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... Fleet - Attack on New York planned - Failure of the Attempt against Newport , and Displeasure of the French Commander - Massacre of Baylor's Dragoons and American Troops at Egg Harbor - Destitute condition of the Army , and Opinions of ...
... Fleet - Attack on New York planned - Failure of the Attempt against Newport , and Displeasure of the French Commander - Massacre of Baylor's Dragoons and American Troops at Egg Harbor - Destitute condition of the Army , and Opinions of ...
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... fleets of the strongest em- pire on the globe . He was not one of those who build hopes on dreams , and can be cheated into security by the illusions of fancy . The future lay clear before him ; that is , it was darkness unrelieved by ...
... fleets of the strongest em- pire on the globe . He was not one of those who build hopes on dreams , and can be cheated into security by the illusions of fancy . The future lay clear before him ; that is , it was darkness unrelieved by ...
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... fleet , and though no agreement was entered into , it was understood on both sides that the evacuation was to be effected quietly and without molestation . Washington , however , was determined not to trust to promises , and commenced ...
... fleet , and though no agreement was entered into , it was understood on both sides that the evacuation was to be effected quietly and without molestation . Washington , however , was determined not to trust to promises , and commenced ...
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... fleet had left he dispatched thither a regiment and several companies of riflemen , and wrote to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut , to throw two thousand men with- out delay into the town , and also to the Committee of Safety of New ...
... fleet had left he dispatched thither a regiment and several companies of riflemen , and wrote to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut , to throw two thousand men with- out delay into the town , and also to the Committee of Safety of New ...
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... fleet from Halifax had arrived , and while Philadelphia was yet shaking to the shouts of the multitude , on the wooded heights of Staten Island the last of the troops under General Howe were assembling , preparatory to a descent on the ...
... fleet from Halifax had arrived , and while Philadelphia was yet shaking to the shouts of the multitude , on the wooded heights of Staten Island the last of the troops under General Howe were assembling , preparatory to a descent on the ...
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