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Soon, they're on the run with George Washington and the Continental Army, and something much worse and more deadly than Redcoats is pursuing them all.
Happy Bookday! gregvaneekhout 2009
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I also just picked up a book called Redcoats, about the British in the US, so that might be an option as well.
End of Seminar 1 Andrew 2008
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I also just picked up a book called Redcoats, about the British in the US, so that might be an option as well.
Archive 2008-06-01 Andrew 2008
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Then, finally, how he had counselled Alastair to turn drover with him till the 'Redcoats' should depart, as the best method to avoid capture, and how constantly Alastair's high spirits led them into danger.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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Lord Haw Haw in the UK: The cowardly "Redcoats" were known to execute innocent civilians, including women and children in the American colonies.
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According to the “terrorists hide behind women and children” line of logic, then the IDF would like to be able to use U.S. funded tanks, missiles, willie pete, and helicopter gunships to mount offensives against Hamas resisters – standing in an open clearing like British Redcoats in the Revolutionary War?
Israeli TV airs call to father after children killed « Antiwar.com Blog 2009
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Redcoats trying to root out Jacobite rebels in the most inaccessible Highland regions were hampered by inaccurate intelligence.
Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt - review Ian Pindar 2010
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They're dress-up generals in a make-believe war, corporate servants who use the rhetoric of yesterday's revolution to serve today's Redcoats.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The New War of Independence -- Against Corporate Politics RJ 2011
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The Redcoats observed proper rules of war, but you never knew where the Swamp Fox was at.
The Undercover Kingdom Con Chapman 2011
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They're dress-up generals in a make-believe war, corporate servants who use the rhetoric of yesterday's revolution to serve today's Redcoats.
Richard (RJ) Eskow: The New War of Independence -- Against Corporate Politics RJ 2011
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