 ... Island. Here he continued unmolested by the neighbouring enemy, from the beginning of July, till the latter end of autumn, when he retired to take up his winter quarters in huts which he had caused to be constructed at Middlebrook in Jersey. According...  Journal of the United States Artillery - Page 521897Full view - About this book
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 578 pages
...this time, that the Admiral Count d'Estaing has arrived upon the coast, and now lies oft* Sandy Hook, with a fleet of twelve ships of the line and four frigates belonging to his Most Christian Majesty. The design of this fleet is to cooperate with the American... | |
 | William Shepherd - 1834 - 298 pages
...be constructed at Middlebrook, in Jersey. According to the prognostic of the British ministry, the Count d'Estaing, with a fleet of twelve ships of the line and three frigates, arrived off the mouth of the Delaware in the month of July; but found to his mortification,... | |
 | George Washington - 1934 - 674 pages
...this time, that the Admiral Count D'Estaing has arrived upon the Coast, and now lays off Sandy Hook, with a fleet of twelve Ships of the Line and four Frigates belonging to his most Christian Majesty. The design of this fleet is to co-operate with the American... | |
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