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... enemy's appearance . The dragoons were ordered instantly to embark . Of the small party , four with the lieutenant colonel jumped into the boat , the van of the enemy's horse in full view , pressing down the hill in pursuit of the two ...
... enemy's appearance . The dragoons were ordered instantly to embark . Of the small party , four with the lieutenant colonel jumped into the boat , the van of the enemy's horse in full view , pressing down the hill in pursuit of the two ...
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... enemy in his camp at Germantown , early in the morn- ing of the fourth . The commencement was favoura- ble ; * but , by the failure of punctual correspondent co- operation , and the brave stand of colonel Musgrave with the fortieth ...
... enemy in his camp at Germantown , early in the morn- ing of the fourth . The commencement was favoura- ble ; * but , by the failure of punctual correspondent co- operation , and the brave stand of colonel Musgrave with the fortieth ...
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... enemy were crossing at that ferry ; the safety of his detachment required that he should acertain whether the enemy were actually crossing the Delaware or not ; and he immediately , with a small escort of dragoons , proceeded with great ...
... enemy were crossing at that ferry ; the safety of his detachment required that he should acertain whether the enemy were actually crossing the Delaware or not ; and he immediately , with a small escort of dragoons , proceeded with great ...
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... enemy's retreat to Philadelphia , to protect his hospitals and stores in Bethlehem , Reading , and their vicinity , he would have placed himself on the western heights of the Schuyl- kill , whence he could with facility have driven the ...
... enemy's retreat to Philadelphia , to protect his hospitals and stores in Bethlehem , Reading , and their vicinity , he would have placed himself on the western heights of the Schuyl- kill , whence he could with facility have driven the ...
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... enemy , could have relieved the Bri- tish general ; which , in existing circumstances , was scarcely possible ; whereas a well fought day , crippling both armies , would in its consequences have produced decisive benefit to his ...
... enemy , could have relieved the Bri- tish general ; which , in existing circumstances , was scarcely possible ; whereas a well fought day , crippling both armies , would in its consequences have produced decisive benefit to his ...
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Strona 240 - Sir, a letter which I received last night contained the following paragraph : ' In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, Heaven has determined to save your country ; or a weak general and bad counsellors would have ruined it.
Strona 241 - I considered the information as coming from yourself, and given with a view to forewarn, and consequently to forearm me, against a secret enemy, or in other words, a dangerous incendiary ; in which character sooner or later this country will know General Conway. But in this, as in other matters of late, I have found myself mistaken.
Strona 242 - I find myself just able to hold the pen during a few minutes, and take this opportunity of expressing my sincere grief for having done, written, or said any thing disagreeable to your Excellency. My career will soon be over, therefore justice and truth prompt me to declare my last sentiments. You are in my eyes the great and good man. May you long enjoy the love, veneration, and esteem of these States, whose liberties you have asserted by your virtues.
Strona 165 - A rigid disciplinarian, he reduced to practice the justice of his heart; and during the difficult course of warfare, through which he passed, calumny itself never charged him with violating' the rights of person, property, or humanity.
Strona 236 - Those fathers of the commonwealth," writes Colonel H. Lee, in his memoirs, " appointed a committee of their body to wait on the vanquished general, and assure him of their high regard and esteem, that their remembrance of his former glorious services was never to be obliterated by any reverse of fortune ; but, ever mindful of his great merit, they would omit no opportunity of testifying to the world the gratitude which Virginia, as a member of the American Union, owed to him in his military character.
Strona 142 - Nevertheless, so well established was the spotless reputation of the vanquished general that he continued to enjoy the undiminished respect and confidence of Congress, of the army, and of the commander in chief.
Strona 186 - Convinced as I am, that a government is the murderer of its , citizens, which sends them to the field uninformed and untaught, where they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle...
Strona 2 - Nam saepe ego audivi Q. Maxumum, P. Scipionem, praeterea civitatis nostrae praeclaros viros solitos ita dicere, cum maiorum imagines intuerentur, vehementissume sibi animum ad virtutem accendi. Scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere neque prius sedari quam virtus eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit.