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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... pieces of ordnance ; and , among them , some 32 - pound carronades . The arsenal contained upwards of 3000 stands of arms , and many rifles . The ordnance and commissariat stores were im- mense ; and so was the quantity of army ...
... pieces of ordnance ; and , among them , some 32 - pound carronades . The arsenal contained upwards of 3000 stands of arms , and many rifles . The ordnance and commissariat stores were im- mense ; and so was the quantity of army ...
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... piece posted on a height that commanded the road , made but a slight resistance , ere they fled in all directions to the neighbouring woods . The British captured at these two posts eight pieces of ordnance , including a 24 and 18 ...
... piece posted on a height that commanded the road , made but a slight resistance , ere they fled in all directions to the neighbouring woods . The British captured at these two posts eight pieces of ordnance , including a 24 and 18 ...
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... piece of useful information . " The enemy , " says he , " having declared their conduct on the Niagara frontier to have been committed in retaliation for excesses said to have been committed by the American armies in Canada , the ...
... piece of useful information . " The enemy , " says he , " having declared their conduct on the Niagara frontier to have been committed in retaliation for excesses said to have been committed by the American armies in Canada , the ...
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... pieces of cannon , chiefly long 32 and 24 - pounders , would have appeared of sufficient national importance , to engage the attention of such as profess to detail the events of a war . But it was necessary to cast every possible odium ...
... pieces of cannon , chiefly long 32 and 24 - pounders , would have appeared of sufficient national importance , to engage the attention of such as profess to detail the events of a war . But it was necessary to cast every possible odium ...
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... 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 ; but , the instant the American ...
... 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 ; but , the instant the American ...
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