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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... Night- conflagration of Newark by the Americans McClure's abandonment of Fort - George , and fight across the river - Arrival of lieutenant- general Drummond Assault upon , and capture of Fort - Niagara - Canadian prisoners found there ...
... Night- conflagration of Newark by the Americans McClure's abandonment of Fort - George , and fight across the river - Arrival of lieutenant- general Drummond Assault upon , and capture of Fort - Niagara - Canadian prisoners found there ...
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... night - fall on that day , general M'Clure gave about half an hour's notice to the inhabitants of Newark , that he should burn down their village . Few of the poor people believed that the wretch was in earnest . Soon , however , came ...
... night - fall on that day , general M'Clure gave about half an hour's notice to the inhabitants of Newark , that he should burn down their village . Few of the poor people believed that the wretch was in earnest . Soon , however , came ...
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... night , too ! -The reader's imagination must supply the rest . In what way will the American historian , or will he at all , describe the conflagration of Newark ? Not one word about it appears in doctor Smith's book . Mr. Thomson says ...
... night , too ! -The reader's imagination must supply the rest . In what way will the American historian , or will he at all , describe the conflagration of Newark ? Not one word about it appears in doctor Smith's book . Mr. Thomson says ...
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... crossed the river on that night , and landed at the Five - mile Meadows , about * Distant 530 miles . + 2d Battalion which had recently arrived from Europe . three miles above Fort - Niagara . At about four GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 13.
... crossed the river on that night , and landed at the Five - mile Meadows , about * Distant 530 miles . + 2d Battalion which had recently arrived from Europe . three miles above Fort - Niagara . At about four GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 13.
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... night of the 30th , major - general Rial , having under his command four companies of the 8th , 250 men of the 41st , the light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer ...
... night of the 30th , major - general Rial , having under his command four companies of the 8th , 250 men of the 41st , the light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer ...
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