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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... light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed ...
... light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed ...
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... light dragoons , and one , " lieutenant Totman , of the Canadian volun- teers , " was shot . Mr. Thomson declars , that James's Naval Occurrences , p . 286 . + Nav . Hist . of the United States , Vol . II . p . 242 . + App . No. 7 . to ...
... light dragoons , and one , " lieutenant Totman , of the Canadian volun- teers , " was shot . Mr. Thomson declars , that James's Naval Occurrences , p . 286 . + Nav . Hist . of the United States , Vol . II . p . 242 . + App . No. 7 . to ...
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... light squadron retired from that quarter . None of the American historians notice the lenient conduct observed towards the inhabi- tants of the two last - mentioned towns ; unless we are to consider Mr. Thomson as glancing at the ...
... light squadron retired from that quarter . None of the American historians notice the lenient conduct observed towards the inhabi- tants of the two last - mentioned towns ; unless we are to consider Mr. Thomson as glancing at the ...
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... opinion , surely , about the wisdom of sending boats , in broad day - light , to feel their way to the shore , * Sketches of the War , p . 215. + App . No. 12 . over shoals and mud - banks ; and that in GREAT BRITAIN 63 • AND AMERICA .
... opinion , surely , about the wisdom of sending boats , in broad day - light , to feel their way to the shore , * Sketches of the War , p . 215. + App . No. 12 . over shoals and mud - banks ; and that in GREAT BRITAIN 63 • AND AMERICA .
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... , and the launches of the squadron . About half an hour before day - light on the 26th , the ad- vance , consisting of about 650 men , along with two 6 - pounders , under lieutenant - colonel 64 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... , and the launches of the squadron . About half an hour before day - light on the 26th , the ad- vance , consisting of about 650 men , along with two 6 - pounders , under lieutenant - colonel 64 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
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