Perhaps at no time in his life, except at Braddock's defeat, was his peculiar combination of cool-headed generalship and hot-blooded love of combat so manifest in a personal way as on this blazing June day at Monmouth.
Beveridge describes Washington's unique blend of calm strategy and passionate combativeness during the intense battle at Monmouth.
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