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, Tập 3C.P. Wayne., 1804 |
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... cause would probably prompt them . Accordingly , an expedition was planned against Rhode Island . The land forces , amounting to about three thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in ...
... cause would probably prompt them . Accordingly , an expedition was planned against Rhode Island . The land forces , amounting to about three thousand men , were commanded by general sir Henry Clinton , and the fleet to be employed in ...
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... cause was far from being strengthened by this premature war of massacre and depredation . " These barbarities were not long unpunished . In aid of some regular regiments ordered on Annual Register . d Ramsay . CHAP . L that service ...
... cause was far from being strengthened by this premature war of massacre and depredation . " These barbarities were not long unpunished . In aid of some regular regiments ordered on Annual Register . d Ramsay . CHAP . L that service ...
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... cause was no sufficient justi- fication . Among these , the most interesting was the treatment of prisoners . General Gage , who had been appointed go . vernor of Massachussetts , had received , in that station , all the irritations of ...
... cause was no sufficient justi- fication . Among these , the most interesting was the treatment of prisoners . General Gage , who had been appointed go . vernor of Massachussetts , had received , in that station , all the irritations of ...
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... cause . On the recall of general Gage , the command devolved on sir William Howe , whose conduct was less exceptionable ; and this rigorous treatment of prisoners was soon relaxed . Not long after this , colonel Ethan Allen , a ...
... cause . On the recall of general Gage , the command devolved on sir William Howe , whose conduct was less exceptionable ; and this rigorous treatment of prisoners was soon relaxed . Not long after this , colonel Ethan Allen , a ...
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... cause , have ever been persuaded , that , if his orders did not produce the distress which existed , his authority was certainly not inter- posed with sufficient energy , to correct the abuses complained of . This inattention was the ...
... cause , have ever been persuaded , that , if his orders did not produce the distress which existed , his authority was certainly not inter- posed with sufficient energy , to correct the abuses complained of . This inattention was the ...
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