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 63
... expected , the Americans grew moré active in their operations . They again renewed the fiege , and erected batteries , and made feveral attempts by fire - fhips and otherwife to burn the veffels in the harbour . They failed in thefe ...
... expected , the Americans grew moré active in their operations . They again renewed the fiege , and erected batteries , and made feveral attempts by fire - fhips and otherwife to burn the veffels in the harbour . They failed in thefe ...
Page 64
... expected . Gene- ral Woofter had gone to Montreal to make prepara- tion neceffary for facilitating that purpose , when the Itis man of war , and two frigates which had failed from England , had forced their way through the ice , and ...
... expected . Gene- ral Woofter had gone to Montreal to make prepara- tion neceffary for facilitating that purpose , when the Itis man of war , and two frigates which had failed from England , had forced their way through the ice , and ...
Page 69
... expected . Nefbit's corps kept the fide of the river to prevent their efcape to their boats , while Frafer pursued them and galled them feverely with his light artillery . Be- tween both they were driven for fome miles through a deep ...
... expected . Nefbit's corps kept the fide of the river to prevent their efcape to their boats , while Frafer pursued them and galled them feverely with his light artillery . Be- tween both they were driven for fome miles through a deep ...
Page 70
... expected a ftand and a strong refiftance would have been made by the colonists . Burgoyne purfued his march along the Sorrel with- out intermiffion ; but with much caution , as was ne- ceffary in a country where there was ftill ...
... expected a ftand and a strong refiftance would have been made by the colonists . Burgoyne purfued his march along the Sorrel with- out intermiffion ; but with much caution , as was ne- ceffary in a country where there was ftill ...
Page 71
... expected . General Burgoyue arrived at St John's on the evening of the 18th of June , where he found the buildings on flames and nearly every thing destroyed that could not be carried away.- The provincials acted in the fame manner at ...
... expected . General Burgoyue arrived at St John's on the evening of the 18th of June , where he found the buildings on flames and nearly every thing destroyed that could not be carried away.- The provincials acted in the fame manner at ...
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