A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With an Appendix, and Plates, Volume 2author, 1818 - United States |
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Page 54
... action . • Admiral Warren , who had left the Chesapeake for Bermuda , returned to his command early , in June ; bringing with him , according to newspaper - account , a detachment of battalion marines , 1800 strong ; 300 of the 102d ...
... action . • Admiral Warren , who had left the Chesapeake for Bermuda , returned to his command early , in June ; bringing with him , according to newspaper - account , a detachment of battalion marines , 1800 strong ; 300 of the 102d ...
Page 55
... action , considering that the flotilla had done enough to entitle him to display both his fighting , and his literary qualifications , in an official letter , very prudently ordered the 15 gun - boats to make the best of their way back ...
... action , considering that the flotilla had done enough to entitle him to display both his fighting , and his literary qualifications , in an official letter , very prudently ordered the 15 gun - boats to make the best of their way back ...
Page 87
... , of the American engineers , present in the same action , also deposes thus : - " Judging from the * Wilkinson's Mem . Vol . III . p . 328 . 66 force of the enemy's charges , it was certainly prudent GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA ... 87.
... , of the American engineers , present in the same action , also deposes thus : - " Judging from the * Wilkinson's Mem . Vol . III . p . 328 . 66 force of the enemy's charges , it was certainly prudent GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA ... 87.
Page 88
... action , captain Pring's sloops , and two or three gun - boats , arrived at the mouth of the creek ; which was as near as the ice , had the river been otherwise navigable , would have permitted them to approach . Yet general Wilkinson ...
... action , captain Pring's sloops , and two or three gun - boats , arrived at the mouth of the creek ; which was as near as the ice , had the river been otherwise navigable , would have permitted them to approach . Yet general Wilkinson ...
Page 92
... action , and bravely advanced into the most dangerous position , declining frequently the advice of his officers , to retire from imminent danger . The enemy having used his Congreve rockets , without producing any effect , retired to ...
... action , and bravely advanced into the most dangerous position , declining frequently the advice of his officers , to retire from imminent danger . The enemy having used his Congreve rockets , without producing any effect , retired to ...
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