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 1author, 1818 - Ontario |
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Page 95
... landed . There they threw themselves over the precipice , as if heedless of the danger ; and many must have perished in the flood . Others , no doubt , swam across ; and some es- caped in the few boats that remained entire , or whose ...
... landed . There they threw themselves over the precipice , as if heedless of the danger ; and many must have perished in the flood . Others , no doubt , swam across ; and some es- caped in the few boats that remained entire , or whose ...
Page 113
... landed a mile or two below the Red House . This party consisted of about 130 regulars , under lieutenant - colonel Bærstler , and 20 seamen , led by sailing - master Watts . These * History of the United States , Vol . III , p . 205 ...
... landed a mile or two below the Red House . This party consisted of about 130 regulars , under lieutenant - colonel Bærstler , and 20 seamen , led by sailing - master Watts . These * History of the United States , Vol . III , p . 205 ...
Page 124
... landed , unob . served , at a little distance from the village . The enemy soon after discovered them ; and they were fired on by a party of 125 regulars and militia . Forsythe drew up his men , and returned their fire with such effect ...
... landed , unob . served , at a little distance from the village . The enemy soon after discovered them ; and they were fired on by a party of 125 regulars and militia . Forsythe drew up his men , and returned their fire with such effect ...
Page 125
... landed , in the dead of the night , by the aid of a traitor ; and entered the " village " while the inhabitants were asleep . On arriving opposite to colonel Stone's house , some villain of the American party fired into the window , and ...
... landed , in the dead of the night , by the aid of a traitor ; and entered the " village " while the inhabitants were asleep . On arriving opposite to colonel Stone's house , some villain of the American party fired into the window , and ...
Page 144
... landed , and were rapidly ad- vancing to support their faltering companions . Then , and not till then , did the British regulars and militia retire , under cover of their insig- nificant batteries . The latter had , in the mean- while ...
... landed , and were rapidly ad- vancing to support their faltering companions . Then , and not till then , did the British regulars and militia retire , under cover of their insig- nificant batteries . The latter had , in the mean- while ...
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