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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... shot , were found in the ditch . Even the destruction of the new barracks , which we had recently erected on the Niagara , was not deemed , by Mr. Armstrong and general M'Clure , SO necessary in the military operations there , ” as Mr ...
... shot , were found in the ditch . Even the destruction of the new barracks , which we had recently erected on the Niagara , was not deemed , by Mr. Armstrong and general M'Clure , SO necessary in the military operations there , ” as Mr ...
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... shot at like targets , lost 13 rank and file , killed , and three serjeants , and 29 rank and file wounded . Fortunately , a few well - directed shots from five field - pieces stationed on the opposite shore , and the near approach of ...
... shot at like targets , lost 13 rank and file , killed , and three serjeants , and 29 rank and file wounded . Fortunately , a few well - directed shots from five field - pieces stationed on the opposite shore , and the near approach of ...
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... shot . Mr. Thomson declars , that * James's Naval Occurrences , p . 286 . Nav . Ilist . of the United States , Vol . II . p . 242 . + App . No. 7 . 1 1 } lieutenants Riddle and Totman " would have given themselves up GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
... shot . Mr. Thomson declars , that * James's Naval Occurrences , p . 286 . Nav . Ilist . of the United States , Vol . II . p . 242 . + App . No. 7 . 1 1 } lieutenants Riddle and Totman " would have given themselves up GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
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... shot of it , a heavy 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 ...
... shot of it , a heavy 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 ...
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... shot , the Americans at Havre de Grace must needs fire at them from a six - gun battery , and display to their view , as a further mark of defiance , a large American * Wilkinson's Mem . Vol . I. p . 732 . ensign . This determined the ...
... shot , the Americans at Havre de Grace must needs fire at them from a six - gun battery , and display to their view , as a further mark of defiance , a large American * Wilkinson's Mem . Vol . I. p . 732 . ensign . This determined the ...
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