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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... retreat . The unex- pected fight of the fhips threw them into confufion , which was heightened by the immediate effect of cutting cutting off all communication with their forces on the différent HISTORY OF A. D. 1776 .
... retreat . The unex- pected fight of the fhips threw them into confufion , which was heightened by the immediate effect of cutting cutting off all communication with their forces on the différent HISTORY OF A. D. 1776 .
Page 65
... retreat , upon the appearance of the king's troops they fled , abandoning their artillery , fcaling ladders , and other matters of incumberance . The flight was lo precipitate as fcarcely to admit of any execution , nor were the king's ...
... retreat , upon the appearance of the king's troops they fled , abandoning their artillery , fcaling ladders , and other matters of incumberance . The flight was lo precipitate as fcarcely to admit of any execution , nor were the king's ...
Page 66
... retreat till they arrived on the banks of the river Sorrel , which falls into the river St. Lawrence , about 140 miles from Quebec , where they joined fome of their reinforcements that had not been able to pro- Iceed farther to their ...
... retreat till they arrived on the banks of the river Sorrel , which falls into the river St. Lawrence , about 140 miles from Quebec , where they joined fome of their reinforcements that had not been able to pro- Iceed farther to their ...
Page 69
... retreat , the performance of which was a thing more to be wifhed for than reasonably expected . Nefbit's corps kept the fide of the river to prevent their efcape to their boats , while Frazer pursued them and galled them feverely with ...
... retreat , the performance of which was a thing more to be wifhed for than reasonably expected . Nefbit's corps kept the fide of the river to prevent their efcape to their boats , while Frazer pursued them and galled them feverely with ...
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... retreat in Florida , Bermudas , and the West Indies . In this manner ended the hopes enter- tained by the employment of the negroes , to fupprefs the rebellion in the fouthern colonies . This measure , rather invidious than powerful ...
... retreat in Florida , Bermudas , and the West Indies . In this manner ended the hopes enter- tained by the employment of the negroes , to fupprefs the rebellion in the fouthern colonies . This measure , rather invidious than powerful ...
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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...