Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15: With Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that PeriodWay & Gideon, 1823 - 510 sider |
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... enemy began to land troops at the Spring Wells , three miles below Detroit , protected by two of their armed ves- sels . Between 6 and 7 o'clock they had effected their landing , and immediately took up their line of march ; they moved ...
... enemy began to land troops at the Spring Wells , three miles below Detroit , protected by two of their armed ves- sels . Between 6 and 7 o'clock they had effected their landing , and immediately took up their line of march ; they moved ...
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... enemy , and attend to the Indian mode of fighting , until ordered to charge . In case of meeting the ene- my upon our march , Humphrey's company was instructed to file off to the right ; Fort's company to advance , and form to the front ...
... enemy , and attend to the Indian mode of fighting , until ordered to charge . In case of meeting the ene- my upon our march , Humphrey's company was instructed to file off to the right ; Fort's company to advance , and form to the front ...
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... enemy must have been considerable ; I saw 7 fall to the ground with my own eye , among whom was their king , Payne : two of them fell near the swamp , the rest our men had the curiosity to scalp . The rifle company on the right , and ...
... enemy must have been considerable ; I saw 7 fall to the ground with my own eye , among whom was their king , Payne : two of them fell near the swamp , the rest our men had the curiosity to scalp . The rifle company on the right , and ...
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... enemy had landed in the village , and that we might expect a visit from them immediately . Their number was stated by no one at less than 110 , and from that to 300 ; the most certain information fixed on the former number . It was also ...
... enemy had landed in the village , and that we might expect a visit from them immediately . Their number was stated by no one at less than 110 , and from that to 300 ; the most certain information fixed on the former number . It was also ...
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... enemy's batteries opposite Black Rock . General Smyth not being here , I waited on lieutenant Angus , and suggest ed to him the propriety ( if within the scope of his orders ) of post- poning the enterprize until nearly morning , to ...
... enemy's batteries opposite Black Rock . General Smyth not being here , I waited on lieutenant Angus , and suggest ed to him the propriety ( if within the scope of his orders ) of post- poning the enterprize until nearly morning , to ...
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Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States ... John Brannan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1823 |
Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States ... John Brannan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1823 |
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Side 502 - All Territory, Places, and Possessions whatsoever taken by either Party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty, excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...
Side 505 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river, to the fortyfifth degree of north latitude; from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy...
Side 504 - 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.
Side 505 - 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...
Side 502 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States has appointed...
Side 506 - 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.
Side 507 - Majesty and to the agents of the United States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of their respective Governments.
Side 9 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Side 9 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Side 503 - ... 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 the said province of Nova Scotia.