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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... appears in doctor Smith's book . Mr. Thomson says briefly : " General M'Clure determined on destroying the town of Newark . " * It is Mr. O'Connor whom we have to thank , for being explicit upon this point . " As a measure deemed ...
... appears in doctor Smith's book . Mr. Thomson says briefly : " General M'Clure determined on destroying the town of Newark . " * It is Mr. O'Connor whom we have to thank , for being explicit upon this point . " As a measure deemed ...
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... 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 . Having reconnoitred the enemy's po- sition at ...
... 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 . Having reconnoitred the enemy's po- sition at ...
Page 44
... appears by the testi- mony of one of the sufferers ; one who dates his letter from the spot ; who complains that the destruction of Havre de Grace has " ruined " him ; and who , therefore , must write with highly irritated feelings ...
... appears by the testi- mony of one of the sufferers ; one who dates his letter from the spot ; who complains that the destruction of Havre de Grace has " ruined " him ; and who , therefore , must write with highly irritated feelings ...
Page 61
... appears , 40 gained the shore , and " deserted " to the Americans . As more than that number of missing appear to have belonged to the two foreign companies , this creates no surprise ; especially as the only alter- native left to the ...
... appears , 40 gained the shore , and " deserted " to the Americans . As more than that number of missing appear to have belonged to the two foreign companies , this creates no surprise ; especially as the only alter- native left to the ...
Page 68
... appears to have been committed , but it was confined to the French troops employed . Admiral Warren complains , on his part , of the Americans , having continued to fire upon the struggling crews of the barges , after they were sunk ...
... appears to have been committed , but it was confined to the French troops employed . Admiral Warren complains , on his part , of the Americans , having continued to fire upon the struggling crews of the barges , after they were sunk ...
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