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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... vessels Chippeway , Little Belt , and Trippe , were found aground near Buffaloe Creek ; and , along with their stores , were also committed to the flames . This fact is scarcely noticed by the American editors ; 22 MILITARY OCCURRENCES ...
... vessels Chippeway , Little Belt , and Trippe , were found aground near Buffaloe Creek ; and , along with their stores , were also committed to the flames . This fact is scarcely noticed by the American editors ; 22 MILITARY OCCURRENCES ...
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... vessels , when captured from us a short time previous , was , with the utmost gravity , styled , " His Britannic majesty's schooner Chippe- way . " The British loss on this occasion , including that of the royal Scots already given ...
... vessels , when captured from us a short time previous , was , with the utmost gravity , styled , " His Britannic majesty's schooner Chippe- way . " The British loss on this occasion , including that of the royal Scots already given ...
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... vessels , made every arrangement for the security of , this important depĂ´t . After the incompetency of the American militia to * History of the War , p . 164. + Sec p . 49 . defend the post , had , however , been so 26 MILITARY ...
... vessels , made every arrangement for the security of , this important depĂ´t . After the incompetency of the American militia to * History of the War , p . 164. + Sec p . 49 . defend the post , had , however , been so 26 MILITARY ...
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... vessels - Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations - American misrepre- sentations corrected - Purchase of stock at Turkey Point and Specucie Island - Display of colours , and firing of cannon , at Havre de Grace - Attack upon this ...
... vessels - Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations - American misrepre- sentations corrected - Purchase of stock at Turkey Point and Specucie Island - Display of colours , and firing of cannon , at Havre de Grace - Attack upon this ...
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... vessels , entered the Chesapeake bay on the 4th of March , 1813 . The United States ' frigate Constellation , lying in James's river , near Norfolk , became the first object of attack ; but the preparatory movements of the British ...
... vessels , entered the Chesapeake bay on the 4th of March , 1813 . The United States ' frigate Constellation , lying in James's river , near Norfolk , became the first object of attack ; but the preparatory movements of the British ...
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