An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army, Through the Revolutionary War; and the First President of the United StatesThomas & Sturtevant, Sold by Thomas and Andrews, 1807 - 552 pages |
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... orders of Colonel WASHINGTON . The For the security of their stores he erected a small stockade , and then marched towards Fort du Ques- ne , to dislodge the French . At the foot of Laurel Hill , thirteen miles on the way , he was met ...
... orders of Colonel WASHINGTON . The For the security of their stores he erected a small stockade , and then marched towards Fort du Ques- ne , to dislodge the French . At the foot of Laurel Hill , thirteen miles on the way , he was met ...
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... Orders were also given immediately to fill up the regiment ; although no money was voted for the recruiting service . Colonel WASHINGTON pointedly remonstrated against these measures ; but being adopted , did all in his power to carry ...
... Orders were also given immediately to fill up the regiment ; although no money was voted for the recruiting service . Colonel WASHINGTON pointedly remonstrated against these measures ; but being adopted , did all in his power to carry ...
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... orders of the commander to his re- spective officers . Of all those , who on this fatal day did duty on horseback , he alone escaped with- out a wound ; although he had two horses shot un- der him , and four balls through his coat ...
... orders of the commander to his re- spective officers . Of all those , who on this fatal day did duty on horseback , he alone escaped with- out a wound ; although he had two horses shot un- der him , and four balls through his coat ...
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... of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panic , that noth- ing but confusion and disobedience of orders pre- vailed among them . The officers in general behav . 1755. ] 15 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
... of Virginia , he observes , " They were struck with such an inconceivable panic , that noth- ing but confusion and disobedience of orders pre- vailed among them . The officers in general behav . 1755. ] 15 LIFE OF WASHINGTON .
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... orders were often inade- quate to their object , or impracticable in their na- ture . The military code of the Colony was insuf- ficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into the field with the dispatch necessary to D ...
... orders were often inade- quate to their object , or impracticable in their na- ture . The military code of the Colony was insuf- ficient , which rendered it impossible to bring the militia into the field with the dispatch necessary to D ...
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