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... Expected Engagement - Summoned with St. Clair to Headquarters - Gates Appointed to the Northern Department - Washington's Speculations on the Successes of Burgoyne- Ill - Judged Meddlings of Congress with the Commissariat - Colonel ...
... Expected Engagement - Summoned with St. Clair to Headquarters - Gates Appointed to the Northern Department - Washington's Speculations on the Successes of Burgoyne- Ill - Judged Meddlings of Congress with the Commissariat - Colonel ...
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... expected to arrive before daybreak . The road , however , was new and rugged ; cut through woods , where the stumps of trees broke the wheels of some of the baggage trains , and retarded the march of the troops ; so that it was near sun ...
... expected to arrive before daybreak . The road , however , was new and rugged ; cut through woods , where the stumps of trees broke the wheels of some of the baggage trains , and retarded the march of the troops ; so that it was near sun ...
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... expected from them . But , having done so much for some short time , I began to entertain an opinion that they might do more . It is now , however , evi- dent that they cannot look standing armies in the face . They are inferior in ...
... expected from them . But , having done so much for some short time , I began to entertain an opinion that they might do more . It is now , however , evi- dent that they cannot look standing armies in the face . They are inferior in ...
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... expected that Congress would have done me that justice which it was in their power to give , and which I humbly conceive they ought to have done . " This letter gave great umbrage to Congress , but no immediate answer was made to it ...
... expected that Congress would have done me that justice which it was in their power to give , and which I humbly conceive they ought to have done . " This letter gave great umbrage to Congress , but no immediate answer was made to it ...
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... expected to dwindle again to the adjutant - general , requires more philosophy on my part , and something more than words on yours . " * He wrote to Washington to the same effect , but declared that , should it be his Excel- lency's ...
... expected to dwindle again to the adjutant - general , requires more philosophy on my part , and something more than words on yours . " * He wrote to Washington to the same effect , but declared that , should it be his Excel- lency's ...
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