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 49
... military opera- tions . This was an ordnance fhip from Woolwich , which had feparated from her convoy , and being herself of no force , was taken without defence by à fmall privateer . This veffel contained , befides a small mortar upon ...
... military opera- tions . This was an ordnance fhip from Woolwich , which had feparated from her convoy , and being herself of no force , was taken without defence by à fmall privateer . This veffel contained , befides a small mortar upon ...
Page 53
... military honour , as well as of his own , the General should hazard much , rather than submit to the indignity of abandoning the town . He commanded a force which he knew had been confi- dered and represented here as fufficient to look ...
... military honour , as well as of his own , the General should hazard much , rather than submit to the indignity of abandoning the town . He commanded a force which he knew had been confi- dered and represented here as fufficient to look ...
Page 54
... military glory may infpire fome officers that have fuffered their minds to roam in the field of ro- mance , and have , through an habit of thinking , wrought up their minds to think it a glory to die in battle , yet the common foldiers ...
... military glory may infpire fome officers that have fuffered their minds to roam in the field of ro- mance , and have , through an habit of thinking , wrought up their minds to think it a glory to die in battle , yet the common foldiers ...
Page 58
... military , that all this dangerous voyage when compleated , was directly fo much out of their way . They were going to the northern , extremities of the continent , when their business lay in the fouth- ern , or at least about the ...
... military , that all this dangerous voyage when compleated , was directly fo much out of their way . They were going to the northern , extremities of the continent , when their business lay in the fouth- ern , or at least about the ...
Page 65
... military affairs to lofe an opportunity of feizing the advanta- ges which the prefent fituation afforded . A fmall de- tachment of land forces which arrived with the fhips , of war , together with the marines , being landed with the ...
... military affairs to lofe an opportunity of feizing the advanta- ges which the prefent fituation afforded . A fmall de- tachment of land forces which arrived with the fhips , of war , together with the marines , being landed with the ...
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