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 2author, 1818 - United States |
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... fire , " * every attempt failed . At day - dawn on the 31st , the royal Scots , about 800 strong , along with a detachment of the 19th dragoons , the whole commanded by lieutenant - colonel Gordon , of the royals , crossed over to land ...
... fire , " * every attempt failed . At day - dawn on the 31st , the royal Scots , about 800 strong , along with a detachment of the 19th dragoons , the whole commanded by lieutenant - colonel Gordon , of the royals , crossed over to land ...
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... fire , remorse would not have made cowards of M'Clure and bis myrmidons ; nor would a just indigna- tion have stimulated a small band of British to pursue and punish those guilty wretches ; many of whose dwellings happily shared the ...
... fire , remorse would not have made cowards of M'Clure and bis myrmidons ; nor would a just indigna- tion have stimulated a small band of British to pursue and punish those guilty wretches ; many of whose dwellings happily shared the ...
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... fire upon the boats from a battery - Landing of the British- Flight of the American militia - Destruction of cannon , public stores , and vessels — Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations - American misrepre- sentations corrected ...
... fire upon the boats from a battery - Landing of the British- Flight of the American militia - Destruction of cannon , public stores , and vessels — Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations - American misrepre- sentations corrected ...
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... fire upon the boats , as well as upon the struggling crews in the water - Remarks upon the attempt to capture Craney Island- Attack upon , and capture of Hampton - Ex- cesses committed there by a part of the British force - American ...
... fire upon the boats , as well as upon the struggling crews in the water - Remarks upon the attempt to capture Craney Island- Attack upon , and capture of Hampton - Ex- cesses committed there by a part of the British force - American ...
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... fire was opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the inarines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as ...
... fire was opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the inarines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having , as ...
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18-pounders 24-pounders 6-pounder advance aide de camp American amounted arms army arrived attack bank battalion battery Bladensburg boats brigade British capture carronades Chippeway colonel column command commenced commodore corps creek destroyed detachment division dragoons Drummond enemy enemy's ensign fire flank fleet flotilla force Fort-Erie Fort-George frigates gallant garrison gun-boats guns honor Indians infantry inhabitants island killed and wounded La Colle mill lake landed letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel light company loss Louisiana major major-general marines ment miles militia missing morning naval Niagara night o'clock O'Connor officers Orleans party piquets Plattsburg position possession prisoners rank and file rear rear-admiral rear-admiral Cockburn retired retreat Riall river road royal artillery royal marines royal Scots Sackett's Harbor says schooner seamen serjeants severely ships shore shot Sketches sloop squadron subalterns Thomson tion town troops United Upper Canada vessels volunteers Watteville's whole Wilkinson's Mem woods