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... gave the British time to draw in their scattered cantonments and assemble their whole force at Princeton . While his troops were yet crossing , Washing- ton sent out Colonel Reed to reconnoiter the position and movements of the enemy ...
... gave the British time to draw in their scattered cantonments and assemble their whole force at Princeton . While his troops were yet crossing , Washing- ton sent out Colonel Reed to reconnoiter the position and movements of the enemy ...
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... He dashed through the river , waist deep , with his men , and charged the enemy so suddenly and vigorously , that , though supported by three * Sparks ' Am . Biography , vol . vii . , p . 196 . field - pieces , they gave way , left their.
... He dashed through the river , waist deep , with his men , and charged the enemy so suddenly and vigorously , that , though supported by three * Sparks ' Am . Biography , vol . vii . , p . 196 . field - pieces , they gave way , left their.
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Washington Irving. field - pieces , they gave way , left their convoy , and retreated so precipitately , that he made only nine prisoners . A number of killed and wounded were carried off by the fugitives on light wagons . * These ...
Washington Irving. field - pieces , they gave way , left their convoy , and retreated so precipitately , that he made only nine prisoners . A number of killed and wounded were carried off by the fugitives on light wagons . * These ...
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... gave a gayety and brilliancy to the place ; and the wealthy royalists forgot in a round of dinners , balls , and assemblies , the hysterical alarms they had once experienced under the military sway of Lee . Washington , on the contrary ...
... gave a gayety and brilliancy to the place ; and the wealthy royalists forgot in a round of dinners , balls , and assemblies , the hysterical alarms they had once experienced under the military sway of Lee . Washington , on the contrary ...
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... gave great umbrage to Congress , but no immediate answer was made to it . About this time the office of adjutant - general , which had remained vacant ever since the res- ignation of Colonel Reed , to the great detri- ment of the ...
... gave great umbrage to Congress , but no immediate answer was made to it . About this time the office of adjutant - general , which had remained vacant ever since the res- ignation of Colonel Reed , to the great detri- ment of the ...
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