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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... seamen and marines turned to the right and left , and demolished every thing in their way ? The townspeople themselves had constructed the battery ; and yet not a house in which an inhabitant remained was injured . Several of the ...
... seamen and marines turned to the right and left , and demolished every thing in their way ? The townspeople themselves had constructed the battery ; and yet not a house in which an inhabitant remained was injured . Several of the ...
Page 54
... seamen and marines from the Constella- tion frigate , then moored at the navy - yard , also with 50 infantry from Craney Island ; and , under the command of captain Tarbin , to attempt the capture or destruction of the Junon . It was ...
... seamen and marines from the Constella- tion frigate , then moored at the navy - yard , also with 50 infantry from Craney Island ; and , under the command of captain Tarbin , to attempt the capture or destruction of the Junon . It was ...
Page 57
... seamen and marines , to a bat- tery of 18 - pounders on the north - west , and about 480 Virginia militia , † exclusive of officers , to reinforce a detachment of artillery , stationed with two 24 and four 6 - pounders on the west ...
... seamen and marines , to a bat- tery of 18 - pounders on the north - west , and about 480 Virginia militia , † exclusive of officers , to reinforce a detachment of artillery , stationed with two 24 and four 6 - pounders on the west ...
Page 58
... seamen , the whole under the command of captain Pechelly of the St. Domingo , arrived , at about 11 o'clock in the forenoon , off the north - west side of the island , directly in front of the battery manned by the Constellation's men ...
... seamen , the whole under the command of captain Pechelly of the St. Domingo , arrived , at about 11 o'clock in the forenoon , off the north - west side of the island , directly in front of the battery manned by the Constellation's men ...
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... seamen , having , plunged his boat- hook over the side , found three or four feet of slimy , mud at the bottom . A check thus efféc- tually given to a daring enterprise , in which all were so ready to join , captain Hanchett waved his ...
... seamen , having , plunged his boat- hook over the side , found three or four feet of slimy , mud at the bottom . A check thus efféc- tually given to a daring enterprise , in which all were so ready to join , captain Hanchett waved his ...
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