Ohio archæological and historical publications (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by F.J. Heer · leaf 42
least twelve thousand men.His own effective force, including seamen, was but abouteleven thousand. Washington had but fourteen thousandfit for duty. Some of our officers, said the AnnualRegister—I suppose Edmund Burke was the writer — acknowledged that the expedition with which these-works were… … ^^T^^Y^ I^^^^^^n^^^nyi^ Oration of Hon. George F. Hoar. 33 spirit. He took the prompt resolution to attempt to dis-lodge the Americans the next night before their workswere made impregnable. Earl Percy, who had learnedsomething of Yankee quality at Bunker Hill and Lexing-ton, was to command the…
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