Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15: With Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that Period |
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... half a mile , when it be- came so dark that we were obliged to relinquish the pursuit . Two privates in the 41st regiment were wounded and taken prisoners . We learn from deserters , that nine or ten were wounded , and some killed . We ...
... half a mile , when it be- came so dark that we were obliged to relinquish the pursuit . Two privates in the 41st regiment were wounded and taken prisoners . We learn from deserters , that nine or ten were wounded , and some killed . We ...
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... half past 11 o'clock , the enemy sent in a flag of truce , de- manding a surrender of the fort and island to his Britannic ma- jesty's forces . This , sir , was the first information I had of the declaration of war ; I , however , had ...
... half past 11 o'clock , the enemy sent in a flag of truce , de- manding a surrender of the fort and island to his Britannic ma- jesty's forces . This , sir , was the first information I had of the declaration of war ; I , however , had ...
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... half past 3 P. M. made her out to be a frigate ; continued the chase until we were within about three miles , when I ordered the light sails taken in , the courses hauled up , and the ship cleared for action . At this time the chase had ...
... half past 3 P. M. made her out to be a frigate ; continued the chase until we were within about three miles , when I ordered the light sails taken in , the courses hauled up , and the ship cleared for action . At this time the chase had ...
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... half the number you thought necessary to order on the most secret route . A division of less than 500 men , to meet in an ene- my's country , where many circumstances might prevent their junction , was to me a measure I could only ...
... half the number you thought necessary to order on the most secret route . A division of less than 500 men , to meet in an ene- my's country , where many circumstances might prevent their junction , was to me a measure I could only ...
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... half won by an attempt . On the morning of the 12th , such was the pressure upon me from all quarters , that I became satisfied that my refusal to act might involve me in suspicion , and the service in disgrace . Viewing affairs at ...
... half won by an attempt . On the morning of the 12th , such was the pressure upon me from all quarters , that I became satisfied that my refusal to act might involve me in suspicion , and the service in disgrace . Viewing affairs at ...
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Page 510 - And, in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state, shall be made, in all respects, as in the latter part of the fourth article i» 506 contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page 508 - The said Commissioners shall by a declaration or report under their hands and seals decide to which of the two Contracting Parties the several Islands aforesaid do respectively belong in conformity with the true intent of the said Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three.
Page 510 - Woods; — to decide to which of the two Parties the several Islands lying in the Lakes, water communications, and Rivers forming the said boundary do respectively belong in conformity with the true intent of the said Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and to cause such parts of the said boundary as require it to be surveyed and marked.
Page 510 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed; it is agreed, that for these several purposes, two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized, to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Page 508 - Commissioners refusing or declining or wilfully omitting to act as such, they shall make jointly or separately a report or reports as well to the Government of His Britannic Majesty as to that of the United States, stating in detail the points on which they differ, and the grounds upon which their respective opinions have been formed, or the grounds upon which they or either of them have so refused declined or omitted to act. And His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States...
Page 9 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Page 9 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Page 10 - British subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country, and from everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation and exposed, under the severities of their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of taking...
Page 14 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States; and on the side of the United- States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.