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Title: Young folks' story of our country; a thrilling and accurate history of America, told in the simple language of childhood ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Hanson, John Wesley, Jr. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Chicago, W. B. Conkey co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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e taken by surprise, and atfirst driven in disorder. \ictory seemed within the grasp of Wash-ing-ton; but, in the fog of the morning, the A-mer-i-can lines became broken andseparated by the stone fences that lay near the village. A portion of the Bri-tish made a stand in a stone house; the rest of the army recovered from itssurprise, and in turn drove the A-mer-i-cans back, with the loss of 1,000 men. Howe was in possession of Phil-a-del-phi-a, but the A-mer-i-cans stillheld command of the Del-a-ware, principally by means of Fort Mif-flin onMud Is-land, and Fort Mer-cer at Red Bank, opposite; there were also ob-structions placed in the channel of the river. These effectually prevented theBri-tish ships from bringing supplies to Phil-a-del-phi-a. On Oc-to-ber 22,Count Do-nop, with 1,200 picked Hes-sians, attacked the fort at Red Bank,held by Colonel Greene, while the Bri-tish ships opened fire on Fort Mif-flin.Do-nops attack was repulsed, and he himself killed, together with nearly 400
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ESCAPE OF BENEDICT ARNOLD. CROSSING THE DELAVVARP:. 143 ol his men. Two Bri-tish ships were destroyed, and the rest retired, badlyinjured by the fire of the A-mer-i-can guns. The Bri-tish, soon after this repulse, erected batteries on a small islandin the river, and on No-vem-ber loth opened a severe cannonade on FortMii-fiin. The bombardment, in which the fleet joined, continued until theclose of the 15th, when the works were nearly demolished; the garrison waswithdrawn during the following night. Two days after, the fort at Red Bankwas abandoned, and thus the river was open to the Bri-tish. Wash-ing-tonestablished his winter quarters at Val-ley Forge, on the Schuyl-kill, 20 milesfrom Phil-a-del-phi-a, while Howe kept his army within a strongly fortifiedline extending from the Del-a-ware to the Schuyl-kill. In the meantime General Bur-goyne had surrendered after making anattempt to invade the country by way of Canada. This news was received withgreat joy throughout the country, and m

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