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 xii
... ground- work of the author's pamphlet in Halifax , * and subsequent volume in this country . As the present is a military work , the author , after bestowing a passing glance of admiration upon the flashy vignette of * An Inquiry , & c ...
... ground- work of the author's pamphlet in Halifax , * and subsequent volume in this country . As the present is a military work , the author , after bestowing a passing glance of admiration upon the flashy vignette of * An Inquiry , & c ...
Page xxi
... ground ; and obtained , in consequence , a decided local supe- riority over the British sent out against them . Viewed thus , it cannot be objected , if all estimates of relative force between British and American troops , other than ...
... ground ; and obtained , in consequence , a decided local supe- riority over the British sent out against them . Viewed thus , it cannot be objected , if all estimates of relative force between British and American troops , other than ...
Page xxvi
... grounds for hoping , that , at last , a candid history has appeared from the press of the United States . That the author may not , as often as a battle occurs , have to repeat remarks upon , what , without reference to the fair ...
... grounds for hoping , that , at last , a candid history has appeared from the press of the United States . That the author may not , as often as a battle occurs , have to repeat remarks upon , what , without reference to the fair ...
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... ground of its Berlin decree , was willing , in the event of its removal , to repeal that decree ; which , being followed by al- ternate repeals of the other offensive edicts , might abolish the whole system on both sides . This inviting ...
... ground of its Berlin decree , was willing , in the event of its removal , to repeal that decree ; which , being followed by al- ternate repeals of the other offensive edicts , might abolish the whole system on both sides . This inviting ...
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... grounds for war . " As if to throw additional obstacles in the way of peace , the American congress at the same time passed a law prohibiting all inter- course with Great Britain , of such a tenor as deprived the executive government ...
... grounds for war . " As if to throw additional obstacles in the way of peace , the American congress at the same time passed a law prohibiting all inter- course with Great Britain , of such a tenor as deprived the executive government ...
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