Fusiliers (69 page)

Gage, Gen. Thomas
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commander-in-chief in America
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attends St David’s Day dinner
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promotion issue
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policy to persuade the colonists
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softness towards army criminals
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nervous about rising in Boston
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insufficient troops
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offensive plan
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fails to lead his troops on the field
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Mecan petitions for promotion
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loses will to attack the Americans
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lack of authority
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dismissal
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Howe replaces
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Galloway, Joseph
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Garrick, David
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Gates, Maj. Gen. Horatio
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George III, King
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limitation of his powers
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and Hastings
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British army’s first betrayal of the war
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wants to continue war
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tells Blakeney to sell his majority
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Balfour meets him
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faith in Cornwallis
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George IV, King (as Prince of Wales)
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Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
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Germain, Lord
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German regiments see Hessians

Germantown, battle of (1777)
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Gloucester va
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Gloucester Point
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Gordon, William
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Gowanus Ridge, Long Island
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Graham, Capt. Samuel
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Grant, CO of the 40th
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Grant, Gen. James
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a veteran of the Seven Years War
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commander of the 4th Brigade
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personality
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and Howe
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takes a force to the Caribbean
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and Washington
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Graves, Adm.
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Greene, Brig. Gen. Nathaniel
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a Quaker from Rhode Island
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replaces Gates
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race to the Dan
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marches into South Carolina
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perseverance
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Gregory, Brig. Gen.
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Grey, Gen. Charles
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Grimes, Cpl Jeffrey
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Grove, Capt. Grey
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Guadeloupe
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Guilford Courthouse, battle of
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Gunning, Lt Col. John
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Guyon, 2nd Lt Stephen
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Haldimand, 2nd Lt Anthony
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Haldimand, Maj. Gen. Fredrick
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Hale, Capt.
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Hamilton, Alexander
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Hammersley, Caroline (later Calvert)
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Hancock, John
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Harcourt, Col.
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Haring, Capt.
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Harlem Heights, battle of (1776)
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Harris, Capt.
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Hastings, Charles
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Hayne, Col. Isaac
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Head of Elk md
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Heister, Lt General Philip von
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Henley, Colonel
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Hessians
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Ansbach-Bayreuth troops
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Hesse-Cassel

Fusilier Regiment Erbprinz
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Fusilier Regiment Knyphausen
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Fusilier Regiment von Lossberg
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Musketeer Regiment von Bose
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desertions
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uniforms
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destruction in the countryside
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and British emphasis on speed
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and Washington’s assault on 26 December 1776
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Howe’s contempt for
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reinforcements
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compared with Prussian infantry
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Hewitt, William
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Hill, Surgeon
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Hillsborough nc
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Hobkirk’s Hill sc, battle of (1781)
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Holcombe’s Regiment
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Horse Guards, London
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Hoskins’ Field nc
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Houston, Samuel
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Howard, Col. John
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Howe, Adm. Lord Richard
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Howe, Maj. Gen. William
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at Quebec
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offensive plan
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succeeds Gage
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army patronage
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colonel of the Royal Welch Fusiliers
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plan to re-take Dorchester Heights
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and evacuation of Boston
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plans to take New York
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awaits reinforcements and re-makes his army
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and discipline
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and army tactics
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and Blunt’s financial problems
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power of
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and James Grant
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slow to capitalise on his advantage
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and destruction of the countryside
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treatment on New York inhabitants
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humane treatment of prisoners
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orders winter quarters
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and Hastings
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fosters an ‘amazing spirit’
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and Burgoyne
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plans to attacks Philadelphia
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Jersey campaign
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indifferent to many British line regiments
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contemptuous of the Hessians
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failed gamble
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and appointment of new commander of the 23rd
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returns home
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Balfour supports
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inquiry
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and Ferguson
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Hudson River
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Huger, Brig. Gen. Isaac
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Hull, Lieutenant
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Hunter, John
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Hunter, Cpl Thomas
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Hutcheson, Maj. Francis
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