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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... soon as general Vincent and his troops had got well on their way to Burlington , major - general M'Clure , with the whole of his force , numbering 2700 men , be- sides Indians , marched a few miles along the road , and back . This was ...
... soon as general Vincent and his troops had got well on their way to Burlington , major - general M'Clure , with the whole of his force , numbering 2700 men , be- sides Indians , marched a few miles along the road , and back . This was ...
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... Kingston , upon which place the troops were directed to retire , had , at this time , scarcely a week's provision in History of the War , p . 158 . store . This abandonment of territory so soon following up 4 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... Kingston , upon which place the troops were directed to retire , had , at this time , scarcely a week's provision in History of the War , p . 158 . store . This abandonment of territory so soon following up 4 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
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... soon following up the affair at the Moravian village , what would the Indians have thought of us ? In short , it will not bear reflection . . Towards the end of October , among other sacrifices caused by the dread of general Harrison's ...
... soon following up the affair at the Moravian village , what would the Indians have thought of us ? In short , it will not bear reflection . . Towards the end of October , among other sacrifices caused by the dread of general Harrison's ...
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... soon reached the ears of general M'Clure , who had taken post at the Twenty - mile Creek , and who now retreated , in haste , to a position somewhat nearer to Fort - George . Colonel Murray obtained fresh permission to extend his march ...
... soon reached the ears of general M'Clure , who had taken post at the Twenty - mile Creek , and who now retreated , in haste , to a position somewhat nearer to Fort - George . Colonel Murray obtained fresh permission to extend his march ...
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... Soon , however , came round the merciless firemen . Out of the 150 houses of which Newark had consisted , 149 were levelled to the dust ! Such articles of furniture and other valuables as the incendiaries could not , and the inhabitants ...
... Soon , however , came round the merciless firemen . Out of the 150 houses of which Newark had consisted , 149 were levelled to the dust ! Such articles of furniture and other valuables as the incendiaries could not , and the inhabitants ...
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