Works, Volumen27G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1857 |
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... Light Infantry - Proposes a Brilliant Stroke - Prep- arations for an Attack on the British Posts on New York Island - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp - Washing- ton at Headquarters - Attack on the British Posts ...
... Light Infantry - Proposes a Brilliant Stroke - Prep- arations for an Attack on the British Posts on New York Island - Visit of the Marquis of Chastellux to the American Camp - Washing- ton at Headquarters - Attack on the British Posts ...
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... light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side of the Wateree , much encumbered by his spoils and prisoners . Tarleton pushed up by forced and concealed marches on the eastern side ...
... light infantry , about three hundred and fifty strong . Sumter was retreating up the western side of the Wateree , much encumbered by his spoils and prisoners . Tarleton pushed up by forced and concealed marches on the eastern side ...
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... light no fire in the camp . In the morning his sentries gave word that the Americans were quitting their encamp- ment . It was evident they knew nothing of a British force being in pursuit of them . Tarle- ton now crossed the Wateree ...
... light no fire in the camp . In the morning his sentries gave word that the Americans were quitting their encamp- ment . It was evident they knew nothing of a British force being in pursuit of them . Tarle- ton now crossed the Wateree ...
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... light irregular troops under Colonel Sumter and other active officers , they will gain nothing by the time which must be necessarily spent by you in collecting and arranging the new army , forming magazines and replacing the stores ...
... light irregular troops under Colonel Sumter and other active officers , they will gain nothing by the time which must be necessarily spent by you in collecting and arranging the new army , forming magazines and replacing the stores ...
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... light and festive ; and if he still cherished this tender remembrance , " it was but as one of those documents of early poetry and romance , which serve to keep the heart warm and tender among the gay and cold realities of life . What ...
... light and festive ; and if he still cherished this tender remembrance , " it was but as one of those documents of early poetry and romance , which serve to keep the heart warm and tender among the gay and cold realities of life . What ...
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