Pictorial History of America, from the Earliest Times to the Close of the Mexican War ...J. B. Smith & Company, 1857 |
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... night was mild ; and by labouring with great diligence , the troops before morning advanced their works so far as to cover themselves in a great measure from the shot of the enemy . When the British , at break of day , [ March 5 ...
... night was mild ; and by labouring with great diligence , the troops before morning advanced their works so far as to cover themselves in a great measure from the shot of the enemy . When the British , at break of day , [ March 5 ...
الصفحة 25
... night at Nook's Hill , on Dorchester Peninsula , and completely commanded Bos- ton Neck , and the southern quarters of the town . Delay was no longer consistent with safety . A flag of truce was sent by the selectmen of the town to ...
... night at Nook's Hill , on Dorchester Peninsula , and completely commanded Bos- ton Neck , and the southern quarters of the town . Delay was no longer consistent with safety . A flag of truce was sent by the selectmen of the town to ...
الصفحة 45
... the British in almost all directions . They nevertheless lay still , and in the night stole off from the midst of surrounding foes . They were now pressed with the importunate cravings of hunger INVASION OF CANADA . 45.
... the British in almost all directions . They nevertheless lay still , and in the night stole off from the midst of surrounding foes . They were now pressed with the importunate cravings of hunger INVASION OF CANADA . 45.
الصفحة 46
... night in thick swamps , without being able to find their way out . Failing in their attempts to gain the river , they had taken refuge in a house , and were there made prisoners . The British forces having arrived , and a considerable ...
... night in thick swamps , without being able to find their way out . Failing in their attempts to gain the river , they had taken refuge in a house , and were there made prisoners . The British forces having arrived , and a considerable ...
الصفحة 49
... night the action . was discontinued . The vanquished took the advantage which the dark- ness afforded , to make their escape . This was effected by General Arnold , with great judgment and ability . By the next morning the whole fleet ...
... night the action . was discontinued . The vanquished took the advantage which the dark- ness afforded , to make their escape . This was effected by General Arnold , with great judgment and ability . By the next morning the whole fleet ...
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action American army appointed arms arrived artillery attack battery battle Bon Homme Richard brigade Britain British British army Burgoyne camp campaign Captain captured carronades cavalry Charleston Colonel colonies command commenced Commodore conduct Congress Count D'Estaing declared defence despatched detachment effect enemy enemy's engaged favour fire fleet force four France French frigate gallant garrison governor guns honour hundred immediately independence Indians infantry inhabitants Island killed land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-colonel Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon loss Major Matamoras ment Mexican Mexico miles military militia morning nation night o'clock officers opposition party Point Isabel position possession President prisoners rear received regiment retired retreat river royal army sail Santa Anna sent ship shot Sir Henry Clinton soldiers soon South Carolina squadron success surrender Taylor thousand tion took town treaty troops United Vera Cruz vessels victory Washington whole wounded York
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الصفحة 75 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
الصفحة 608 - Resolved, That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
الصفحة 390 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power.
الصفحة 367 - Can you then consent to be the only sufferers by this Revolution and, retiring from the field, grow old in poverty, wretchedness and contempt? Can you consent to wade through the vile mire of dependency and owe the miserable remnant of that life to charity which has hitherto been spent in honor?
الصفحة 86 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses; to borrow money, or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective states an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
الصفحة 75 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
الصفحة 545 - Confiance one hundred and five. The enemy's shot passed principally just over our heads, as there were not twenty whole hammocks in the nettings at the close of the action, which lasted, without intermission, two hours and twenty minutes.
الصفحة 298 - ... we love and respect you, but if you fire you are a dead man." "We are not going to the enemy, on the contrary, if they were now to come out, you should see us fight under your orders with as much alacrity as ever; but we will be no longer amused, we are determined on obtaining what is our just due.
الصفحة 74 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the state remaining in the mean time exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
الصفحة 65 - ... members, to confer with his Lordship in their private Characters, but that, ever desirous of establishing peace, on reasonable terms, they will send a Committee of their body, to know whether he has any Authority to treat with persons, authorized by Congress for that purpose in behalf of America, and what that Authority is, and to hear such propositions as he shall think fit to make respecting the same...