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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... militia after being disembodied - Their gallant attack upon , and capture of , a band of plunder- ing traitors — General M'Clure's shameful con- duct towards the Canadian inhabitants - Colonel Murray's gallant behaviour - Its effect ...
... militia after being disembodied - Their gallant attack upon , and capture of , a band of plunder- ing traitors — General M'Clure's shameful con- duct towards the Canadian inhabitants - Colonel Murray's gallant behaviour - Its effect ...
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... militia officers and privates . These , in number 45 , immediately formed them- selves into an association ; and marched , with lieu- tenant - colonel Bostwick , of the Oxford militia , at their head , against the marauders ; whom they ...
... militia officers and privates . These , in number 45 , immediately formed them- selves into an association ; and marched , with lieu- tenant - colonel Bostwick , of the Oxford militia , at their head , against the marauders ; whom they ...
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... militia , and Indians , to the num- ber , by the most probable account , of 1500 men , ' who , he says , entered the fort while the men were nearly all asleep " killing , without mercy or discrimination , those who came in their way ...
... militia , and Indians , to the num- ber , by the most probable account , of 1500 men , ' who , he says , entered the fort while the men were nearly all asleep " killing , without mercy or discrimination , those who came in their way ...
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... militia , then assembling from all parts , to repel any further . encroachments . On the morning of the 23d the major - general fixed his head - quarters at Batavia , a village about 40 miles from Buffaloe . On the morning of the 29th ...
... militia , then assembling from all parts , to repel any further . encroachments . On the morning of the 23d the major - general fixed his head - quarters at Batavia , a village about 40 miles from Buffaloe . On the morning of the 29th ...
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... militia to dislodge the British from their position ; but , " owing to the darkness of the night , and the confusion into which the militia were thrown by the enemy's fire , " * every attempt failed . At day - dawn on the 31st , the ...
... militia to dislodge the British from their position ; but , " owing to the darkness of the night , and the confusion into which the militia were thrown by the enemy's fire , " * every attempt failed . At day - dawn on the 31st , the ...
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