An Impartial History of the Present War in America: Containing an Account of Its Rise and Progress, the Political Springs Thereof, with Its Various Successes and Disappointments, on Both Sides, Volume 2T. Robson, 1780 - United States |
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... formed a defign of furprizing them in their entrenchments . This was undertaken be- fore day - light by Captain Fordyce , who at the head of his grenadiers , amounting to about fixty , led on the attack . They boldly paffed the causeway ...
... formed a defign of furprizing them in their entrenchments . This was undertaken be- fore day - light by Captain Fordyce , who at the head of his grenadiers , amounting to about fixty , led on the attack . They boldly paffed the causeway ...
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... formed a confiderable fleet with refpe & t to the number of veffels and tonnage , and these were al- fo crowded with people ; but the fhips were without force , and continued months without hands to navi- gate them . The rebels took ...
... formed a confiderable fleet with refpe & t to the number of veffels and tonnage , and these were al- fo crowded with people ; but the fhips were without force , and continued months without hands to navi- gate them . The rebels took ...
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... formed into companies , and were to be inftructed in military ex- ercises and difcipline , the remainder being obliged to pay their quotas in money towards the common de- fence . The limited time for which the foldiers in the pro ...
... formed into companies , and were to be inftructed in military ex- ercises and difcipline , the remainder being obliged to pay their quotas in money towards the common de- fence . The limited time for which the foldiers in the pro ...
Page 67
... formed a very daring plan with great addrefs , which , had it fucceeded according to its intention , would have been feverely felt by the king's forces . This plan was to furprize the British troops at the Three rivers ; which if it had ...
... formed a very daring plan with great addrefs , which , had it fucceeded according to its intention , would have been feverely felt by the king's forces . This plan was to furprize the British troops at the Three rivers ; which if it had ...
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... formed by the river St. Lawrence and the Sorrel , in order to join Gen. Burgoyne at St. John's , where they expected a ftand and a strong refiftance would have been made by the colonists . Burgoyne purfued his march along the Sorrel ...
... formed by the river St. Lawrence and the Sorrel , in order to join Gen. Burgoyne at St. John's , where they expected a ftand and a strong refiftance would have been made by the colonists . Burgoyne purfued his march along the Sorrel ...
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Page 169 - Upon the whole, it did not appear to your committee that his lordship's commission contained any other authority of importance than what is expressed in the act of Parliament, namely: that of granting pardons, with such exceptions as the commissioners shall think proper to make, and of declaring America, or any part of it, to be in the king's peace upon submission...
Page 362 - Gates will of course take the necessary measures for the due performance of this article. Should any carriages be wanted during the march, for the transportation of officers' baggage, they are, if possible, to be supplied by the country at the usual rates.
Page 353 - Her fondness for conquest, as a warlike nation, her lust of dominion, as an ambitious one, and her thirst...
Page 411 - The policy, as well as the benevolence of Great Britain, have thus far checked the extremes of war, when they tended to distress a people, still considered as our fellow-subjects, and to desolate a country, shortly to become again a source of mutual advantage...
Page 307 - The loss in reputation was greater to the Americans, and capable of more fatal consequences, than even that of ground, of posts, of artillery, or of men. All the contemptuous and most degrading charges which had been made by their enemies, of their wanting the resolution and abilities of men, even in their defence of whatever was dear to them, were now repeated and believed.
Page 527 - In order to fix more precisely the sense and application of the preceding article, the contracting parties declare, that in case of a rupture between France and England, the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article, shall have its full force and effect the moment such war shall break out...
Page 525 - I If war should break out between France and Great Britain during the continuance of the present war between the United States and England, His Majesty and the said United States shall make it a common cause and aid each other mutually with their good offices, their counsels and their forces, according to the exigence of conjunctures, as becomes good and faithful allies.
Page 362 - Gates's orders, at the same rate of rations as the troops of his own army ; and if possible the officers' horses and cattle are to be supplied with forage at the usual rates.
Page 315 - Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marshes, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations and villages. The Americans recalled their courage, and, when their regular army seemed to be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force.
Page 105 - ... be pleased to direct some mode, by which the united applications of your faithful colonists to the throne, in pursuance of their common councils...