A History of the American RevolutionStimson and Clapp, 1832 - 202 σελίδες |
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... retreat towards Boston . He was not , however , permitted to make this retrograde movement without molestation . Before he left Concord he was Billerica Carlisle Burlington Bedford Acton Concord Canal Wo burn Reading 60 AMERICAN REVOLUTION ...
... retreat towards Boston . He was not , however , permitted to make this retrograde movement without molestation . Before he left Concord he was Billerica Carlisle Burlington Bedford Acton Concord Canal Wo burn Reading 60 AMERICAN REVOLUTION ...
Σελίδα 65
... retreat ; but though the road over Charlestown Neck , by which they retired , was enfiladed by the Glasgow , man - of- war , they withdrew with much less loss than might have been expected ; they left dead on the field 139 of their ...
... retreat ; but though the road over Charlestown Neck , by which they retired , was enfiladed by the Glasgow , man - of- war , they withdrew with much less loss than might have been expected ; they left dead on the field 139 of their ...
Σελίδα 75
... retreat . In this retrograde movement the American army had to encounter difficulties , which to ordinary minds would have seemed insur- mountable . On their march through almost impracti- cable roads , they were closely followed , and ...
... retreat . In this retrograde movement the American army had to encounter difficulties , which to ordinary minds would have seemed insur- mountable . On their march through almost impracti- cable roads , they were closely followed , and ...
Σελίδα 86
... retreat- ing before whom the Americans were encountered by General Clinton , who with the right wing of the Brit- ish army , had made a detour by Jamaica . Thus the provincials were driven into their lines with the loss of upwards of ...
... retreat- ing before whom the Americans were encountered by General Clinton , who with the right wing of the Brit- ish army , had made a detour by Jamaica . Thus the provincials were driven into their lines with the loss of upwards of ...
Σελίδα 87
... retreat . It was a difficult operation to convey a whole army across a ferry in the presence of an enemy , whose working parties could be heard by his sentries . But favored by the darkness of the night , and by a fog which arose in the ...
... retreat . It was a difficult operation to convey a whole army across a ferry in the presence of an enemy , whose working parties could be heard by his sentries . But favored by the darkness of the night , and by a fog which arose in the ...
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