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 83
... regiment soon followed . It was in vain for a subaltern's detachment of the 49th , which had been sent from Fort - Erie , to offer any resistance ; although the British had contrived to set fire to the brig , previous to the arrival of ...
... regiment soon followed . It was in vain for a subaltern's detachment of the 49th , which had been sent from Fort - Erie , to offer any resistance ; although the British had contrived to set fire to the brig , previous to the arrival of ...
Page 84
... troops under the immediate command of general Van Rensselaer ; and , as the only force , there sta- tioned , was known to be two companies of the 49th regiment , and a small detachment of mi- litia , no doubt was entertained about the ...
... troops under the immediate command of general Van Rensselaer ; and , as the only force , there sta- tioned , was known to be two companies of the 49th regiment , and a small detachment of mi- litia , no doubt was entertained about the ...
Page 87
... troops . The only force at Queenstown consisted of the two flank companies of the 49th regiment , and a small detachment of militia ; amounting , in all , to about 300 rank and file . Of these about 60 , taken from the 49th grenadiers ...
... troops . The only force at Queenstown consisted of the two flank companies of the 49th regiment , and a small detachment of militia ; amounting , in all , to about 300 rank and file . Of these about 60 , taken from the 49th grenadiers ...
Page 88
... officers and pri- vates , including , among the wounded , colonel Van Rensselaer ... 49th grenadiers and of the militia- company had now joined captain Dennis ... regiment ; two others were captured ; and the remainder , foiled in their ...
... officers and pri- vates , including , among the wounded , colonel Van Rensselaer ... 49th grenadiers and of the militia- company had now joined captain Dennis ... regiment ; two others were captured ; and the remainder , foiled in their ...
Page 92
... 49th British regiment , advan- tageously posted , with a body of auxiliary mi- litia and Indians : it was indeed a display of intrepidity rarely exhibited , in which the con- duct and the execution were equally conspicu- ous . Here true ...
... 49th British regiment , advan- tageously posted , with a body of auxiliary mi- litia and Indians : it was indeed a display of intrepidity rarely exhibited , in which the con- duct and the execution were equally conspicu- ous . Here true ...
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41st regiment 49th regiment 6-pounder advance Ameri American army American editor American troops Amherstburg amounted arms arrived attack batteaux batteries battle boats brigade brigadier-general Britain British British force Brock camp Canadian Canadian fencibles captain capture colonel command commenced corps Creek Dearborn declaration despatch detachment Detroit Ditto dragoons enemy enemy's ensign field-pieces fire fleet Fort-Erie Fort-George garrison Glengarry gun-boats guns Hist honor immediately Indians infantry killed and wounded Kingston Lake landed letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel loss majesty's major major-general ment miles militia morning naval Niagara o'clock officers Ogdensburg ordnance party prisoners privates Queenstown rank and file received reinforcement retreat river royal artillery Royal Newfoundland regiment Sackett's Harbor says schooners secretary at war sent serjeants Sheaffe ship shore sir George Prevost sir James Yeo Sketches stationed surrender Tecumseh Thomson tion town United Upper Canada vessels whole Wilkinson's Mem woods