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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... field the avengers of the conflagration of Newark , had requested major - general Hall to take the command of the regulars and militia , then assembling from all parts , to repel any further . encroachments . On the morning of the 23d ...
... field the avengers of the conflagration of Newark , had requested major - general Hall to take the command of the regulars and militia , then assembling from all parts , to repel any further . encroachments . On the morning of the 23d ...
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... field - pieces stationed on the opposite shore , and the near approach of major- general Rial's force upon the enemy's right , caused a favorable diversion . By this time a considerable force of militia , certainly not fewer than 1500 ...
... field - pieces stationed on the opposite shore , and the near approach of major- general Rial's force upon the enemy's right , caused a favorable diversion . By this time a considerable force of militia , certainly not fewer than 1500 ...
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... field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ; but , the instant the ...
... field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ; but , the instant the ...
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... dusk the American troops * Bouchette's Top . Desc . of Lower Canada , p . 179 . + Appendix , No. 17 . Wilkinson's Memoirs , Vol . III . p . 235 . retired from the field ; and retraced their steps out GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 89.
... dusk the American troops * Bouchette's Top . Desc . of Lower Canada , p . 179 . + Appendix , No. 17 . Wilkinson's Memoirs , Vol . III . p . 235 . retired from the field ; and retraced their steps out GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 89.
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With an Appendix, and Plates William James. retired from the field ; and retraced their steps out of the province , to the great joy of the inha- bitants of Odell - town , whom they had pillaged unmercifully . They had been slightly ...
With an Appendix, and Plates William James. retired from the field ; and retraced their steps out of the province , to the great joy of the inha- bitants of Odell - town , whom they had pillaged unmercifully . They had been slightly ...
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