This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...historian of the struggle, himself a soldier under Howe, Clinton and Cornwallis, had the courage to conclude his two volumes (quoted upon other pages of this book) with the following impartial summary: "While the natural strength and spirit of Great Britain were embarrassed and encumbered with the disadvantages and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...historian of the struggle, himself a soldier under Howe, Clinton and Cornwallis, had the courage to conclude his two volumes (quoted upon other pages of this book) with the following impartial summary: "While the natural strength and spirit of Great Britain were embarrassed and encumbered with the disadvantages and errors now enumerated, the Americans, in spite of a thousand difficulties and wants, by the energy of liberty, the contrivance of necessity, and the great advantages arising from the possession of the country, ultimately attained their object. The Americans indeed were not fired with that enthusiastic ardour which nations of a warmer temperament, in all ages, have been wont to display in the cause of freedom. But they were guided by wise councils, they were steady and persevering, and, on all great occasions, not a little animated by the courage of General Washington, who has been proverbially called a Fabius, but in whose character courage, in fact, was a feature still more predominant than prudence. The American generals, having the bulk of the people on their side, were made acquainted with every movement of the British army and enabled, for the most part, to penetrate their designs. To obtain intelligence, on which so much depends, was to the British commanders a matter of proportionable difficulty. The Americans had neither A SOLDIER'S BAKE OVEN TYPES OF BRITISH SOLDIERY OF GENERAL HOWE'S ARMY IN PHILADELPHIA, 1777-78 1. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (Paoli Massacre) 4. Forty-second Highlanders, Black Watch (Paoli Massacre) 2. Twenty-second Foot 5. Grenadier 3. Seventeenth Light Dragoons 6. Sergeant, Cold Stream Guards 7. Twentieth Foot money nor credit: But they learned to stand in need only of a few things; to be contented with th...
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1916, Philadelphia: Press of the J. B. Lippincott Company
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Philadelphia: Press of the J. B. Lippincott Company
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1916
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