The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American IndependenceLibrary of Alexandria, 1969. 1. 1. - 280페이지 |
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... a land blockade of Quebec, which was cut off from the sea by the ice. "For five months," wrote Carletonto the Secretaryfor War, onthe 14th of May, 1776,"thistownhas been closelyinvested by the rebels." From thisunpleasant position itwas ...
... a land blockade of Quebec, which was cut off from the sea by the ice. "For five months," wrote Carletonto the Secretaryfor War, onthe 14th of May, 1776,"thistownhas been closelyinvested by the rebels." From thisunpleasant position itwas ...
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... 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 the 1st of ...
... 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 the 1st of ...
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Alfred Thayer Mahan. When two hundred troops had landed from the ships, Carleton marched out, "to see," he said, "what these mighty boasters were about." The sneerwas unworthy a man ofhis generous character, for the boasters hadendured ...
Alfred Thayer Mahan. When two hundred troops had landed from the ships, Carleton marched out, "to see," he said, "what these mighty boasters were about." The sneerwas unworthy a man ofhis generous character, for the boasters hadendured ...
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... the Lake was a long and arduous task. A great part of the Richelieu Riverwas shoal, andobstructed by rapids. Thepoint wherelake navigation beganwas atSt.John's, to which the nearest approach, bya hundredton schooner, from the St ...
... the Lake was a long and arduous task. A great part of the Richelieu Riverwas shoal, andobstructed by rapids. Thepoint wherelake navigation beganwas atSt.John's, to which the nearest approach, bya hundredton schooner, from the St ...
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... The consequence was that the Americanflotilla was not discovered until Valcour Island, whichisfrom one hundred andtwenty to one hundred andeighty feet high throughout itstwo miles of length, wassofar passedthat the attack hadtobe made from ...
... The consequence was that the Americanflotilla was not discovered until Valcour Island, whichisfrom one hundred andtwenty to one hundred andeighty feet high throughout itstwo miles of length, wassofar passedthat the attack hadtobe made from ...
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