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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... ground . Towards night - fall on that day , general M'Clure gave about half an hour's notice to the inhabitants of Newark , that he should burn down their village . Few of the poor people believed that the wretch was in earnest . Soon ...
... ground . Towards night - fall on that day , general M'Clure gave about half an hour's notice to the inhabitants of Newark , that he should burn down their village . Few of the poor people believed that the wretch was in earnest . Soon ...
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... ground- ing of the boats close under the American battery - Impossibility to reach the shore- Destructive fire upon the boats , as well as upon the struggling crews in the water - Remarks upon the attempt to capture Craney Island ...
... ground- ing of the boats close under the American battery - Impossibility to reach the shore- Destructive fire upon the boats , as well as upon the struggling crews in the water - Remarks upon the attempt to capture Craney Island ...
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... ground , at the distance of about 100 yards from the muzzles of the enemy's guns . Captain Hanchett , who had been pre- viously standing up in his boat , animating his men to hasten forward , now wrapped round his 1 body a union jack ...
... ground , at the distance of about 100 yards from the muzzles of the enemy's guns . Captain Hanchett , who had been pre- viously standing up in his boat , animating his men to hasten forward , now wrapped round his 1 body a union jack ...
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... ground ; and that within canister- range of a battery , which kept upon them an incessant fire of more than two hours ' duration , it required no very expert artillerists to sink three of the boats , and to kill three men and wound ...
... ground ; and that within canister- range of a battery , which kept upon them an incessant fire of more than two hours ' duration , it required no very expert artillerists to sink three of the boats , and to kill three men and wound ...
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... ground , is represented as " a momentary pause " caused by the " galling fire from the battery ; ' and to prove , decidedly , the existence of no other obstacle to the landing of the British , than " this gallant resistance by the naval ...
... ground , is represented as " a momentary pause " caused by the " galling fire from the battery ; ' and to prove , decidedly , the existence of no other obstacle to the landing of the British , than " this gallant resistance by the naval ...
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