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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... light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed ...
... light company . of the 89th , and the grenadiers of the 100th , regiments , numbering , with 50 volunteer - militia , about 590 rank and file , also a body of Indian warriors , not exceeding 120 , crossed the Niagara , and landed ...
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... light squadron retired from that quarter . None of the American historians notice the lenient conduct observed towards the inhabi- tants of the two last - mentioned towns ; unless we are to consider Mr. Thomson as glancing at the ...
... light squadron retired from that quarter . None of the American historians notice the lenient conduct observed towards the inhabi- tants of the two last - mentioned towns ; unless we are to consider Mr. Thomson as glancing at the ...
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... opinion , surely , about the wisdom of sending boats , in broad day - light , to feel their way to the shore . * Sketches of the War , p . 215. + App . No. 12 . over shoals and mud - banks ; and that in GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 63.
... opinion , surely , about the wisdom of sending boats , in broad day - light , to feel their way to the shore . * Sketches of the War , p . 215. + App . No. 12 . over shoals and mud - banks ; and that in GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 63.
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... light : consequently , the enemy was fully prepared for resistance . The instant the boats doubled the point , they were fired upon by the two vessels ; but lieutenant Westphall , under cover of some rockets , pulled directly for them ...
... light : consequently , the enemy was fully prepared for resistance . The instant the boats doubled the point , they were fired upon by the two vessels ; but lieutenant Westphall , under cover of some rockets , pulled directly for them ...
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With an Appendix, and Plates William James. small detachment of frontier light infantry , under captain Ritter ; the whole not exceeding 180 rank and file . At Whitman's , on the left bank of the Richelieu ... light infantry, under ...
With an Appendix, and Plates William James. small detachment of frontier light infantry , under captain Ritter ; the whole not exceeding 180 rank and file . At Whitman's , on the left bank of the Richelieu ... light infantry, under ...
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