Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1804 - Great Britain |
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Admiral Admiral Keppel affiftance againſt alfo alſo American anchor armed army arrived artillery attack batteaux battery boats Boſton Britiſh cannon Captain Charleſtown Clinton cloſe coaft Colonel command Commodore confequence confiderable Congrefs corps defign deſtroyed detachment Earl enemy enemy's fail faluted fame fecond fent fervice feven feveral fhips fhore fhould fide fignal fire firſt fituation fleet floop fome foon force fquadron French frigates ftationed ftores fuch fupply garrifon greateſt guns harbour Heffian himſelf Houſe hundred iſland King's troops landed Lieutenant light-infantry lofs Lord Lord Cornwallis Mafter Majefty Majefty's fhip Major-General meaſures moſt muſt neceffary neral occafion officers oppofition ordered paffed poffeffion poffible poft poſt prevent prifoners purpoſe Rear-Admiral rebels regiment river Sandy Hook ſchooner ſent ſeveral ſhe ſhips Sir Henry Clinton Sir Peter Parker ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtrong ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thouſand town tranſports utmoſt veffels Vice-Admiral Waſhington Weft wounded
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