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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... 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 were afterwards tried at Ancaster for high treason ; and all , except ...
... 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 were afterwards tried at Ancaster for high treason ; and all , except ...
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... lake , on account of the ice that surrounded them . The Americans , having good reason to fear an attack upon , had , by collecting troops and cutting away the ice from the sides of the vessels , made every arrangement for the security ...
... lake , on account of the ice that surrounded them . The Americans , having good reason to fear an attack upon , had , by collecting troops and cutting away the ice from the sides of the vessels , made every arrangement for the security ...
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... Lake Champlain - Ineffectual attack upon an Ameri- can battery at Otter Creek - Assault upon , and capture of Fort - Oswego - Public property found there - American incursion into the village of Dover , at Long Point ; and destruction ...
... Lake Champlain - Ineffectual attack upon an Ameri- can battery at Otter Creek - Assault upon , and capture of Fort - Oswego - Public property found there - American incursion into the village of Dover , at Long Point ; and destruction ...
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... Lake - Erie shores . A part of this force , consisting of the two flank compa- nies of the Royal Scots , the light company of the 89th , and a detachment of rangers and Kent militia , under captain Caldwell , in all 196 rank and file ...
... Lake - Erie shores . A part of this force , consisting of the two flank compa- nies of the Royal Scots , the light company of the 89th , and a detachment of rangers and Kent militia , under captain Caldwell , in all 196 rank and file ...
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... lake . If he deems it practicable , and you think you have troops enough to carry it , you will attempt the expe- dition . In such an event , you will use the enclosed as a ruse de guerre . " The " enclosed " was as follows : - " Public ...
... lake . If he deems it practicable , and you think you have troops enough to carry it , you will attempt the expe- dition . In such an event , you will use the enclosed as a ruse de guerre . " The " enclosed " was as follows : - " Public ...
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