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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 troops .
While these exertions for an attack were making on our part , the British were not
...
Batteries were erected , subsidiary to the fort , commanding the enemy's works ;
and boats were collected or constructed for the transportation of the troops .
While these exertions for an attack were making on our part , the British were not
...
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 , to act as
the ...
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 , to act as
the ...
Pagina 6
M. , when our fleet 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 sun , Aoating above , -the ...
M. , when our fleet 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 sun , Aoating above , -the ...
Pagina 130
Eight or ten days after the ships were stranded , while on my way to Zempoulla , I
received information from Vera Cruz , that there were four ships on the coast ; that
the commanding officer of the city having gone in a boat to speak with them ...
Eight or ten days after the ships were stranded , while on my way to Zempoulla , I
received information from Vera Cruz , that there were four ships on the coast ; that
the commanding officer of the city having gone in a boat to speak with them ...
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