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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... head - quarters were at the Cross Roads ; and the piquets of his advanced corps , which was commanded by colonel Murray , occasionally showed themselves in the town of Newark . From the American accounts only we learn , that , on the ...
... head - quarters were at the Cross Roads ; and the piquets of his advanced corps , which was commanded by colonel Murray , occasionally showed themselves in the town of Newark . From the American accounts only we learn , that , on the ...
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... head , fled into the woods . " The British are declared to have sustained a loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the ! literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill ...
... head , fled into the woods . " The British are declared to have sustained a loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the ! literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill ...
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... head quarters of the commander in chief about the middle of October ; and orders were instantly forwarded to major - general Vincent , directing him to commence upon his retreat without delay , and to evacuate all the British posts ...
... head quarters of the commander in chief about the middle of October ; and orders were instantly forwarded to major - general Vincent , directing him to commence upon his retreat without delay , and to evacuate all the British posts ...
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... head , against the marauders ; whom they fortunately fell in with on the Lake Erie shore , about nine miles from Dover . An engage- ment ensued ; in which several of the gang were killed and wounded , and 18 taken prisoners . These 18 ...
... head , against the marauders ; whom they fortunately fell in with on the Lake Erie shore , about nine miles from Dover . An engage- ment ensued ; in which several of the gang were killed and wounded , and 18 taken prisoners . These 18 ...
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... head , we shall forbear comments . " Distressing to my feelings " was not some such language used by captain David Porter , of the American navy , after he and his crew had been massacring the natives of the small island of Nooaheevah ...
... head , we shall forbear comments . " Distressing to my feelings " was not some such language used by captain David Porter , of the American navy , after he and his crew had been massacring the natives of the small island of Nooaheevah ...
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