The Life of George WashingtonC. Scribner, 1856 - 477 páginas |
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Página ix
... Advance of the Army to Fort Du Quesne - Wash- ington required to cut a New Road - His Forebodings likely to prove true— Capture of the Fort - Election of Washington to the House of Burgesses— His Marriage - Life at Mount Vernon ...
... Advance of the Army to Fort Du Quesne - Wash- ington required to cut a New Road - His Forebodings likely to prove true— Capture of the Fort - Election of Washington to the House of Burgesses— His Marriage - Life at Mount Vernon ...
Página xi
... advances to meet them - Skirmishing - Washington re - crosses the Brandywine and takes position near Chad's Ford - Position of the Northern Army , etc. CHAPTER IX . Battle of Brandywine - A new account of the loss of the British , found ...
... advances to meet them - Skirmishing - Washington re - crosses the Brandywine and takes position near Chad's Ford - Position of the Northern Army , etc. CHAPTER IX . Battle of Brandywine - A new account of the loss of the British , found ...
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... advance like one on a friendly errand , but lay skulking about with an armed force . Washington , when sent by Dinwiddie to the French , took only necessary guides . If , with a body of troops , he had lain for days about the fort , and ...
... advance like one on a friendly errand , but lay skulking about with an armed force . Washington , when sent by Dinwiddie to the French , took only necessary guides . If , with a body of troops , he had lain for days about the fort , and ...
Página 52
... advance to the Mononga- hela , while Captain Mackay remained at Fort Necessity . The nearest practicable route to Gist's settlement , thirteen miles distant , was through a terrific mountain gorge . Com- pelled to hew and dig a road ...
... advance to the Mononga- hela , while Captain Mackay remained at Fort Necessity . The nearest practicable route to Gist's settlement , thirteen miles distant , was through a terrific mountain gorge . Com- pelled to hew and dig a road ...
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... advance , attended by a working party of two hundred and fifty more . Braddock followed with the artillery , the main army , and baggage . The French had selected an admirable place for an ambuscade . A gentle slope , gashed by two ...
... advance , attended by a working party of two hundred and fifty more . Braddock followed with the artillery , the main army , and baggage . The French had selected an admirable place for an ambuscade . A gentle slope , gashed by two ...
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