Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812, Volume 2Little, Brown,, 1905 - Literary Criticism |
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action American State Papers army arrived astern attack August Barclay battery BATTLE OF LAKE blockade boats Boston brigs British broadside Brown Caledonia campaign Canada Canadian Archives Captain capture carried carronades Champlain Chauncey Chauncey's Chesapeake coast command commerce Commodore convoy crew Cruikshank's Documentary History cruisers cruising defence destroyed Detroit division Drummond effect Elliott enemy enemy's engagement fight fire fleet force Fort Erie Fort George Fort Niagara four frigate Government gunboats hundred Ibid Island July June killed Kingston Lake Champlain Lake Erie land Lawrence letter lieutenant long guns Malden miles military militia movement Naval Chronicle Navy Department Niagara Niagara peninsula Niles officer Ontario operations opponent Perry Perry's port position Prevost Queen Charlotte re-enforcements Register reported Riall River Sackett's Harbor sail schooners seamen Secretary Shannon ship shore side Sir James Yeo squadron superior tion trade troops United vessels wind wounded wrote yards York
Popular passages
Page 183 - To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. This may even prevent the necessity of going to war by discouraging belligerent powers from committing such violations of the rights of the neutral party as may, first or last, leave no other option.
Page 367 - Superior, to the most northwestern point of the lake of the 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 108 - You will feel it as a compliment if I say that the result of our meeting may be the most grateful service I can render to my country; and I doubt not that you, equally confident of success, will feel convinced that it is only by repeated triumphs, in even combats, that your little navy can now hope to console your country for the loss of that trade it can no longer protect. Favour me with a speedy reply. We are short of provisions and water, and cannot stay long here.
Page 85 - Niagara, gallantly into close action; I immediately went on board of her, when he anticipated my wish by volunteering to bring the schooners, which had been kept astern by the lightness of the wind, into close action.
Page 340 - Thus situated, with about one fifth of my crew killed and wounded, my ship crippled, and a more than four-fold force opposed to me, without a chance of escape left, I deemed it my duty to surrender.
Page 342 - Considering the advantages derived by the enemy, from a divided and more active force, as also their superiority in the weight and number of guns, I deem the speedy' and decisive result of this action the strongest assurance which can be given to the government, that all under my command did their duty, and gallantly supported the reputation of American seamen.
Page 87 - After this exposition, it is unnecessary to add, that in conducting the present campaign, you will make Kingston your primary object, and that you will choose (as circumstances may warrant) between a direct and indirect attack upon that post.
Page 218 - On mature consideration, it has been decided, that under all the circumstances above alluded to, incident to a prosecution of the war, you may omit any stipulation on the subject of impressment, if found indispensably necessary to terminate it.
Page 333 - This unfortunate rout had totally changed the aspect of affairs. The enemy now occupied a position from which they might annoy us without hazard, and by means of which they might have been able to defeat, in a great measure, the effects of our success on this side the river.
Page 97 - I must request you to order forward two or three months supply by the safest route in a direction to the proposed scene of action. I have submitted the state of our provisions to my general officers, who unanimously agree that it should not prevent the progress of the expedition; and they also agree in opinion, that if you are not in force to face the enemy you should meet us at St.