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, Volum 1author, 1818 |
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... , in most cases , preferred a sketch of the country traversed by the con- tending armies , to a plan of their fluctuating positions during an engagement . One impor- tant exception is the battle near New Orleans . Here PREFACE . xxix.
... , in most cases , preferred a sketch of the country traversed by the con- tending armies , to a plan of their fluctuating positions during an engagement . One impor- tant exception is the battle near New Orleans . Here PREFACE . xxix.
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... positions on the part of the United States , would have found in its true interest alone , a sufficient motive to respect their rights and their tran- quillity on the high seas ; that an enlarged policy would have favoured that free and ...
... positions on the part of the United States , would have found in its true interest alone , a sufficient motive to respect their rights and their tran- quillity on the high seas ; that an enlarged policy would have favoured that free and ...
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... position occupied by the British regulars and militia , 150 Indians were sent across the bridge . A company of American riflemen , concealed in a wood that skirted the plane , im , mediately fired upon the Indians , killing one , and ...
... position occupied by the British regulars and militia , 150 Indians were sent across the bridge . A company of American riflemen , concealed in a wood that skirted the plane , im , mediately fired upon the Indians , killing one , and ...
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... position , three miles west of Detroit . The Indians , 600 in number , under the brave Tecumseh , had effected their landing two miles below ; and they imme- diately occupied the woods about a mile and a half on the left of the army ...
... position , three miles west of Detroit . The Indians , 600 in number , under the brave Tecumseh , had effected their landing two miles below ; and they imme- diately occupied the woods about a mile and a half on the left of the army ...
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... position , under the protection of a fort , mounting 33 pieces of ordnance , including nine 24 - pounders . General Hull , in his letter states , that the " whole effective force at his disposal did not exceed 800 men . " But effective ...
... position , under the protection of a fort , mounting 33 pieces of ordnance , including nine 24 - pounders . General Hull , in his letter states , that the " whole effective force at his disposal did not exceed 800 men . " But effective ...
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A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late ..., Volum 1 William James Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
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Side 13 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain a state of war against the United States, and on the side of the United States a state of peace toward Great Britain.
Side 11 - States; and it has since come into proof that at the very moment when the public minister was holding the language of friendship and inspiring confidence in the sincerity of the negotiation with which he was charged a secret agent of his Government was employed in intrigues having for their object a subversion of our Government and a dismemberment of our happy union.
Side 368 - Britannic majesty, without any other condition than the protection of private property ; and wishing to give an early proof of the moderation and justice of his majesty's, government, I do hereby announce to all the inhabitants of the said territory, that the laws heretofore in existence shall continue in force until his majesty's pleasure be known, or so long as the peace and safety of the said territory will admit thereof...
Side 8 - It has become, indeed, sufficiently certain, that the commerce of the United States is to be sacrificed, not as. interfering with the belligerent rights of Great Britain, not as supplying the wants of their enemies, which she herself supplies, but as interfering with the monopoly which she covets for her own commerce and navigation.
Side 3 - 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 14 - ... re-establishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question, which the constitution wisely confides to the legislative department of the government. In recommending it to their early deliberations, I am happy in the assurance that the decision will be worthy the enlightened and patriotic councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful nation.
Side 11 - British government without any explanations which could at that time repress the belief that the disavowal proceeded from a spirit of hostility to the commercial rights and prosperity of the United States. And it has since come into proof, that at the very moment when the public minister was holding the language of friendship, and inspiring confidence in the sincerity of the...
Side 77 - Quebec, or any where else ; but I would take the whole continent from them, and ask them no favors. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax as now ; and, having no place of resort in the north, cannot infest our coast as they have lately done. It is as easy to conquer them on the land, as their whole navy would conquer ours on the ocean.
Side 11 - British traders and garrisons, without connecting their hostility with that influence, and without recollecting the authenticated examples of such interpositions heretofore furnished by the officers and agents of that government. " Such is the spectacle of injuries and indignities which have been heaped on our country ; and such the crisis which its unexampled forbearance and conciliatory efforts have not been able to avert.
Side 374 - A large portion of the brave and gallant officers and men I commanded would cheerfully have contested until the last cartridge had been expended and the bayonets worn to the sockets. I could not consent to the useless sacrifice of such brave men when I knew it was impossible for me to sustain my situation.