war of independence
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He wrote a 12-book series around the character, a British soldier who returns to Cornwall from the American War of Independence and rebuilds his tattered estate, reopens his father's derelict mine and finds love.
From BBC
He did so conspicuously at the end of the War of Independence, then again after eight years as president.
From Slate
During the War of Independence, he agreed with his officers’ discontent with Congress but equated rebellion against Congress with treason: “This dreadful alternative of either deserting our country . . . or turning our arms against it, which is the apparent object, unless Congress can be compelled into instant compliance, has something so shocking in it that humanity revolts at the idea.”
Too many men from our community were killed in the Turkish War of Independence—husbands, fathers, uncles, brothers, sons, cousins.
From Literature
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Papa has agreed to marry me off to a distant cousin who fled to Cuba years ago so he could escape fighting in the War of Independence.
From Literature
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