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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... army in so distant and difficult a theatre of war was well calculated to tax the most efficient administration , let alone the cumbrous , complicated , haphazard machinery by which the British Army of 1775 was controlled.1 The country ...
... army in so distant and difficult a theatre of war was well calculated to tax the most efficient administration , let alone the cumbrous , complicated , haphazard machinery by which the British Army of 1775 was controlled.1 The country ...
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... army together and maintain the struggle . There had been two serious mutinies among his " Continentals " , whose pay was many months in arrears and whose clothing and equipment were in a deplorable state . He had no money , he was short ...
... army together and maintain the struggle . There had been two serious mutinies among his " Continentals " , whose pay was many months in arrears and whose clothing and equipment were in a deplorable state . He had no money , he was short ...
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... Army .... 2nd ed . London , 1900 . Contains a summary of the services of different units . CODMAN , J. Arnold's Expedition to Quebec . 2nd ed . New York , 1902 . CURTIS , E. E. The Organization of the British Army in the American ...
... Army .... 2nd ed . London , 1900 . Contains a summary of the services of different units . CODMAN , J. Arnold's Expedition to Quebec . 2nd ed . New York , 1902 . CURTIS , E. E. The Organization of the British Army in the American ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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