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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... severely in the wrist . Nor is it without feelings of exulta- tion , that we compare the number of British sent against Fort - Niagara , with the number of Ame- ricans , covered too by the fire from a fleet of ships , and from that same ...
... severely in the wrist . Nor is it without feelings of exulta- tion , that we compare the number of British sent against Fort - Niagara , with the number of Ame- ricans , covered too by the fire from a fleet of ships , and from that same ...
Page 55
... severely handled " as to be placed " upon a deep careen , with a number of boats and stages round her , " received only one or two shots in her hull , and sustained no other loss than one * App . No. 12 . • man killed . Three of the gun ...
... severely handled " as to be placed " upon a deep careen , with a number of boats and stages round her , " received only one or two shots in her hull , and sustained no other loss than one * App . No. 12 . • man killed . Three of the gun ...
Page 87
... severely wounded in the first , captain Blake volunteered to head the grenadiers in the second charge . This charge was made and persisted in , with even more gallantry and reso- lution than the first . The men advanced within a very ...
... severely wounded in the first , captain Blake volunteered to head the grenadiers in the second charge . This charge was made and persisted in , with even more gallantry and reso- lution than the first . The men advanced within a very ...
Page 146
... severely wounded at the early part of the action , was , with some other wounded officers and atten- dants , retiring to the rear to have his wounds * Sketches of the War , p . 292 . dressed ; when he and his party were captured by 146 ...
... severely wounded at the early part of the action , was , with some other wounded officers and atten- dants , retiring to the rear to have his wounds * Sketches of the War , p . 292 . dressed ; when he and his party were captured by 146 ...
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... severely suffered ; but , with those that remained , and a reinforcing detachment of infantry , major Hindman renewed his attempts to drive the Britsih 41st and 104th from the bastion . Captain Birdsall , at the same moment , drawing ...
... severely suffered ; but , with those that remained , and a reinforcing detachment of infantry , major Hindman renewed his attempts to drive the Britsih 41st and 104th from the bastion . Captain Birdsall , at the same moment , drawing ...
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