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, Količina 2author, 1818 |
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... capture of , a band of plunder- ing traitors — General M'Clure's shameful con- duct towards the Canadian inhabitants - Colonel Murray's gallant behaviour - Its effect upon general McClure - A Canadian winter - Night- conflagration of ...
... capture of , a band of plunder- ing traitors — General M'Clure's shameful con- duct towards the Canadian inhabitants - Colonel Murray's gallant behaviour - Its effect upon general McClure - A Canadian winter - Night- conflagration of ...
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... capture of the fort in the preceding May , that the American commander , with only half the force he possessed , might have maintained a regular siege . He was in too much haste to destroy the whole of his magazines , or even to remove ...
... capture of the fort in the preceding May , that the American commander , with only half the force he possessed , might have maintained a regular siege . He was in too much haste to destroy the whole of his magazines , or even to remove ...
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... of the army . Both generals arrived at St. David's , major - general Vincent's present * Sketches of the War , p . 188. + History of the War , p . 265 . head - quarters , soon after the capture of Fort- 12 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... of the army . Both generals arrived at St. David's , major - general Vincent's present * Sketches of the War , p . 188. + History of the War , p . 265 . head - quarters , soon after the capture of Fort- 12 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
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... capture of Fort- George ; and at a time when colonel Murray's prompt and decisive measures had given a new aspect to affairs . This officer contemplated a retaliatory attack upon the opposite lines ; to which plan general Drummond ...
... capture of Fort- George ; and at a time when colonel Murray's prompt and decisive measures had given a new aspect to affairs . This officer contemplated a retaliatory attack upon the opposite lines ; to which plan general Drummond ...
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... capture of Fort - Niagara , a post by far the strongest of any on the inland frontiers , would have been a still more bril- liant achievement : it was no slight consolation , however , that we managed the business with the trifling loss ...
... capture of Fort - Niagara , a post by far the strongest of any on the inland frontiers , would have been a still more bril- liant achievement : it was no slight consolation , however , that we managed the business with the trifling loss ...
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