Browsing named entities in George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition.. You can also browse the collection for August 20th or search for August 20th in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter XLI (search)
st, returned to the city. On the morning of the eighth of August, the Spanish squadron of four and twenty vessels, bearing three thousand chosen troops, anchored in front of New Orleans; and before the day was over, possession was taken in behalf of the Catholic King, and the Spanish flag was raised at every post in the city. On the Chap. XLI.} 1769. Aug. twentieth, Aubry made a full report of the events of the revolution, and named the chiefs in the enterprise. Aubry to O'Reilly, 20 August. O'Reilly to Grimaldi, 31 August, 1769. It was not easy to arrest them, wrote O'Reilly; but I contrived to cheat their vigilance. On the twenty-first he received at his home the principal inhabitants; and he invited the people's syndics, one by one, to pass into his private apartment. The invitation was regarded as a special honor, till finding themselves all assembled and alone, they showed signs of anxiety. For me, says O'Reilly, I now had none for the success of my plan. Entering h