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 1author, 1818 - Ontario |
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... CREEK , IN UPPER CANADA , THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AMERICANS : AN EXPLOIT WHICH TENDED , IN A HIigh degree , TO THE SAFETY OF TWO VALUABLE BRITISH PROVINCES ; THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED , BY THE AUTHOR . SUBSCRIBERS ...
... CREEK , IN UPPER CANADA , THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AMERICANS : AN EXPLOIT WHICH TENDED , IN A HIigh degree , TO THE SAFETY OF TWO VALUABLE BRITISH PROVINCES ; THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED , BY THE AUTHOR . SUBSCRIBERS ...
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... creeks , and morasses , are tra- versed with ease by native troops , while a body of the best disciplined foreigners is either opposed in its advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the more ardent the ...
... creeks , and morasses , are tra- versed with ease by native troops , while a body of the best disciplined foreigners is either opposed in its advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the more ardent the ...
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... creek , on the border of which stands the American village of Buffaloe , and beyond it , about two miles , Black Rock , where there is a battery , and a ferry , about 800 yards across , to Bertie in Upper Canada , The Niagara proceeds ...
... creek , on the border of which stands the American village of Buffaloe , and beyond it , about two miles , Black Rock , where there is a battery , and a ferry , about 800 yards across , to Bertie in Upper Canada , The Niagara proceeds ...
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... houses , with stores for go- vernment , barracks , wharf , & c . About three miles from Queenstown , upon the banks of a * See Plate I. stream , called the Four - mile creek , where E 2 GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 51.
... houses , with stores for go- vernment , barracks , wharf , & c . About three miles from Queenstown , upon the banks of a * See Plate I. stream , called the Four - mile creek , where E 2 GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 51.
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... creek , where it crosses the road leading to the head of Lake Ontario , is the village of St. David's ; which contains , or rather did contain till visited by the Americans , about 40 houses . At about six miles and a half from ...
... creek , where it crosses the road leading to the head of Lake Ontario , is the village of St. David's ; which contains , or rather did contain till visited by the Americans , about 40 houses . At about six miles and a half from ...
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