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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... prisoners , ought to be received with caution . A general may find it convenient to show an extended front , of only one or two files deep ; and thus deceive his opponent . A few stragglers in a wood may be considered as part of a ...
... prisoners , ought to be received with caution . A general may find it convenient to show an extended front , of only one or two files deep ; and thus deceive his opponent . A few stragglers in a wood may be considered as part of a ...
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... prisoners of war , Leaving , From this number he deducted one - third , which appeared to him , from the documents , rather less than the full proportion of seamen im- pressed from British merchant vessels , in which , if not British ...
... prisoners of war , Leaving , From this number he deducted one - third , which appeared to him , from the documents , rather less than the full proportion of seamen im- pressed from British merchant vessels , in which , if not British ...
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... This they effected , tied his hands behind him , and at the point of the bayonet drove him some dis- * Burdick's Pol . and Ilist . Reg . p . 194 . tance , till the prisoner making an attempt to es- GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 43.
... This they effected , tied his hands behind him , and at the point of the bayonet drove him some dis- * Burdick's Pol . and Ilist . Reg . p . 194 . tance , till the prisoner making an attempt to es- GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 43.
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With an Appendix, and Plates William James. tance , till the prisoner making an attempt to es- cape , the party fired at , and killed him : they then fled to their boat , and proceeded to the American side . Capt . Bennet was tried by a ...
With an Appendix, and Plates William James. tance , till the prisoner making an attempt to es- cape , the party fired at , and killed him : they then fled to their boat , and proceeded to the American side . Capt . Bennet was tried by a ...
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... prisoners . Captain Heald and his lady fortunately effected their escape ; and , says one American account , " procured a con- veyance to Michilimacinac , where they were politely received by the commandant , captain Roberts . " Mrs ...
... prisoners . Captain Heald and his lady fortunately effected their escape ; and , says one American account , " procured a con- veyance to Michilimacinac , where they were politely received by the commandant , captain Roberts . " Mrs ...
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