The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceLibrary of Alexandria, 1969. 1. 1. - 280페이지 |
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... wind failed him when still thirty miles fromSt.John's, another fortified poston the lowernarrows, wherethelake gradually tapers downtothe Richelieu River, itsoutlet to the St. Lawrence. Unableto advance otherwise, Arnoldtook to his ...
... wind failed him when still thirty miles fromSt.John's, another fortified poston the lowernarrows, wherethelake gradually tapers downtothe Richelieu River, itsoutlet to the St. Lawrence. Unableto advance otherwise, Arnoldtook to his ...
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... winds. Upon the arrival of theships of war, the Americansat once retreated. Duringthe winter, though reinforcements must have been received from timeto time, they had wasted from exposure, and from smallpox, which ravaged the camp. On ...
... winds. Upon the arrival of theships of war, the Americansat once retreated. Duringthe winter, though reinforcements must have been received from timeto time, they had wasted from exposure, and from smallpox, which ravaged the camp. On ...
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... wind, keeping along Grand Island, upon which their attention doubtless was fastened by the intelligence which they had received;but itwas a singular negligencethus torunto leewardwith afairwind, without thorough scouting on both hands ...
... wind, keeping along Grand Island, upon which their attention doubtless was fastened by the intelligence which they had received;but itwas a singular negligencethus torunto leewardwith afairwind, without thorough scouting on both hands ...
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... wind doubtless drewmorenortherly, adverse to the ship's approach; but,a flaw offthecliffs taking thefore and aft sailsof the Carleton, she fetched "nearly intothe middle ofthe rebel halfmoon, where Lieutenant J.R. Dacres intrepidly ...
... wind doubtless drewmorenortherly, adverse to the ship's approach; but,a flaw offthecliffs taking thefore and aft sailsof the Carleton, she fetched "nearly intothe middle ofthe rebel halfmoon, where Lieutenant J.R. Dacres intrepidly ...
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... wind, escaped under darkness." The astonishment nextmorning, he continues, was great,as was Carleton's rage. The latter started topursue in sucha hurry that he forgot to leave orders for thetroopswhich had been landed; but, failing to ...
... wind, escaped under darkness." The astonishment nextmorning, he continues, was great,as was Carleton's rage. The latter started topursue in sucha hurry that he forgot to leave orders for thetroopswhich had been landed; but, failing to ...
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