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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Page 165
... enemy's light troops , until his co- lumns should indicate an intention to move : in that event , major Morgan was to retire gra- dually , until his corps should have fallen back , upon a strong line posted in the plane below the fort ...
... enemy's light troops , until his co- lumns should indicate an intention to move : in that event , major Morgan was to retire gra- dually , until his corps should have fallen back , upon a strong line posted in the plane below the fort ...
Page 176
... enemy's column , being considerably cut up , and many of its principal officers wounded , began to recoil ; which , being observed by the besieged party , and the contest having entirely subsided on the left flank of the works ...
... enemy's column , being considerably cut up , and many of its principal officers wounded , began to recoil ; which , being observed by the besieged party , and the contest having entirely subsided on the left flank of the works ...
Page 210
... enemy's bar- racks ; and that those barracks were burnt , while an American regular army , more than twice as strong as general Macomb's , lay encamped in the neighbourhood . † Unfortunately , a service which one brigade of the left ...
... enemy's bar- racks ; and that those barracks were burnt , while an American regular army , more than twice as strong as general Macomb's , lay encamped in the neighbourhood . † Unfortunately , a service which one brigade of the left ...
Page 212
... enemy as upon an elevated ridge south of the Saranac , with redoubts , & c . armed with heavy ordnance , with their ... enemy's works upon the heights ; but , sarcely had the troops forced a passage and ascended those heights , when he ...
... enemy as upon an elevated ridge south of the Saranac , with redoubts , & c . armed with heavy ordnance , with their ... enemy's works upon the heights ; but , sarcely had the troops forced a passage and ascended those heights , when he ...
Page 213
... enemy's works , in consequence of the flags of the Con- fiance and Linnet being struck , ( they did not strike within 15 minutes of each other , ) and the gun - boats flying . Finally , he adds , this un- looked for event , depriving me ...
... enemy's works , in consequence of the flags of the Con- fiance and Linnet being struck , ( they did not strike within 15 minutes of each other , ) and the gun - boats flying . Finally , he adds , this un- looked for event , depriving me ...
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