The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, 2권Citizens' guild of Washington's boyhood home, 1926 |
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... encamped for the night in a bot- tom , as if to ensure concealment . Entertaining no doubt of the unfriendly designs ... encamp- ment , which he completely surrounded . At day- Surprises break , his troops fired and rushed upon the party ...
... encamped for the night in a bot- tom , as if to ensure concealment . Entertaining no doubt of the unfriendly designs ... encamp- ment , which he completely surrounded . At day- Surprises break , his troops fired and rushed upon the party ...
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... fort Cumberland , he said : " We are still encamped September 2 . here ; very sickly , and dispirited at the prospect before us . That appearance of glory which we CHAP . I once had in view - that hope GEORGE WASHINGTON . 45.
... fort Cumberland , he said : " We are still encamped September 2 . here ; very sickly , and dispirited at the prospect before us . That appearance of glory which we CHAP . I once had in view - that hope GEORGE WASHINGTON . 45.
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... encamped in the open field ; and were almost destitute of clothing . They had , too , been raised by the colonial governments ; each of which or- ganized its quota on different principles . From this cause resulted not only a want of ...
... encamped in the open field ; and were almost destitute of clothing . They had , too , been raised by the colonial governments ; each of which or- ganized its quota on different principles . From this cause resulted not only a want of ...
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... encamped within cannon - shot of this post , in a small village at the south end of the causeway ; Gazette - Remembrancer . The author was in this expedition , and relates the circum- stances attending it chiefly from his own ...
... encamped within cannon - shot of this post , in a small village at the south end of the causeway ; Gazette - Remembrancer . The author was in this expedition , and relates the circum- stances attending it chiefly from his own ...
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... encamped in front of them ; and , on the twenty- eighth at night , broke ground in form , within six hundred yards of a redoubt on the left . In this critical state of things , General Wash- ington determined to withdraw from Long ...
... encamped in front of them ; and , on the twenty- eighth at night , broke ground in form , within six hundred yards of a redoubt on the left . In this critical state of things , General Wash- ington determined to withdraw from Long ...
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American army arms Arnold arrival artillery attack attempt baggage body brigade British army Burgoyne camp campaign Captain CHAP Clinton Colonel Rawle Colonel Washington command Commander-in-chief commenced conduct congress considerable continental troops corps creek cross defence Delaware detachment determined directed division encamped enemy engaged eral evacuated execution exertions expedition favour fleet force fort Edward fort Mercer fort Mifflin fort Washington forts French front garrison Governor ground guard honour hope hundred immediately Indians intelligence Island Jersey killed Kingsbridge land letter Lieutenant Colonel Lord Cornwallis loss manded measure ment miles military militia night North numbers officers opinion orders party passed Peekskill Pennsylvania Philadelphia possession present prisoners province provisions quarters Quebec rear received regiment reinforcements rendered resolution retreat river road Schuyler Sir William situation soldiers soon tained taken thousand Ticonderoga tion town Virginia wounded York York Island
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490 페이지 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
491 페이지 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
485 페이지 - When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
445 페이지 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
493 페이지 - ... interrupt our connection and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity^ and when occasions have been given them, by the regular course of their laws, of removing from their councils the disturbers of our harmony, they have, by their free election, re-established them in power. At this" very time too, they are permitting their chief magistrate to send over not only soldiers of our common blood, but Scotch and foreign mercenaries to invade and destroy...
181 페이지 - ... with the deepest concern, I am obliged to confess my want of confidence in the generality of the troops.
236 페이지 - ... service of the militia who come in, you cannot tell how, go, you cannot tell when, and act, you cannot tell where, consume your provisions, exhaust your stores, and leave you at last at a critical moment?
479 페이지 - And you are to observe and follow such Orders and Directions from Time to Time, as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
164 페이지 - Their cause is bad — their men are conscious of it, and if opposed with firmness and coolness on their first onset, with our advantage of works, and knowledge of the ground, the victory is most assuredly ours. Every good soldier will be silent and attentive — wait for orders — and reserve his fire until he is sure of doing execution : of this the officers are to be particularly careful.
416 페이지 - I can assure those gentlemen, that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw remonstrances in a comfortable room, by a good fire side, than to occupy a cold bleak hill, and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets...