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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... woods . " The British are declared to have sustained a loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the ! literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill their " histories ...
... woods . " The British are declared to have sustained a loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the ! literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill their " histories ...
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... woods . The British captured at these two posts eight pieces of ordnance , including a 24 and 18 - poun- der . For want of adequate means of conveyance the public stores , consisting of considerable quan- tities of clothing , spirits ...
... woods . The British captured at these two posts eight pieces of ordnance , including a 24 and 18 - poun- der . For want of adequate means of conveyance the public stores , consisting of considerable quan- tities of clothing , spirits ...
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... woods , only 130 prisoners were made ; among whom was the notorious colonel , or doctor Chapin . Major - general Hall himself , with nearly 300 of the most pursy of his soldiers , brought up at the Eleven - mile Creek , about three ...
... woods , only 130 prisoners were made ; among whom was the notorious colonel , or doctor Chapin . Major - general Hall himself , with nearly 300 of the most pursy of his soldiers , brought up at the Eleven - mile Creek , about three ...
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... woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as far as could be ascer- tained , taken no part in the contest , were not in the slightest degree molested ; but a consi- derable quantity of flour , of ...
... woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as far as could be ascer- tained , taken no part in the contest , were not in the slightest degree molested ; but a consi- derable quantity of flour , of ...
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... woods , and were neither seen nor heard of afterwards . All the houses , excepting those whose owners had continued peaceably in them , and taken no part in the attack , were forthwith destroyed ; as were * App . No. 10 . four vessels ...
... woods , and were neither seen nor heard of afterwards . All the houses , excepting those whose owners had continued peaceably in them , and taken no part in the attack , were forthwith destroyed ; as were * App . No. 10 . four vessels ...
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