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 11
... possessed , might have maintained a regular siege . He was in too much haste to destroy the whole of his magazines , or even to remove his tents ; of which a sufficiency for 1500 men were left standing . Colonel Murray , in his first ...
... possessed , might have maintained a regular siege . He was in too much haste to destroy the whole of his magazines , or even to remove his tents ; of which a sufficiency for 1500 men were left standing . Colonel Murray , in his first ...
Page 19
... possession of a 12 and 6 - pounder gun , with travelling carriages , and every thing complete ; also a eonsiderable quantity of small arms , some ammu- nition , nine barrels of powder , and about 200 barrels of flour . The small ...
... possession of a 12 and 6 - pounder gun , with travelling carriages , and every thing complete ; also a eonsiderable quantity of small arms , some ammu- nition , nine barrels of powder , and about 200 barrels of flour . The small ...
Page 32
... possessions , rear- admiral Cockburn , in the Marlborough 74 , with some frigates and smaller vessels , entered the Chesapeake bay on the 4th of March , 1813 . The United States ' frigate Constellation , lying in James's river , near ...
... possessions , rear- admiral Cockburn , in the Marlborough 74 , with some frigates and smaller vessels , entered the Chesapeake bay on the 4th of March , 1813 . The United States ' frigate Constellation , lying in James's river , near ...
Page 70
... possession of Ocracoke and the town of Portsmouth , without the slightest opposition . The inhabitants behaved with civility , and their property was , in consequence , not molested ; although both Mr. Thompson and Mr. O'Connor have ...
... possession of Ocracoke and the town of Portsmouth , without the slightest opposition . The inhabitants behaved with civility , and their property was , in consequence , not molested ; although both Mr. Thompson and Mr. O'Connor have ...
Page 75
... possession of the Niagara frontier had enabled lieutenant - general Drummond , early in February , to detach a small force of regulars , to check the further inroads of the Americans , along the Detroit and Lake - Erie shores . A part ...
... possession of the Niagara frontier had enabled lieutenant - general Drummond , early in February , to detach a small force of regulars , to check the further inroads of the Americans , along the Detroit and Lake - Erie shores . A part ...
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