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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... leaving general M'Clure , with his 2700 militia , and a few . regular troops , in charge of Fort - George . General McClure , now having the entire com- mand to himself , and being disappointed , notwithstanding all the intrigues of his ...
... leaving general M'Clure , with his 2700 militia , and a few . regular troops , in charge of Fort - George . General McClure , now having the entire com- mand to himself , and being disappointed , notwithstanding all the intrigues of his ...
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... leaving to doctor Smith to advance the next step ; who , as if to confirm his pre- decessor's discernment , says roundly : " Fort- George was soon afterwards abandoned , and blown up , by general M'Clure . " † Early in November ...
... leaving to doctor Smith to advance the next step ; who , as if to confirm his pre- decessor's discernment , says roundly : " Fort- George was soon afterwards abandoned , and blown up , by general M'Clure . " † Early in November ...
Page 74
... Leaving these , therefore , as a guard over the dragoon horses , lieutenant Medcalf hastened to Macrae's , with the remaining 28 of his party . On arriving near the house , the door was found closed , and the 45 American regulars had ...
... Leaving these , therefore , as a guard over the dragoon horses , lieutenant Medcalf hastened to Macrae's , with the remaining 28 of his party . On arriving near the house , the door was found closed , and the 45 American regulars had ...
Page 84
... leaving horizontal inter- vals to fire through . On the north - bank of the river , a little to the right of the mill , and with which it communicated by a wooden bridge , was a small house , not originally intended for , but , on this ...
... leaving horizontal inter- vals to fire through . On the north - bank of the river , a little to the right of the mill , and with which it communicated by a wooden bridge , was a small house , not originally intended for , but , on this ...
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... leaving the town , with their property . On the same evening , a bomb - vessel and eight gallies of the flotilla arrived , and took a station , off Otter creek ; and , on the next morning , the bomb - vessel commenced a cannonade upon ...
... leaving the town , with their property . On the same evening , a bomb - vessel and eight gallies of the flotilla arrived , and took a station , off Otter creek ; and , on the next morning , the bomb - vessel commenced a cannonade upon ...
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