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... Point -Insidious Attempts to Shake the Confi- dence of Washington in his Officers - Plan to Entrap Arnold - Character of Sergeant Champe - Court of Inquiry into the Conduct of Gates - Greene Appointed to the Southern Department ...
... Point -Insidious Attempts to Shake the Confi- dence of Washington in his Officers - Plan to Entrap Arnold - Character of Sergeant Champe - Court of Inquiry into the Conduct of Gates - Greene Appointed to the Southern Department ...
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... points , was now endeavoring to cut off their supplies from Charleston . The object of the express was to ask a reinforcement of regulars to aid him in capturing a large convoy of clothing , ammunition , and stores , on its way to the ...
... points , was now endeavoring to cut off their supplies from Charleston . The object of the express was to ask a reinforcement of regulars to aid him in capturing a large convoy of clothing , ammunition , and stores , on its way to the ...
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... point to the routed army . On the morning of the 17th of August , therefore , he detached Tarleton in pursuit with a body of cavalry and light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side ...
... point to the routed army . On the morning of the 17th of August , therefore , he detached Tarleton in pursuit with a body of cavalry and light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side ...
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... Point , the great object of British and Ameri- can solicitude , on the possession of which were supposed by many to hinge the fortunes of the war . He took command of the post and its depen- dencies about the beginning of August ...
... Point , the great object of British and Ameri- can solicitude , on the possession of which were supposed by many to hinge the fortunes of the war . He took command of the post and its depen- dencies about the beginning of August ...
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... Point and the Highlands to Sir Henry Clinton . This stupendous piece of treachery was to be consummated at the time when Washington , with the main body of his army would be drawn down towards King's Bridge , and the French troops ...
... Point and the Highlands to Sir Henry Clinton . This stupendous piece of treachery was to be consummated at the time when Washington , with the main body of his army would be drawn down towards King's Bridge , and the French troops ...
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