Col. Henry Bouquet and His Campaigns of 1763 and 1764Steinman & Hensel, printers, 1883 - 96 pagini |
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... grounds ; a committe on finance , to raise funds to defray necessary expenses of the celebration , and a committee to invite speakers , distinguished guests , military organizations , & c . , be appointed . The resolutions were adopted ...
... grounds ; a committe on finance , to raise funds to defray necessary expenses of the celebration , and a committee to invite speakers , distinguished guests , military organizations , & c . , be appointed . The resolutions were adopted ...
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... route to be burned at the stake by the Indians and al- lowed the remainder to be tomahawked in cold blood on the parade ground of the fort . Washington was directed to open the last fifty miles of 14 COL . HENRY BOUQUET.
... route to be burned at the stake by the Indians and al- lowed the remainder to be tomahawked in cold blood on the parade ground of the fort . Washington was directed to open the last fifty miles of 14 COL . HENRY BOUQUET.
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... ground their fortifications , houses and magazines , and left us no other cover than the heavens - a very cold one for an army without tents and equipages . We bear all this hardship with alacrity , by the consideration of the immense ...
... ground their fortifications , houses and magazines , and left us no other cover than the heavens - a very cold one for an army without tents and equipages . We bear all this hardship with alacrity , by the consideration of the immense ...
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... ground , and every morning at an hour before dawn the drum beat and the troops were ordered to their alarm posts . A heavy guard was kept on duty night and day . " I am deter- mined to hold my post , spare my men and never expose them ...
... ground , and every morning at an hour before dawn the drum beat and the troops were ordered to their alarm posts . A heavy guard was kept on duty night and day . " I am deter- mined to hold my post , spare my men and never expose them ...
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... ground with wonderful intrepidity , not willing to loose a decisive victory and the great booty of stores and scalps which a moment before they felt was within their grasp . It is agreed on all hands that on this occasion , not AND HIS ...
... ground with wonderful intrepidity , not willing to loose a decisive victory and the great booty of stores and scalps which a moment before they felt was within their grasp . It is agreed on all hands that on this occasion , not AND HIS ...
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Pagina 52 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Pagina 74 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words — I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his Eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Pagina 52 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her : Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well her bulwarks, Consider her palaces ; That ye may tell it to the generation following : For this God is our God for ever and ever : He will be our guide even unto death.
Pagina 5 - He has allowed you to behold and to partake the reward of your patriotic toils; and he has allowed us, your sons and countrymen, to meet you here, and in the name of the present generation, in the name of your country, in the name of liberty, to thank you!
Pagina 7 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her.
Pagina 50 - Mingoes had closely Beset, and Attacked this Fort from the 27th July, to the First Instant, when they Quitted it to March against us. " The Boldness of those Savages is hardly Credible ; they had taken Post under the Banks of Both Rivers, Close to the Fort, where Digging Holes, they kept an Incessant Fire, and threw Fire Arrows: They are good Marksmen, and though our People were under Cover, they Killed one, & Wounded seven.
Pagina 45 - ... till they were totally dispersed. The left of the savages, which had not been attacked, were kept in awe by the remains of our troops, posted on the brow of the hill for that purpose; nor durst they attempt to support or assist their right, but being witness to their defeat, followed their example and fled.
Pagina 45 - Entice them to Come Close upon Us, or to Stand their Ground when Attacked. With this View two Companies of Light Infantry were Ordered within the Circle, and the Troops on their Right and Left opened their Files, and Filled up the Space that it might seem they were intended to Cover the Retreat; The Third Light Infantry Company, and the Grenadiers of the 42d, were Ordered to Support the two First Companys.
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