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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... greatly alarmed the army in the town , and all hands were bufily employed in quenching fires , and extin- guiling the flames of houfes , the ufual attendants of fuch fuch an attack . While they were employed in this So A. D. 1776 HISTORY ...
... greatly alarmed the army in the town , and all hands were bufily employed in quenching fires , and extin- guiling the flames of houfes , the ufual attendants of fuch fuch an attack . While they were employed in this So A. D. 1776 HISTORY ...
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... attack . While they were employed in this fort of exercise , they faw with inexpreffible furprize , on the morning of the 5th of March fome confider- able works appear on the other fide of the town upon the heights of Dorchefter Point ...
... attack . While they were employed in this fort of exercise , they faw with inexpreffible furprize , on the morning of the 5th of March fome confider- able works appear on the other fide of the town upon the heights of Dorchefter Point ...
Page 52
... attack the work , it is not improbable that his whole army would have been ruined . The provincials were eager for a battle , and they were provided for an attack , and would have made fuch a refiftance as would have been fatal to our ...
... attack the work , it is not improbable that his whole army would have been ruined . The provincials were eager for a battle , and they were provided for an attack , and would have made fuch a refiftance as would have been fatal to our ...
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... attack upon our men , nothing remained but to abandon the town , and to convey the troops , artillery , and stores aboard the fhips . This laft refort was not ' free of difficulty . This part of the history of the war is very ...
... attack upon our men , nothing remained but to abandon the town , and to convey the troops , artillery , and stores aboard the fhips . This laft refort was not ' free of difficulty . This part of the history of the war is very ...
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... attacked them with all their force , and probably have ruined the whole ar- my , but as they did not ftir at the firft ... attack of their enemy.- This might happen without the General's knowledge . That there was a defign of burning the ...
... attacked them with all their force , and probably have ruined the whole ar- my , but as they did not ftir at the firft ... attack of their enemy.- This might happen without the General's knowledge . That there was a defign of burning the ...
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