The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... march , they were carried in waggons to re- inforce the garrisons on the way . It was with this force , augmented by a few backwoodsmen , that Bouquet , after a long march , fought a desperate battle with the Indians near a stream ...
... march , they were carried in waggons to re- inforce the garrisons on the way . It was with this force , augmented by a few backwoodsmen , that Bouquet , after a long march , fought a desperate battle with the Indians near a stream ...
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... March ) , made an unusually rapid passage to Martinique , where his safe arrival not merely challenged Rodney's ... March ) , but was followed and overtaken by Arbuthnot . Tactically , their encounter off the Chesapeake ( 16 March ) was ...
... March ) , made an unusually rapid passage to Martinique , where his safe arrival not merely challenged Rodney's ... March ) , but was followed and overtaken by Arbuthnot . Tactically , their encounter off the Chesapeake ( 16 March ) was ...
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... March a desperately contested action at Guildford saw Greene well beaten , though he had been strongly posted and ... March 1780 , Royal Institution MSS , 11 , 260 . • Stevens , 1 , 215 . Cornwallis to Clinton , 10 April , to Germain ...
... March a desperately contested action at Guildford saw Greene well beaten , though he had been strongly posted and ... March 1780 , Royal Institution MSS , 11 , 260 . • Stevens , 1 , 215 . Cornwallis to Clinton , 10 April , to Germain ...
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