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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... honour , as well as of his own , the General should hazard much , rather than fubmit to the indignity of abandoning the town . He commanded a force which he knew had been confi- dered and reprefented here as fufficient to look down all ...
... honour , as well as of his own , the General should hazard much , rather than fubmit to the indignity of abandoning the town . He commanded a force which he knew had been confi- dered and reprefented here as fufficient to look down all ...
Page 54
... honour of a grand monarch , whofe in- tereft and theirs are very different . Though the idea of military glory may infpire fome officers that have fuffered their minds to think it a glory to die in battle , yet the common foldiers are ...
... honour of a grand monarch , whofe in- tereft and theirs are very different . Though the idea of military glory may infpire fome officers that have fuffered their minds to think it a glory to die in battle , yet the common foldiers are ...
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... honour and ve- racity , and muft certainly have proceeded from fome other caufe . The mininftry have declared that there was not any convention or agreement between the two Generals , though it has been generally under- ftood that the ...
... honour and ve- racity , and muft certainly have proceeded from fome other caufe . The mininftry have declared that there was not any convention or agreement between the two Generals , though it has been generally under- ftood that the ...
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... honour . From this time the provincials expe rienced a continued feries of loffes and misfortunes in that province . The governor fhewed himself wor- thy of his fuccefs , by an act which immediately fuc ceeded , and which does credit to ...
... honour . From this time the provincials expe rienced a continued feries of loffes and misfortunes in that province . The governor fhewed himself wor- thy of his fuccefs , by an act which immediately fuc ceeded , and which does credit to ...
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... honour as foldiers aud commanders of the best troops , was likely to prevent them from behaving un- worthy of the character they had fo long fuftained.- There were many , if not eyery probable chance a gainst the colonists : They were ...
... honour as foldiers aud commanders of the best troops , was likely to prevent them from behaving un- worthy of the character they had fo long fuftained.- There were many , if not eyery probable chance a gainst the colonists : They were ...
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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...