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 47
... shores can yet boast of inhabitants . Out of Lake Superior a very rapid current flows , over immense masses of rock , along a channel 27 miles in extent , called St. Mary's river , into Lake Huron ; at the head of which is the British ...
... shores can yet boast of inhabitants . Out of Lake Superior a very rapid current flows , over immense masses of rock , along a channel 27 miles in extent , called St. Mary's river , into Lake Huron ; at the head of which is the British ...
Page 53
... shores , on both sides , were , more or less , the scenes of active warfare during the whole period of hostilities . Lake Ontario , to which the strait leads , is in length , from west to east , 171 , in breadth 50 , and in ...
... shores , on both sides , were , more or less , the scenes of active warfare during the whole period of hostilities . Lake Ontario , to which the strait leads , is in length , from west to east , 171 , in breadth 50 , and in ...
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... shore had , in the mean time , been left to an intelligent officer . At about 10 o'clock the troops advanced , in a close column , 12 in front , along the bank of the river towards the fort , and halted at about a GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
... shore had , in the mean time , been left to an intelligent officer . At about 10 o'clock the troops advanced , in a close column , 12 in front , along the bank of the river towards the fort , and halted at about a GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
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... shore , to run the Detroit upon Squaw Island , Almost immediately afterwards , a detachment of the 2d United States ' regiment of artillery , with four * Sketches of the War , p . 43 . n field - pieces , landed on the island ; 82 ...
... shore , to run the Detroit upon Squaw Island , Almost immediately afterwards , a detachment of the 2d United States ' regiment of artillery , with four * Sketches of the War , p . 43 . n field - pieces , landed on the island ; 82 ...
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... shore , from which mus- ketry could be effectual in opposing a landing . With these important advantages the troops em- barked ; but , a grape - shot striking the boat in which lieutenant - colonel Christie was , and wounding him in the ...
... shore , from which mus- ketry could be effectual in opposing a landing . With these important advantages the troops em- barked ; but , a grape - shot striking the boat in which lieutenant - colonel Christie was , and wounding him in the ...
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