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 xx
... Woods , precipices , creeks , and morasses , are tra- versed with ease by native troops , while a body of the best disciplined foreigners is either opposed in its advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the ...
... Woods , precipices , creeks , and morasses , are tra- versed with ease by native troops , while a body of the best disciplined foreigners is either opposed in its advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the ...
Page xxviii
... wood may be considered as part of a larger body ; or a severe unexpected repulse may induce the retreating troops , from their fears alone , to magnify the number of their foes . For this reason chiefly it is , that the author has ...
... wood may be considered as part of a larger body ; or a severe unexpected repulse may induce the retreating troops , from their fears alone , to magnify the number of their foes . For this reason chiefly it is , that the author has ...
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... wood that skirted the plane , im , mediately fired upon the Indians , killing one , and wounding two . After scalping the dead Indian , the American force was no more seen . Not a musket was fired by the Indians , nor were the regulars ...
... wood that skirted the plane , im , mediately fired upon the Indians , killing one , and wounding two . After scalping the dead Indian , the American force was no more seen . Not a musket was fired by the Indians , nor were the regulars ...
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... woods , to form a junction with captain Brush , and to assist in the transportation of the provisions . " On the same day that the battle of Maguaga took place , captain Heald , the American com- mander at Fort Chicago , near the head ...
... woods , to form a junction with captain Brush , and to assist in the transportation of the provisions . " On the same day that the battle of Maguaga took place , captain Heald , the American com- mander at Fort Chicago , near the head ...
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... woods about a mile and a half on the left of the army . The direction of the batteries on the opposite 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 ...
... woods about a mile and a half on the left of the army . The direction of the batteries on the opposite 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 ...
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