Page 177
ñeral , and very fatal to their aršy : A grand moveinent was accordingly made by
the whole , in a line of Imall detachments , and entrenched camps , which
occupied every height and strong guard from Valentine's Hill , near Kingsbridge
ph the ...
ñeral , and very fatal to their aršy : A grand moveinent was accordingly made by
the whole , in a line of Imall detachments , and entrenched camps , which
occupied every height and strong guard from Valentine's Hill , near Kingsbridge
ph the ...
Page 250
Upon the 19th of June , he fuddenly retreated , and not without some visible
signatures of precipitation , from his position in the front of the enemy , and witha
drawing his troops from Brunswick , retreated with the whole army towards
Amböy .
Upon the 19th of June , he fuddenly retreated , and not without some visible
signatures of precipitation , from his position in the front of the enemy , and witha
drawing his troops from Brunswick , retreated with the whole army towards
Amböy .
Page 350
At length , no fuccour appearing , no rational ground ot hope of any kind
remaining , an exact account of the provisions was taken on the evening of the
13th of October , when it was found that the whole stock in hand , would afford no
more ...
At length , no fuccour appearing , no rational ground ot hope of any kind
remaining , an exact account of the provisions was taken on the evening of the
13th of October , when it was found that the whole stock in hand , would afford no
more ...
Page 374
The whole nation was in an universal murmur concerning the iffue of this
expedition . The friends of the minister endeavoured to colour those delays and
disappointments with all their usual arts of apology , and promised fanguinely
upon the A ...
The whole nation was in an universal murmur concerning the iffue of this
expedition . The friends of the minister endeavoured to colour those delays and
disappointments with all their usual arts of apology , and promised fanguinely
upon the A ...
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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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