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
... side fled and that pursued ; yet , if he fail to impress upon the reader's mind a clear conception of the quantum of force which each party brought into the field , he shall employ his labors to very little purpose . Of the many printed ...
... side fled and that pursued ; yet , if he fail to impress upon the reader's mind a clear conception of the quantum of force which each party brought into the field , he shall employ his labors to very little purpose . Of the many printed ...
Page xxiii
... the Appen- dix . The deficiency on the American side is compensated by the ample details , and , upon some points , apparently authentic information , contained in three very recent American publications on the events PREFACE . xxiii.
... the Appen- dix . The deficiency on the American side is compensated by the ample details , and , upon some points , apparently authentic information , contained in three very recent American publications on the events PREFACE . xxiii.
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... side ; unless , indeed , an opposite state- ment would serve to heap disgrace upon a certain commander , because he happen as to differ , in political tenets , from that party , to whose sinister purposes the writer has devoted his ...
... side ; unless , indeed , an opposite state- ment would serve to heap disgrace upon a certain commander , because he happen as to differ , in political tenets , from that party , to whose sinister purposes the writer has devoted his ...
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... side . Here the reader , beyond the rule of probability , has only the author's veracity to trust to . Upon that point , he deems it proper to state , that , in his military , as in his naval work , his unofficial facts are the result ...
... side . Here the reader , beyond the rule of probability , has only the author's veracity to trust to . Upon that point , he deems it proper to state , that , in his military , as in his naval work , his unofficial facts are the result ...
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... sides . This inviting opportunity for accomplishing an object so important to the United States , and professed so often to be the desire of both the belligerents , was made known to the British government . As that government admits ...
... sides . This inviting opportunity for accomplishing an object so important to the United States , and professed so often to be the desire of both the belligerents , was made known to the British government . As that government admits ...
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