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... enemy as to be utterly unaware that Lord Cornwallis had arrived at Camden . Such , however , we are assured by his ... enemy at hand was Cornwallis with three thousand men . Calling a council of war , he * Narrative of Adjutant - General ...
... enemy as to be utterly unaware that Lord Cornwallis had arrived at Camden . Such , however , we are assured by his ... enemy at hand was Cornwallis with three thousand men . Calling a council of war , he * Narrative of Adjutant - General ...
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... enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be displaying to the right . The deputy adjutant - general ordered the artillery to open a fire upon them , and then rode to General Gates , who was in the rear of the ...
... enemy were dimly descried advancing in column ; they ap- peared to be displaying to the right . The deputy adjutant - general ordered the artillery to open a fire upon them , and then rode to General Gates , who was in the rear of the ...
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... enemy was already in line . A few sharp - shooters were detached to run forward , post themselves behind trees within forty or fifty yards of the enemy to ex- tort their fire while at a distance , and render it less terrible to the ...
... enemy was already in line . A few sharp - shooters were detached to run forward , post themselves behind trees within forty or fifty yards of the enemy to ex- tort their fire while at a distance , and render it less terrible to the ...
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... enemy's redoubt on the Wateree , and captured one hundred prisoners and forty loaded wagons , was marching off with his booty on the opposite side of the river ; appre- hending danger from the quarter in which he had heard firing in the ...
... enemy's redoubt on the Wateree , and captured one hundred prisoners and forty loaded wagons , was marching off with his booty on the opposite side of the river ; appre- hending danger from the quarter in which he had heard firing in the ...
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... enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose , he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the war , and intended for the main army , should be sent to the southward . He wrote to Governor Rutledge of South ...
... enemy in check in that quarter . For this purpose , he gave orders that some regular troops enlisted in Maryland for the war , and intended for the main army , should be sent to the southward . He wrote to Governor Rutledge of South ...
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