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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... half a dozen of the American reviewer's mis - statements ; thence submitting , as a fair inference , what degree of credit is due to the remainder of that gentleman's assertions . Not being a naval officer , ' the author could have no ...
... half a dozen of the American reviewer's mis - statements ; thence submitting , as a fair inference , what degree of credit is due to the remainder of that gentleman's assertions . Not being a naval officer , ' the author could have no ...
Page 51
... half a mile , it falls , on the British side 157 , and on the New York side 162 , feet per- pendicular . * From the cataract the river is a continued ra- pid , half a mile in width , for about seven miles . At this point stand ...
... half a mile , it falls , on the British side 157 , and on the New York side 162 , feet per- pendicular . * From the cataract the river is a continued ra- pid , half a mile in width , for about seven miles . At this point stand ...
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... half froin Queenstown , near to the river side , stands the British Fort - George , * constructed of earthern ramparts , and palisades of dry cedar , to which a lighted candle would set fire . mounted , when the war commenced , no ...
... half froin Queenstown , near to the river side , stands the British Fort - George , * constructed of earthern ramparts , and palisades of dry cedar , to which a lighted candle would set fire . mounted , when the war commenced , no ...
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... half in diameter , and formed by a narrow peninsula extending to Gibraltar - point , upon which a block - house has been erected . The town , which is the infant capital of Upper Canada , is in lat , 43 ° 30 ′ north , and long . 79 ° 20 ...
... half in diameter , and formed by a narrow peninsula extending to Gibraltar - point , upon which a block - house has been erected . The town , which is the infant capital of Upper Canada , is in lat , 43 ° 30 ′ north , and long . 79 ° 20 ...
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... half a mile from the town , is a long low peninsula , forming the west - side of Navy Bay , the principal naval depôt of the British on this lake , and where the ships of war were con- structed . Of the American military posts on Lake ...
... half a mile from the town , is a long low peninsula , forming the west - side of Navy Bay , the principal naval depôt of the British on this lake , and where the ships of war were con- structed . Of the American military posts on Lake ...
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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