The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 733
... Cornwallis round by some fords twelve miles upstream , to turn Washington's right , while the remainder under the Hessian Knyp- hausen advanced straight against Chad's Ford . By 11 a.m. Knyp- hausen had reached the creek after hard ...
... Cornwallis round by some fords twelve miles upstream , to turn Washington's right , while the remainder under the Hessian Knyp- hausen advanced straight against Chad's Ford . By 11 a.m. Knyp- hausen had reached the creek after hard ...
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... Cornwallis from setting systematically about suppressing the guerrillas . In December Corn- wallis was joined by 2500 men under Leslie whom Clinton had sent to the Chesapeake in October to serve as a diversion to favour Corn- wallis and ...
... Cornwallis from setting systematically about suppressing the guerrillas . In December Corn- wallis was joined by 2500 men under Leslie whom Clinton had sent to the Chesapeake in October to serve as a diversion to favour Corn- wallis and ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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