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... detachment , while the main army should be so disposed as to give a general battle , should circumstances render it advisable . As this opinion coincided with his own , Washington determined to act upon it . Sir Henry Clinton in the ...
... detachment , while the main army should be so disposed as to give a general battle , should circumstances render it advisable . As this opinion coincided with his own , Washington determined to act upon it . Sir Henry Clinton in the ...
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... detachment march , therefore , he entreated to have the command of it . So far he spoke personally , " but , " added he , " to speak as an officer , I do not think that this detachment ought to march at all , until at least the head of ...
... detachment march , therefore , he entreated to have the command of it . So far he spoke personally , " but , " added he , " to speak as an officer , I do not think that this detachment ought to march at all , until at least the head of ...
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... detachment in the Jerseys , took post with a body of militia and a regiment of light horse in front of the division of Lord Cornwallis . The militia were quartered at the village of New Tappan ; but Lieutenant - colonel Baylor , who ...
... detachment in the Jerseys , took post with a body of militia and a regiment of light horse in front of the division of Lord Cornwallis . The militia were quartered at the village of New Tappan ; but Lieutenant - colonel Baylor , who ...
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