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Page 18
... ship , debarked upon the island , erected a bat- tery and mounted twenty eighteen pounders . The General perceived and appreciated his situation ; he determined , in the face of this overwhelming force , to main- " * tain his position ...
... ship , debarked upon the island , erected a bat- tery and mounted twenty eighteen pounders . The General perceived and appreciated his situation ; he determined , in the face of this overwhelming force , to main- " * tain his position ...
Page 19
... ships of war . This letter was entrusted to a Spanish priso- ner to be delivered to the deserter , but who , as was foreseen , placed it in the hands of the commander - in - chief . While the Spaniards were deliberating how to interpret ...
... ships of war . This letter was entrusted to a Spanish priso- ner to be delivered to the deserter , but who , as was foreseen , placed it in the hands of the commander - in - chief . While the Spaniards were deliberating how to interpret ...
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... ship , then recently from England , under command of captain Maitland lying at Tybee , was approached by a party of men in two boats , taken , and thirteen thousand pounds of powder obtained five thousand pounds of which were sent to ...
... ship , then recently from England , under command of captain Maitland lying at Tybee , was approached by a party of men in two boats , taken , and thirteen thousand pounds of powder obtained five thousand pounds of which were sent to ...
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... ship lying at Tybee . - Such were the energetic and spirited measures imme- diately taken in Savannah by her republican and patriotic sons , at the commencement of difficulty with England . The spirit of resistance , awakened throughout ...
... ship lying at Tybee . - Such were the energetic and spirited measures imme- diately taken in Savannah by her republican and patriotic sons , at the commencement of difficulty with England . The spirit of resistance , awakened throughout ...
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... ships , by the terror of which he subdued Norway , Denmark , all the islands of the ocean , and the greatest part of Ireland . These instances of his power are specified in a record cited by that great lawyer , Sir Edward Coke , in the ...
... ships , by the terror of which he subdued Norway , Denmark , all the islands of the ocean , and the greatest part of Ireland . These instances of his power are specified in a record cited by that great lawyer , Sir Edward Coke , in the ...
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