Memoir of General Graham: With Notices of the Campaigns in which He was Engaged from 1779 to 1801Priv. print. by R. & R. Clark, 1862 - 318 pages |
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... favour of the ancestors of the Abercorn family . Surrounded by such venerable relics as these at a period of life when the mind is most susceptible of im- pressions , it is not surprising that the subject of this memoir should have ...
... favour of the ancestors of the Abercorn family . Surrounded by such venerable relics as these at a period of life when the mind is most susceptible of im- pressions , it is not surprising that the subject of this memoir should have ...
Page 28
... favour of Earl Cornwallis , whose orders they were also directed to obey . The Foot Guards and Hessian Regi- ment de Bosc , with some provincial corps and detach- ments both of cavalry and infantry composed this force , amounting to ...
... favour of Earl Cornwallis , whose orders they were also directed to obey . The Foot Guards and Hessian Regi- ment de Bosc , with some provincial corps and detach- ments both of cavalry and infantry composed this force , amounting to ...
Page 91
... favour of Captain Asgill , whether through the instigation of Major Gordon or not is un- certain , but an order was given for his being sent to Chatham , in New Jersey , and placed in charge of Colonel Elias Dayton , of the 2d New ...
... favour of Captain Asgill , whether through the instigation of Major Gordon or not is un- certain , but an order was given for his being sent to Chatham , in New Jersey , and placed in charge of Colonel Elias Dayton , of the 2d New ...
Page 96
... favour of the 27th September . The circumstances which produced in the first instance your unfortunate situation , having in some measure changed their ground , the whole mat- ter has been laid before Congress for their directions , and ...
... favour of the 27th September . The circumstances which produced in the first instance your unfortunate situation , having in some measure changed their ground , the whole mat- ter has been laid before Congress for their directions , and ...
Page 102
... favour me with a copy of it to be sent from hence . I am sensible of the liberty I take in making this request , but I am sensible , whether you comply with it or not , you will pity the distress which suggests it ; humanity will drop a ...
... favour me with a copy of it to be sent from hence . I am sensible of the liberty I take in making this request , but I am sensible , whether you comply with it or not , you will pity the distress which suggests it ; humanity will drop a ...
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Memoir of General Graham: With Notices of the Campaigns in Which He Was ... Samuel Graham,Col J J Graham No preview available - 2016 |
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76th Regiment Abercromby American amongst arms arrived artillery assembled attack Austrian battalion batteries BONNYMUIR bread and forage brigade Brigadier-General British army camp Captain Asgill Caribs cavalry Cherin Clairfayt Clinton Colonarie Colonel Graham column command Commander-in-Chief conduct Contich corps Custine despatch detachment dragoons Duke of York Dundas duty Earl Cornwallis embarked enemy enemy's England Excellency favour Ferrier fire flank fleet force French Guards Hanoverian HEAD QUARTERS Hessian Highlanders honour Huddy immediately infantry island July King land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lieutenant-General Lord Cornwallis Lord Moira Lord Rawdon lordship M'Millan Major Gordon Major-General ment miles moved non-commissioned officer o'clock obliged occasion officer orders Ostend Oudenbosch party position prisoners quarter-master quarter-master-general's Queen's Rangers rear received retreat river Rosendal Royal Highness sent siege Sir-I soldiers soon Stirling Castle taken tion to-morrow morning took troops Waerloos waggons Walmoden Washington wounded York Town