. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . she cautiously watched the British army in Boston, and waitedfor strength sufficient to attack it with success, while thepeople, and even tlie Congress, became impatient and clamoredfor battle. At length the proper time came, and with skilland energy he prepared to strike an annihilating blow. Theenemy saw their peril, fled to their ships, and escaped toHalifax, while the whole continent rang with the praises ofWashington. Tlie Congress decreed a gold medal to thevictor, Duvivier, of Pari
. The home of Washington; or, Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical, and pictorial . she cautiously watched the British army in Boston, and waitedfor strength sufficient to attack it with success, while thepeople, and even tlie Congress, became impatient and clamoredfor battle. At length the proper time came, and with skilland energy he prepared to strike an annihilating blow. Theenemy saw their peril, fled to their ships, and escaped toHalifax, while the whole continent rang with the praises ofWashington. Tlie Congress decreed a gold medal to thevictor, Duvivier, of Paris, cut the die; and to Mount Vernonthe glittering testimonial of a nations gratitude was afterwardborne, upon which was inscribed: The Ameeican CongressTO George Washington, commander-in-chief of ns armies,THE assertors OF Freedom : The enemy for the first teviePUT TO flight—Boston recovered, 17th March, 1776, Although excessively prudent, Washington was ever readyto strike a blow in the presence of greatest peril, when hiajudgment and inclination coalesced in recommending the per 116 MOUNT VERNON. GOLD MEDAL AWARDED TO WASHINGTON FOR THE DELIVERANCE OF BOSTON. formance of the act. We see him with a handful of ill-dis-ciplined, ill-fed, ill-clad soldiers, after a prudent flight of threeweeks before a strong pursuing enemy, crossing a rapid riverin the midst of floating ice, and darkness, and driving storm,and smiting a band of mercenary Germans at Trenton, whohad been hired out by their avaricious princes to aid theBritish soldiery in butchering their fellow subjects. Yictoryfollowed the blow, and a few days afterward that victory wasrepeated at Princeton. Again the praises of Washington wereupon every lip. The great Frederick of Prussia declared thatthe achievements of the American leader and his compatriots,between the twenty-fifth of December 1776, and the fourth ofJanuary, 1777—a space of ten days—were the most brilliantof any recorded in the annals of military action
Size: 2243px × 1114px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorlossingb, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, bookyear1870
