The Leading Facts of American HistoryGinn, Publishers, 1891 - 359 pages |
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... March ( 1776 ) Washington seized Dorchester Heights ( South Boston ) overlooking Boston on the south . He got his cannon into posi- tion and then gave General Howe who had succeeded Gage in command his choice of withdrawing his forces ...
... March ( 1776 ) Washington seized Dorchester Heights ( South Boston ) overlooking Boston on the south . He got his cannon into posi- tion and then gave General Howe who had succeeded Gage in command his choice of withdrawing his forces ...
Page 167
... march toward the Heights . They soon met and defeated the little army sent against them in what was called the battle of Long Island ( August 27 , 1776 ) . They then got ready to besiege Putnam . Putnam with his whole army would ...
... march toward the Heights . They soon met and defeated the little army sent against them in what was called the battle of Long Island ( August 27 , 1776 ) . They then got ready to besiege Putnam . Putnam with his whole army would ...
Page 169
... march less than seventy miles across a level country . Washington hoped to save Philadelphia from falling into the hands of the British . If he could not , and everything went against him , he intended to escape with his little army to ...
... march less than seventy miles across a level country . Washington hoped to save Philadelphia from falling into the hands of the British . If he could not , and everything went against him , he intended to escape with his little army to ...
Page 173
... march on Philadelphia . Washington had not men enough to meet - 1 General Philip Schuyler of Albany , New York . 2 See Paragraph 40 . 8 As Mrs. Stark's name was Elizabeth , this story has been called in question : but the fact remains ...
... march on Philadelphia . Washington had not men enough to meet - 1 General Philip Schuyler of Albany , New York . 2 See Paragraph 40 . 8 As Mrs. Stark's name was Elizabeth , this story has been called in question : but the fact remains ...
Page 182
... march northward to Petersburg , Virginia . There he hoped to unite with the British force , conquer the state , and then go back and reconquer the ground he had lost . 188. Greene's Victories in South Carolina . He started on his long march ...
... march northward to Petersburg , Virginia . There he hoped to unite with the British force , conquer the state , and then go back and reconquer the ground he had lost . 188. Greene's Victories in South Carolina . He started on his long march ...
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