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... mile in width , swept its rapid tides between them . The village stood on a kind of penin- sula , formed by the deep ... miles and a half in front of the line of intrenchments and redoubts , a range of hills , densely wooded , extended ...
... mile in width , swept its rapid tides between them . The village stood on a kind of penin- sula , formed by the deep ... miles and a half in front of the line of intrenchments and redoubts , a range of hills , densely wooded , extended ...
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... mile apart , and were defended by batteries . There were strong advanced posts , about two miles south of the outer line ; one on the left of Harlem , commanded by General Spencer , the other on the right , at what was called McGowan's ...
... mile apart , and were defended by batteries . There were strong advanced posts , about two miles south of the outer line ; one on the left of Harlem , commanded by General Spencer , the other on the right , at what was called McGowan's ...
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... miles and then crossed to the opposite shore . The whole corps , six thousand strong , and under the command of Lord Cornwallis , were landed , with their cannon , by ten o'clock , at a place called Closter Dock , five or six miles ...
... miles and then crossed to the opposite shore . The whole corps , six thousand strong , and under the command of Lord Cornwallis , were landed , with their cannon , by ten o'clock , at a place called Closter Dock , five or six miles ...
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Correspondence of Washington | 1 |
Monotonous State of Affairs before | 16 |
The Affair of Dorchester Heights | 26 |
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