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 90
... loss of their commanders created confu- sion among the men ; and they again retreated . * Wilkinson's Memoirs , Vol . I. p . 573 . Hearing of the fall of general Brock , captain Dennis 90 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... loss of their commanders created confu- sion among the men ; and they again retreated . * Wilkinson's Memoirs , Vol . I. p . 573 . Hearing of the fall of general Brock , captain Dennis 90 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
Page 96
... loss in wounded , 82 , we shall obtain 846 ; not far short of lieutenant M⚫In- tyre's return . None of the other American histo- rians seem desirous to be particular on this point . The above 82 wounded include such only as bad not ...
... loss in wounded , 82 , we shall obtain 846 ; not far short of lieutenant M⚫In- tyre's return . None of the other American histo- rians seem desirous to be particular on this point . The above 82 wounded include such only as bad not ...
Page 97
... loss at 90 killed , and 82 ( another account says 100 ) wounded ; and , in reference to us , had said : " Their loss is not known , " he could not refrain from adding , with an air of triumphant pleasantry : - " With regard to close and ...
... loss at 90 killed , and 82 ( another account says 100 ) wounded ; and , in reference to us , had said : " Their loss is not known , " he could not refrain from adding , with an air of triumphant pleasantry : - " With regard to close and ...
Page 98
... loss which was sustained , it was exclusively yielded to the British . " * General Van Rensselaer's letter gives a ludi- crous account of the behaviour of the American militia at Lewistown . These men , a day or two previous , were for ...
... loss which was sustained , it was exclusively yielded to the British . " * General Van Rensselaer's letter gives a ludi- crous account of the behaviour of the American militia at Lewistown . These men , a day or two previous , were for ...
Page 99
... loss , put an end to their then brilliant career ; " -yet the capture of general Wadsworth took place in less than five hours afterwards . The instant we know what the Americans ex- pected to gain , a tolerable idea may be formed of ...
... loss , put an end to their then brilliant career ; " -yet the capture of general Wadsworth took place in less than five hours afterwards . The instant we know what the Americans ex- pected to gain , a tolerable idea may be formed of ...
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41st regiment 49th regiment 6-pounder advance Ameri American army American editor American troops Amherstburg amounted arms arrived attack batteaux batteries battle boats brigade brigadier-general Britain British British force Brock camp Canadian Canadian fencibles captain capture colonel command commenced corps Creek Dearborn declaration despatch detachment Detroit Ditto dragoons enemy enemy's ensign field-pieces fire fleet Fort-Erie Fort-George garrison Glengarry gun-boats guns Hist honor immediately Indians infantry killed and wounded Kingston Lake landed letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel loss majesty's major major-general ment miles militia morning naval Niagara o'clock officers Ogdensburg ordnance party prisoners privates Queenstown rank and file received reinforcement retreat river royal artillery Royal Newfoundland regiment Sackett's Harbor says schooners secretary at war sent serjeants Sheaffe ship shore sir George Prevost sir James Yeo Sketches stationed surrender Tecumseh Thomson tion town United Upper Canada vessels whole Wilkinson's Mem woods