The Battle of Long Island, Volume 2The Society, 1869 - 549 halaman |
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... height , scarcely entitled him to fill the popular ideal of a gallant cavalry officer . He was of a fiery , resolute cha- racter , that permitted neither insult to his dignity , nor encroachment upon his rights ; and , altogether , was ...
... height , scarcely entitled him to fill the popular ideal of a gallant cavalry officer . He was of a fiery , resolute cha- racter , that permitted neither insult to his dignity , nor encroachment upon his rights ; and , altogether , was ...
Halaman 123
... heights of Roxbury and Dorchester , with the confinement and exhaustion of a close investment in the crowded streets of Boston , to subject themselves to the enervating voyages in sailing to and from Halifax . These needless sufferings ...
... heights of Roxbury and Dorchester , with the confinement and exhaustion of a close investment in the crowded streets of Boston , to subject themselves to the enervating voyages in sailing to and from Halifax . These needless sufferings ...
Halaman 124
... deadly force . The most alarm- ing apprehensions had been felt that the fleet would sail at once into the East River , and thus enable Gen. Howe to bivouac his army in another day upon Brooklyn heights . 124 INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE .
... deadly force . The most alarm- ing apprehensions had been felt that the fleet would sail at once into the East River , and thus enable Gen. Howe to bivouac his army in another day upon Brooklyn heights . 124 INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE .
Halaman 125
... heights of Brooklyn , and by the hulling shot from the water - batteries of Red hook and Governor's Island . It was felt by all that there remained scarcely a possibility that the passage could be forced , by vessels exposed to such a ...
... heights of Brooklyn , and by the hulling shot from the water - batteries of Red hook and Governor's Island . It was felt by all that there remained scarcely a possibility that the passage could be forced , by vessels exposed to such a ...
Halaman 128
... heights covered with wood that lay in the route the army must have taken , only two miles distant from the enemy's works , and seven from Gravesend ..... I declined the undertaking . " Gen. Hore to Lord Germaine . July 7th , 1776 . See ...
... heights covered with wood that lay in the route the army must have taken , only two miles distant from the enemy's works , and seven from Gravesend ..... I declined the undertaking . " Gen. Hore to Lord Germaine . July 7th , 1776 . See ...
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Halaman 419 - Esq. who, being duly sworn upon the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith...
Halaman 188 - The Hessians and our brave Highlanders gave no quarter, and it was a fine sight to see with what alacrity they dispatched the rebels with their bayonets, after we had surrounded them so that they could not resist.
Halaman 385 - Circumstanced as this army was, in respect to situation and strength, it was the unanimous advice of a council of general officers to give up Long Island, and not, by dividing our force, be unable to resist the enemy in any one point of attack.
Halaman 32 - Whereas a majority of the inhabitants of Queens county, in the colony of New- York, being incapable of resolving to live and die freemen, and being more disposed to quit their liberties than part with the little proportion of their property necessary to defend them, have deserted the American cause by refusing to send deputies as usual to the Convention of that colony...
Halaman 368 - ... come, more insufferable than his open and avowed enemy would make it ; when by duty and every rule of humanity they ought to aid, and not oppress, the distressed in their habitations. The distinction between a well regulated army and a mob, is the good order and discipline of the former, and the licentious and disorderly behaviour of the latter.
Halaman 381 - About midnight, he fell in with their advanced parties, and at daybreak, with a large corps, having cannon, and advantageously posted, with whom there was skirmishing and a cannonade for some hours, until, by the firing at Brooklyn, the Rebels, suspecting their retreat would be cut off, made a movement to the right, in order to secure it across a swamp and creek that covered the right of their works...
Halaman 168 - The Enemy have now landed on Long Island, and the hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty — that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men...
Halaman 389 - Thomas's company, which had just come over from York, to the mouth of the creek, opposite where the brigade was drawn up, and ordered two field-pieces down to support and cover their retreat, should they make a push that way. Soon after our march they began to retreat, and, for a small time, the fire was very heavy on both sides, till our troops came to the marsh, where they were obliged to break their order, and escape as quick as they could to the edge of the creek, under a brisk fire, notwithstanding...
Halaman 396 - In the mean time Captain Carpenter brought up two fieldpieces, which were placed on the side of the hill, so as to command the road and the only approach for some hundred yards. On the part of General Grant there were two field-pieces. One...
Halaman 42 - General Lee will execute a work of the same kind on Long Island. It is high time to begin with our internal foes, when we are threatened with such severity of chastisement from our kind parent without.