Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,2. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 593
... British peninfula on the oppofite fhore , with a range of hills and Ameri - between the armies , the principal pafs of which was can armies . near a place called Flat - bush . Here the centre of the British army , confifting of Heffians ...
... British peninfula on the oppofite fhore , with a range of hills and Ameri - between the armies , the principal pafs of which was can armies . near a place called Flat - bush . Here the centre of the British army , confifting of Heffians ...
Page 602
... British had only fix fhips of 64 guns , three of 50 , and two of 40 , with fome frigates and floops . Notwithstanding this inferiority , however , the British admiral pofted himself fo advantageoufly , and fhowed fuch fuperior fkill ...
... British had only fix fhips of 64 guns , three of 50 , and two of 40 , with fome frigates and floops . Notwithstanding this inferiority , however , the British admiral pofted himself fo advantageoufly , and fhowed fuch fuperior fkill ...
Page 603
... British forces . In the mean time , General Lincoln , with a con- fiderable body of American troops , had encamped within 20 miles of the town of Savannah ; and another ftrong party had pofted themselves at a place called Briar's Creek ...
... British forces . In the mean time , General Lincoln , with a con- fiderable body of American troops , had encamped within 20 miles of the town of Savannah ; and another ftrong party had pofted themselves at a place called Briar's Creek ...
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