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1 This served as a signal to the besiegers, who immediately entered the works .
2 The seventh came and the grinders never entered the works .
3 Few Americans had fallen before the British entered the works .
4 There he remained till Mr. Cheetham entered the works ; then he went to him, and begged him to visit his forge.
5 They came by Lord Ellesmere's beautiful barge, which drew up alongside our wharf, where the party landed and entered the works .
6 Surmounting every obstacle, they entered the works at the point of the bayonet and without discharging a single musket obtained possession of the fort.
7 The English received the fire, rushed forward, leaped into the ditch, put the Spaniards to flight, and entered the works together with the fugitives.
8 At length, as it grew towards evening, Arnold, having forced all obstacles, entered the works with some of the most fearless of his followers.
9 That served as a signal to the enemy, who immediately entered the works and fired, but without effect, on the rear of the retreating army.
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