This series has seven easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Enemy in Sight at Lepanto.IntroductionEven before 1000 AD the Muslim
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Famine and Hardship at Buenos Aires
Today's installment concludes Mendoza Settles Buenos Aires,our selection from History of Brazil by Robert Southey published in 1810. For works
Mendoza Settles Buenos Aires
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Site of Buenos Aires.IntroductionBy the discovery in 1515 of the Rio de
Cornwallis’ Report
I have the honor to enclose to your excellency the copy of the correspondence between General Washington and me on that subject, and the terms of
Dawson Concludes; Cornwallis Begins
I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester, and to surrender the troops
Cornwallis Surrenders
The army, with all its artillery, stores, military-chest, etc., was surrendered to General Washington; the navy, with its appointments, to Admiral de
British Main Redoubts Captured
At 5 P.M. of the 9th the American battery on the right of the line opened its fire -- General Washington in person firing the first gun -- and six
British Abandon Outer Works
Gratified with Clinton's promise of assistance, and probably confident of his ability to hold his inner position until he could be relieved, Lord
Moves to Yorktown by Land and by Sea
The British naval forces were dispersed while the French forces were concentrated at the key point.Continuing Yorktown Surrenders,with a selection