The Anglo-American Magazine, Volume 5Maclear., 1854 - Food |
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... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , menced , which in a few minutes compelled them to withdraw . A second attempt , made in the same way , was not more successful ; when ships , boats , and troops retired en During the Years , 1812 , 1813 , AND ...
... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , menced , which in a few minutes compelled them to withdraw . A second attempt , made in the same way , was not more successful ; when ships , boats , and troops retired en During the Years , 1812 , 1813 , AND ...
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... United States infantry , he crossed over from evident from the conclusion of Captain Pop- Erie on the 13th May , and , the British troops ham's official despatch : - " The exertions of retiring before him , destroyed the mills , dis ...
... United States infantry , he crossed over from evident from the conclusion of Captain Pop- Erie on the 13th May , and , the British troops ham's official despatch : - " The exertions of retiring before him , destroyed the mills , dis ...
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... United States Army , and Lieutenant ploy the flotilla , in scouring the shores of the more Turner of the United States Navy , and very western lakes , in destroying the enemy's trading effectually the work entrusted to them was ...
... United States Army , and Lieutenant ploy the flotilla , in scouring the shores of the more Turner of the United States Navy , and very western lakes , in destroying the enemy's trading effectually the work entrusted to them was ...
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... United States ' at St. Mary's and St. Joseph's , determined schooners , Scorpion and Tigress , by a de- to make a third attempt to acquire laurels tachment from this garrison , under the com- and booty by a descent on a block house ...
... United States ' at St. Mary's and St. Joseph's , determined schooners , Scorpion and Tigress , by a de- to make a third attempt to acquire laurels tachment from this garrison , under the com- and booty by a descent on a block house ...
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... United States ' navy ; carrying one long 24 - pounder in her hold , with a complement " Captain Arthur Sinclair , commanding the of 32 men . She had two men killed , and United States ' naval force on the upper two wounded . I enclose a ...
... United States ' navy ; carrying one long 24 - pounder in her hold , with a complement " Captain Arthur Sinclair , commanding the of 32 men . She had two men killed , and United States ' naval force on the upper two wounded . I enclose a ...
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Page 212 - ... when most unfortunately some ammunition, which had been placed under the platform, caught fire from the firing of the guns to the rear, and a most tremendous explosion followed, by which almost all the troops which had entered the place were dreadfully mangled. Panic was instantly communicated to the troops (who could not be persuaded that the explosion was accidental), and the enemy, at the same time pressing forward, and commencing a heavy fire of musketry, the...
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Page 211 - General's department, who, actually with a few men, had turned the enemy's battery. '• The column of support, consisting of the remainder of De Watteville's and the King's regiment, forming the reserve, in marching too near the Lake, found themselves entangled between the rocks and the water, and by the retreat of the flank companies, were thrown into such confusion, as to render it impossible to give them any kind of formation during the darkness of the night, at which time they were exposed to...
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