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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... superior commerce , and maratime Great Britain . - power of " The same partiality towards France was observable in their negociations as in their mea sures of alleged resistance . " Application was made to both belligerents for a ...
... superior commerce , and maratime Great Britain . - power of " The same partiality towards France was observable in their negociations as in their mea sures of alleged resistance . " Application was made to both belligerents for a ...
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... Superior ; a col- lection of fresh water unequalled by any upon the face of the globe . Lake Superior is of a tri- angular form , in length 381 , in breadth 161 , and in circumference , 1152 miles . Among its seve- ral islands is one ...
... Superior ; a col- lection of fresh water unequalled by any upon the face of the globe . Lake Superior is of a tri- angular form , in length 381 , in breadth 161 , and in circumference , 1152 miles . Among its seve- ral islands is one ...
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... superior force of regulars and Indians . " One editor says , " The whole detachment retreated in great disorder , and could not , by any exertion of major Van Horn , be rallied ; " another says , " they fled with precipitation ; " and a ...
... superior force of regulars and Indians . " One editor says , " The whole detachment retreated in great disorder , and could not , by any exertion of major Van Horn , be rallied ; " another says , " they fled with precipitation ; " and a ...
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... superior " to his own , which he has , in his old way , reduced below the number stated in the official account . Nor is there a word of the two 6 - pounders . Here the first trigger was pulled between the British and Americans in the ...
... superior " to his own , which he has , in his old way , reduced below the number stated in the official account . Nor is there a word of the two 6 - pounders . Here the first trigger was pulled between the British and Americans in the ...
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... superior position , under the protection of a fort , mounting 33 pieces of ordnance , including nine 24 - pounders . General Hull , in his letter states , that the " whole effective force at his disposal did not exceed 800 men . " But ...
... superior position , under the protection of a fort , mounting 33 pieces of ordnance , including nine 24 - pounders . General Hull , in his letter states , that the " whole effective force at his disposal did not exceed 800 men . " But ...
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