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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Page 39
... attempted to quit the town without licence , were condemned to mili- tary execution , if detected and taken ; and if they efcaped , to be proceeded against as traitors , and their effects to be forfeited . - By another proclamation ...
... attempted to quit the town without licence , were condemned to mili- tary execution , if detected and taken ; and if they efcaped , to be proceeded against as traitors , and their effects to be forfeited . - By another proclamation ...
Page 40
... attempts towards establishing a military force , nothing affected them fo grievously , or was fo hard to remedy as gun- powder . For though they used the utmoft diligence in collecting nitre , and all the other parts of the manufacture ...
... attempts towards establishing a military force , nothing affected them fo grievously , or was fo hard to remedy as gun- powder . For though they used the utmoft diligence in collecting nitre , and all the other parts of the manufacture ...
Page 46
... attempts were made to remedy and leffen fome of the wants that now prevailed in the ar- my . That of firing , which was most immediately and intolerably preffing , was in fome measure relieved by the destruction of houses . It muft ...
... attempts were made to remedy and leffen fome of the wants that now prevailed in the ar- my . That of firing , which was most immediately and intolerably preffing , was in fome measure relieved by the destruction of houses . It muft ...
Page 55
... attempt to give the troops any disturb- ance , while others , and fome who were prefent wit neffes and had a hare of the difafter , have affirmed that our troops fuffered prodigiously by an heavy fire from the provincials , owing , as ...
... attempt to give the troops any disturb- ance , while others , and fome who were prefent wit neffes and had a hare of the difafter , have affirmed that our troops fuffered prodigiously by an heavy fire from the provincials , owing , as ...
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... attempt upon New York , he detached feveral regi- ments for the protection of that city , on the very day upon which he took poffeffion of Boston . The royal army were not as yet in a fituation which admitted of their undertaking any ...
... attempt upon New York , he detached feveral regi- ments for the protection of that city , on the very day upon which he took poffeffion of Boston . The royal army were not as yet in a fituation which admitted of their undertaking any ...
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