The Veil Removed: Or, Reflections on David Humphrey's Essay on the Life of Israel PutnamJ.D. Lockwood, 1843 - 231 pagine |
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Pagina 122 - After completing the necessary preparations for action, the regiment formed, and marched about one o'clock. When it reached Charlestown Neck we found two regiments halted, in consequence of a heavy enfilading fire thrown across it, of round, bar, and chain shot, from the Lively frigate and floating batteries anchored in Charles river, and a floating battery lying in the river Mystic. Major...
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