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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Page 34
... opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the marines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as far as ...
... opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the marines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as far as ...
Page 37
... succeeded in getting opposite to the battery ; which mounted six guns , 12 and 6 - pounders , and opened a smart fire upon * App . No. 9 , the British . The marines instantly landed to the left GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 37.
... succeeded in getting opposite to the battery ; which mounted six guns , 12 and 6 - pounders , and opened a smart fire upon * App . No. 9 , the British . The marines instantly landed to the left GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 37.
Page 47
... opened upon them from one field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ...
... opened upon them from one field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ...
Page 85
... opened a smart fire upon the Americans ; in which they killed and wounded one officer and 12 men of colonel Bissell's brigade . The first intelligence of the enemy's advance reached the garrison at about half - past 10 in the forenoon ...
... opened a smart fire upon the Americans ; in which they killed and wounded one officer and 12 men of colonel Bissell's brigade . The first intelligence of the enemy's advance reached the garrison at about half - past 10 in the forenoon ...
Page 89
... opened a useless fire , 50 or 100 feet above our heads ; " the natural consequence , not only of the dis- tance , but of the thick intervening woods . The spirited and long - continued fire kept up by the British had exhausted their ...
... opened a useless fire , 50 or 100 feet above our heads ; " the natural consequence , not only of the dis- tance , but of the thick intervening woods . The spirited and long - continued fire kept up by the British had exhausted their ...
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