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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... loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the " literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill their " histories . " Colonel , or doctor Chapin ( for he professes , and is ...
... loss of 32 in killed only , and the Americans of four killed and wounded . * This is the way the " literary gentlemen " of the United States contrive to fill their " histories . " Colonel , or doctor Chapin ( for he professes , and is ...
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... loss on this occasion , including that of the royal Scots already given , amounted to 31 killed , 72 wounded , and nine missing . The American loss does not appear ; except where general Hall states , that " many valuables were lost ...
... loss on this occasion , including that of the royal Scots already given , amounted to 31 killed , 72 wounded , and nine missing . The American loss does not appear ; except where general Hall states , that " many valuables were lost ...
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... loss . The fact is , Mr. Totman was like his friend Mr. Wilcocks , an Irishman , and an inhabitant of Upper Canada , where he had resided many years . With a halter thus before his eyes , he had a much more powerful induce- ment than is ...
... loss . The fact is , Mr. Totman was like his friend Mr. Wilcocks , an Irishman , and an inhabitant of Upper Canada , where he had resided many years . With a halter thus before his eyes , he had a much more powerful induce- ment than is ...
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... loss than one seaman wounded in the arm by a grape - shot . The Americans lost one man killed by a rocket , but none wounded . The rear - admiral's system , and which he had taken care to impart to all the Americans captured by , or ...
... loss than one seaman wounded in the arm by a grape - shot . The Americans lost one man killed by a rocket , but none wounded . The rear - admiral's system , and which he had taken care to impart to all the Americans captured by , or ...
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... loss of three men killed , and six wounded . Captain Travis had five men wounded . His crew amounted to 16 ; † and so gallant was their conduct , as well as that of their commander , in the opinion of lieutenant Cririe , that that ...
... loss of three men killed , and six wounded . Captain Travis had five men wounded . His crew amounted to 16 ; † and so gallant was their conduct , as well as that of their commander , in the opinion of lieutenant Cririe , that that ...
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