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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... side , and then set about pillaging and destroying the farm - houses and barns in the neighbourhood of Fort - George . * App . No. 1 , These atrocities were represented to major- general Vincent , and 6 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
... side , and then set about pillaging and destroying the farm - houses and barns in the neighbourhood of Fort - George . * App . No. 1 , These atrocities were represented to major- general Vincent , and 6 MILITARY OCCURRENCES BETWEEN.
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... side , aided by the 32 - pounder and other carronades , which were so mounted as , if neces- sary , to be fired inwards , would enable a small garrison to drive out or destroy 1500 British . No musket whatever was discharged by the ...
... side , aided by the 32 - pounder and other carronades , which were so mounted as , if neces- sary , to be fired inwards , would enable a small garrison to drive out or destroy 1500 British . No musket whatever was discharged by the ...
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... sides of the Niagara . In the winter of the same year , after having gradually lost their possessions on the British side of that stream , they were deprived of their possessions on their own . " * If we may be allowed to leave out ...
... sides of the Niagara . In the winter of the same year , after having gradually lost their possessions on the British side of that stream , they were deprived of their possessions on their own . " * If we may be allowed to leave out ...
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... side of the Susquehanna , a short distance above the confluence of that river with the Chesapeake . Although the British were a long way out of gun - shot , the Americans at Havre de Grace must needs fire at them from a six - gun ...
... side of the Susquehanna , a short distance above the confluence of that river with the Chesapeake . Although the British were a long way out of gun - shot , the Americans at Havre de Grace must needs fire at them from a six - gun ...
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... sides of the river , nearly facing each other . Having intercepted a small boat with two of the inha- bitants , rear - admiral Cockburn halted the de- tachment , about two miles from the town ; and then sent forward the two Americans in ...
... sides of the river , nearly facing each other . Having intercepted a small boat with two of the inha- bitants , rear - admiral Cockburn halted the de- tachment , about two miles from the town ; and then sent forward the two Americans in ...
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18-pounders 24-pounders 6-pounder advance aide de camp American amounted arms army arrived attack bank battalion battery Bladensburg boats brigade British capture carronades Chippeway colonel column command commenced commodore corps creek destroyed detachment division dragoons drummers Drummond enemy enemy's ensign fire flank fleet flotilla force Fort-Erie Fort-George Fort-Niagara frigates gallant garrison gun-boats guns Havre de Grace honor Indians infantry inhabitants island killed and wounded lake landed letter lieutenant lieutenant-colonel loss Louisiana major major-general marines ment miles militia missing morning naval Niagara night o'clock O'Connor officers Orleans party piquets position possession prisoners rank and file rear-admiral rear-admiral Cockburn retired retreat Riall river road royal artillery royal marines royal Scots Sackett's Harbor says schooner seamen serjeants severely ships shore shot sir Edward Pakenham Sketches sloop squadron subalterns Thomson tion town troops United Upper Canada vessels volunteers Watteville's whole Wilkinson's Mem woods
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Stran 573 - ... all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries, between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean., excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of Nova Scotia...
Stran 575 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Stran 574 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed : it is agreed, that for these several purposes two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Stran 573 - The said Commissioners shall, by a declaration or report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Stran 578 - Washington, or at the seat of government of Mexico, in four months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if practicable. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in...
Stran 573 - States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from 236 the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Stran 575 - ... cause the boundary aforesaid, from the source of the river St. Croix to the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions. The said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points...
Stran 576 - ... The said Commissioners shall, by a report or declaration, under their hands and seals, designate the boundary...
Stran 574 - Commissioners to some friendly sovereign or State, to be then named for that purpose, and who shall be requested to decide on the differences which may be stated in the said report or reports, or upon the report of one Commissioner, together with the grounds upon which the other Commissioner shall have refused, declined or omitted to act, as the case may be.
Stran 575 - And in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or...