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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... letter , states that general M'Clure had passed over his cannon , as well as stores . * But , in a second letter , he mentions that one 18 , four 12 , and several 9 - pounders , together with a large supply of shot , were found in the ...
... letter , states that general M'Clure had passed over his cannon , as well as stores . * But , in a second letter , he mentions that one 18 , four 12 , and several 9 - pounders , together with a large supply of shot , were found in the ...
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... letter then states that , on entering the fort , we " commenced a most horrid slaughter . " This is utterly false , as respects the implication intended . The piquets and sentries , as in all cases of assault or surprise , were ...
... letter then states that , on entering the fort , we " commenced a most horrid slaughter . " This is utterly false , as respects the implication intended . The piquets and sentries , as in all cases of assault or surprise , were ...
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... letter , then says : " Accompanied by his Indian warriors , he rushed furiously in upon the garrison . " " On entering the garrison , continues Mr. Thomson , " colonel Murray * History of the War , p . 159 . VOL . II . C received a ...
... letter , then says : " Accompanied by his Indian warriors , he rushed furiously in upon the garrison . " " On entering the garrison , continues Mr. Thomson , " colonel Murray * History of the War , p . 159 . VOL . II . C received a ...
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... letters of marque - American mis - state- ments corrected . A THREATENING attitude upon the Atlantic frontier of the United States , in the neighbour . hood of the capital especially , being considered likely to GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
... letters of marque - American mis - state- ments corrected . A THREATENING attitude upon the Atlantic frontier of the United States , in the neighbour . hood of the capital especially , being considered likely to GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
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... letter from the spot ; who complains that the destruction of Havre de Grace has " ruined " him ; and who , therefore , must write with highly irritated feelings against the British . He says : " The inhabitants fled at the approach of ...
... letter from the spot ; who complains that the destruction of Havre de Grace has " ruined " him ; and who , therefore , must write with highly irritated feelings against the British . He says : " The inhabitants fled at the approach of ...
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18-pounders 24-pounders 6-pounder advance aide de camp American amounted arms army arrived attack bank battalion battery Bladensburg boats brigade British captain Barrie capture carronades Chippeway colonel column command commenced commodore corps creek destroyed detachment division dragoons drummers Drummond enemy enemy's ensign field-pieces fire fleet flotilla force Fort-Erie Fort-George frigate gallant garrison gun-boats guns honor Indians infantry inhabitants island killed and wounded lake landed letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel loss Louisiana major major-general marines ment miles militia missing morning naval Niagara night o'clock officers Orleans party piquets Plattsburg position possession prisoners rank and file rear rear-admiral rear-admiral Cockburn regiment retired retreat Riall river road royal artillery royal marines royal Scots Sackett's Harbor says schooner seamen serjeants severely ships shore shot sir Edward Pakenham Sketches sloop squadron subalterns Thomson tion town troops United Upper Canada vessels volunteers Watteville's whole Wilkinson's Mem woods