The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1

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John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries

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... Cornwallis was so promptly pushed across the Hudson to attack Fort Lee ( just opposite Fort Washington ) that Greene only just extricated his garrison and had to leave 100 guns behind ( 18 November ) , whereupon Corn- wallis advanced ...
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... Cornwallis narrowly missed re- trieving Cowpens by catching Morgan , who just evaded him and rejoined Greene . Though thus deprived of his light troops , Cornwallis nevertheless continued his projected invasion of North Carolina and ...
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... Cornwallis's leaving the Carolinas , 1 had sent another 1700 men to Virginia , increasing Corn- wallis's force to over 7000. However , Cornwallis neither brought Lafayette to action nor intercepted 1000 men who reinforced him early in ...

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Contents

CHAPTER I
1
CHAPTER II
22
The Newfoundland Fishery
29

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John Holland Rose,Arthur Percival Newton,Ernest Alfred Benians,Henry Dodwell
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TitleThe Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1
The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose
EditorsJohn Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell
PublisherThe University Press, 1929
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized28 Nov 2006
  
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