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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... amounted to one captain , nine lieutenants , two ensigns , one surgeon , one commissary , 12 ser- jeants , and 318 rank and file . Add to this number 65 in killed , and about 20 that effected their escape , " and we have 429 for the ...
... amounted to one captain , nine lieutenants , two ensigns , one surgeon , one commissary , 12 ser- jeants , and 318 rank and file . Add to this number 65 in killed , and about 20 that effected their escape , " and we have 429 for the ...
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... amounted to 2011 men , but were afterwards , it appears , considerably reduced by desertion . * On the 28th lieutenant - general Drummond took up his head - quarters at Chippeway ; and , on the next day , within two miles of Fort- Erie ...
... amounted to 2011 men , but were afterwards , it appears , considerably reduced by desertion . * On the 28th lieutenant - general Drummond took up his head - quarters at Chippeway ; and , on the next day , within two miles of Fort- Erie ...
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... amounted to 31 killed , 72 wounded , and nine missing . The American loss does not appear ; except where general Hall states , that " many valuables were lost . Owing to the nimbleness of the American militia , and the contiguity of the ...
... amounted to 31 killed , 72 wounded , and nine missing . The American loss does not appear ; except where general Hall states , that " many valuables were lost . Owing to the nimbleness of the American militia , and the contiguity of the ...
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... amounted to 16 ; † and so gallant was their conduct , as well as that of their commander , in the opinion of lieutenant Cririe , that that officer returned captain Travers his sword , accompanied by a letter , not less complimentary to ...
... amounted to 16 ; † and so gallant was their conduct , as well as that of their commander , in the opinion of lieutenant Cririe , that that officer returned captain Travers his sword , accompanied by a letter , not less complimentary to ...
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... amounted to 81 , has been magnified by the American editors , to 200 ; and they add , with a degree of exultation , rendered ridiculous by the powerless condition to which accident had reduced the invading party , that on the side of ...
... amounted to 81 , has been magnified by the American editors , to 200 ; and they add , with a degree of exultation , rendered ridiculous by the powerless condition to which accident had reduced the invading party , that on the side of ...
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