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, Volumen2author, 1818 |
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... heavy vengeance upon the heads of the American general and his troops , had they not followed up their atrocious conduct by a precipitate flight . * App . No. II . three miles above Fort - Niagara . At about four GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
... heavy vengeance upon the heads of the American general and his troops , had they not followed up their atrocious conduct by a precipitate flight . * App . No. II . three miles above Fort - Niagara . At about four GREAT BRITAIN AND ...
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... heavy and destructive fire from one 6 , one 24 , and two ' 12 - pounders , at the Black Rock battery , and from about 600 men ‡ drawn up on the beach , * App . No. 6. + See Plate I. Ilist . of the War , p . 161 . flanked by a number of ...
... heavy and destructive fire from one 6 , one 24 , and two ' 12 - pounders , at the Black Rock battery , and from about 600 men ‡ drawn up on the beach , * App . No. 6. + See Plate I. Ilist . of the War , p . 161 . flanked by a number of ...
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... Heavy fire upon the boats from a battery - Landing of the British- Flight of the American militia - Destruction of cannon , public stores , and vessels - Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations American misrepre- sentations corrected ...
... Heavy fire upon the boats from a battery - Landing of the British- Flight of the American militia - Destruction of cannon , public stores , and vessels - Admiral Cock- burn's system of operations American misrepre- sentations corrected ...
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... heavy fire was opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the marines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having ...
... heavy fire was opened upon them . Disregarding this , however , the marines quickly landed ; and the American militia fled from the battery to the adjoining woods . The inhabitants of the town , situate at about a mile distant , having ...
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... heavy fire was opened upon them from one field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with ...
... heavy fire was opened upon them from one field - piece , and , as conjectured , 3 or 400 militia , divided and entrenched on the opposite sides of the river . The fire was promptly returned , and the rear- admiral pushed on shore with ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 576 - ... The said Commissioners shall, by a report or declaration, under their hands and seals, designate the boundary...
Página 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.
Página 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...