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. Compiled Under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers ... to which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America, from Their Settlement to the Commencement of that War which Terminated in Their Independence, Volume 2C.P. Wayne., 1804 - Presidents |
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... arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the information already ...
... arrive , and had heard the intention declared of march- ing immediately to attack the English , with a corps composed of eight hundred French , and four hundred Indians . This intelligence was corroborated , by the information already ...
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... arrive . Third . In pursuance of this advice , colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the ...
... arrive . Third . In pursuance of this advice , colonel Wash- July 2 ington retreated to fort Necessity , and began a ditch around the stockade . Before it was completed , the enemy , supposed to amount to fifteen hundred men , under the ...
Page 12
... arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without attending to the condition or number of the forces , ordered them , on the advice of council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains , either to dispossess the French of their fort , or ...
... arrived , governor Dinwiddie , without attending to the condition or number of the forces , ordered them , on the advice of council , immediately to march over the Alleghany mountains , either to dispossess the French of their fort , or ...
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... arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they ... arrival of the looked for aid ; but if this measure was not adopted , such were the delays attendant on the march of ...
... arrive with the necessary quantity of provisions , and other supplies , be- cause the river La Bœuf , on which they ... arrival of the looked for aid ; but if this measure was not adopted , such were the delays attendant on the march of ...
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... arrival of colonel Dunbar . These orders he very reluctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general his solemn promise , that means should be used to bring him up with the detachment in front , before it reached fort du Quesne ...
... arrival of colonel Dunbar . These orders he very reluctantly obeyed , having first obtained from the general his solemn promise , that means should be used to bring him up with the detachment in front , before it reached fort du Quesne ...
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