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Pagina 3
Batteries were erected , subsidiary to the fort , commanding the enemy's works ; and boats were collected or constructed for the transportation of the troups . While these exertions for an attack were making on our part , the British ...
Batteries were erected , subsidiary to the fort , commanding the enemy's works ; and boats were collected or constructed for the transportation of the troups . While these exertions for an attack were making on our part , the British ...
Pagina 4
Some boats , which had been built a few miles up the strait , were lanched and conducted down under the English batteries , with provoking indifference . The enemy , determined to punish this temerity , opened upon them a desultory and ...
Some boats , which had been built a few miles up the strait , were lanched and conducted down under the English batteries , with provoking indifference . The enemy , determined to punish this temerity , opened upon them a desultory and ...
Pagina 5
All these troops were to be embarked in boats . Colonel Macomb's corps of third artillery , to which the mariners were attached , baving arrived in the fleet , was not included in the first arrangement , but directed to remain on board ...
All these troops were to be embarked in boats . Colonel Macomb's corps of third artillery , to which the mariners were attached , baving arrived in the fleet , was not included in the first arrangement , but directed to remain on board ...
Pagina 6
About nine o'clock A. M. , when our feet and boats had arrived within about two miles of the Canadian shore , a brisker breeze sprung up , dispersed the fog , and unveiled them to the enemy . The ascending vapours , gilt by the bright ...
About nine o'clock A. M. , when our feet and boats had arrived within about two miles of the Canadian shore , a brisker breeze sprung up , dispersed the fog , and unveiled them to the enemy . The ascending vapours , gilt by the bright ...
Pagina 130
The ships did not , however , follow the boat , or enter the harbour as was expected , but continued lying off and on without the officer's being able to discover their intentions . On receiving this information I went immediately to ...
The ships did not , however , follow the boat , or enter the harbour as was expected , but continued lying off and on without the officer's being able to discover their intentions . On receiving this information I went immediately to ...
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