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 iii
... ADVANCE OF AN ATTACK , PLANNED BY HIMSELF , IN WHICH SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR BRITISH SURPRISED , AND , AFTER A SHORT STRUGGLE , DROVE FROM THEIR FORTIFIED ENCAMPMENT , NEAR STONEY CREEK , IN UPPER CANADA , THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ...
... ADVANCE OF AN ATTACK , PLANNED BY HIMSELF , IN WHICH SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR BRITISH SURPRISED , AND , AFTER A SHORT STRUGGLE , DROVE FROM THEIR FORTIFIED ENCAMPMENT , NEAR STONEY CREEK , IN UPPER CANADA , THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ...
Page xx
... advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the more ardent the courage , the greater is the slaughter , the more certain the defeat . The British soldier can seldom trace his acquaintance with fire - arms ...
... advance by insurmount- able obstacles , or led into an ambush , where the more ardent the courage , the greater is the slaughter , the more certain the defeat . The British soldier can seldom trace his acquaintance with fire - arms ...
Page xxvii
... advance any authority for even the most improbable fact . In despite of our reason we are to credit their naked assertions ; and to confess , that the heroes of the new , are giants in prowess , compared to the heroes of the old world ...
... advance any authority for even the most improbable fact . In despite of our reason we are to credit their naked assertions ; and to confess , that the heroes of the new , are giants in prowess , compared to the heroes of the old world ...
Page 19
... advance principles of maritime law unsanctioned by any other authority than his own arbitrary will . " The pretext for these decrees were , first , that Great Britain had exercised the rights of war against private persons , their ships ...
... advance principles of maritime law unsanctioned by any other authority than his own arbitrary will . " The pretext for these decrees were , first , that Great Britain had exercised the rights of war against private persons , their ships ...
Page 46
... advance to Detroit - The surrender of that im- portant post , and the whole of the Michigan ter- ritory - General Hull's trial - Effects of the loss of Detroit on the cabinet at Washington - Sir George Prevost's impolitic armistice . As ...
... advance to Detroit - The surrender of that im- portant post , and the whole of the Michigan ter- ritory - General Hull's trial - Effects of the loss of Detroit on the cabinet at Washington - Sir George Prevost's impolitic armistice . As ...
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