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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Page xxii
... amounted to 150000 , and the English but to 9000 ; ' † which is nearly 17 , instead of six , ' ' four , ' or even * Hume , Vol . III . p . 100 . Rapin ( folio edit . ) Vol . I. p . 512 , ' three , ' to one , of all , xxii PREFACE ,
... amounted to 150000 , and the English but to 9000 ; ' † which is nearly 17 , instead of six , ' ' four , ' or even * Hume , Vol . III . p . 100 . Rapin ( folio edit . ) Vol . I. p . 512 , ' three , ' to one , of all , xxii PREFACE ,
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... amounted to an absolute surrender of the rights on which those orders and block- ades were founded . " Had the American government been sin- cere in representing the orders in council as the only subject of difference between Great ...
... amounted to an absolute surrender of the rights on which those orders and block- ades were founded . " Had the American government been sin- cere in representing the orders in council as the only subject of difference between Great ...
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... amounted to 260 , or to half the number ; other- wise the American historians would have taken advantage of the circumstance . * It was natural for general Hull to magnify the British force ; which he did to an extent that enabled him ...
... amounted to 260 , or to half the number ; other- wise the American historians would have taken advantage of the circumstance . * It was natural for general Hull to magnify the British force ; which he did to an extent that enabled him ...
Page 96
... amounted to one or two hundreds . Mr. Thom- son states 90 as the number of Americans killed in action . That , added to the number of pri- soners , makes , without reckoning those taken in the boats , 1021.-Dr. Smith says : - " In the ...
... amounted to one or two hundreds . Mr. Thom- son states 90 as the number of Americans killed in action . That , added to the number of pri- soners , makes , without reckoning those taken in the boats , 1021.-Dr. Smith says : - " In the ...
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... amounted to 3170 ; * a tolerable proof that , at the lowest estimate , 1600 Americans crossed over to Queenstown , on the " memorable " 13th of October , 1812 . 66 When general Wilkinson complains that the executive has not rendered ...
... amounted to 3170 ; * a tolerable proof that , at the lowest estimate , 1600 Americans crossed over to Queenstown , on the " memorable " 13th of October , 1812 . 66 When general Wilkinson complains that the executive has not rendered ...
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