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 39
... long 32 - pounders , ready for sending away ; and eight long guns , and four carronades , in the boring - house and foundry . Another division } of boats was sent up the Susquehanna ; and returned GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 39.
... long 32 - pounders , ready for sending away ; and eight long guns , and four carronades , in the boring - house and foundry . Another division } of boats was sent up the Susquehanna ; and returned GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 39.
Page 40
... returned , after destroying five vessels and a large store of flour . No event of the war has been more grossly exaggerated than the proceedings of the British at Havre de Grace . Happily , so much incon- sistency and contradiction ...
... returned , after destroying five vessels and a large store of flour . No event of the war has been more grossly exaggerated than the proceedings of the British at Havre de Grace . Happily , so much incon- sistency and contradiction ...
Page 47
... returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ; but , the instant the American militia observed them fix their bayonets , they fled to the woods , and were neither seen nor heard of afterwards . All the houses ...
... returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with the marines ; but , the instant the American militia observed them fix their bayonets , they fled to the woods , and were neither seen nor heard of afterwards . All the houses ...
Page 53
... returned captain Travers his sword , accompanied by a letter , not less complimentary to him than creditable to the writer . Mr. Thomson has added , " a tender " to the boats of the frigate ; and declares that the force of the British ...
... returned captain Travers his sword , accompanied by a letter , not less complimentary to him than creditable to the writer . Mr. Thomson has added , " a tender " to the boats of the frigate ; and declares that the force of the British ...
Page 54
... returned to his command early , in June ; bringing with him , according to newspaper - account , a detachment of battalion marines , 1800 strong ; 300 of the 102d regiment ; 250 of the Independent Foreigners , or Canadian chasseurs ...
... returned to his command early , in June ; bringing with him , according to newspaper - account , a detachment of battalion marines , 1800 strong ; 300 of the 102d regiment ; 250 of the Independent Foreigners , or Canadian chasseurs ...
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