The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1817 |
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Pagina 3
... enemy's works ; and boats were collected or con- structed for the transportation of the troops . While these exer- tions for an attack were making on our part , the British were not inactive in providing means for defence ; but both ...
... enemy's works ; and boats were collected or con- structed for the transportation of the troops . While these exer- tions for an attack were making on our part , the British were not inactive in providing means for defence ; but both ...
Pagina 4
... enemy , determined to punish this temerity , opened upon them a desultory and ineffectual fire . This occurred on the night of the instant . It was probably the intention of the commander- in - chief to have reserved the fire of our ...
... enemy , determined to punish this temerity , opened upon them a desultory and ineffectual fire . This occurred on the night of the instant . It was probably the intention of the commander- in - chief to have reserved the fire of our ...
Pagina 6
... enemy's works . About nine o'clock A. M. , when our fleet and boats had ar- rived 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 ...
... enemy's works . About nine o'clock A. M. , when our fleet and boats had ar- rived 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 ...
Pagina 7
... enemy . Just as the head of our column debouched from the village , the rear of the enemy's column was seen evacuating the fort . The pur- suit was urged , but his main body was already out of sight . As the flag of the fort was still ...
... enemy . Just as the head of our column debouched from the village , the rear of the enemy's column was seen evacuating the fort . The pur- suit was urged , but his main body was already out of sight . As the flag of the fort was still ...
Pagina 8
... enemy could not then , without hazard , have concentrated his force , as he did , at one point ; and while one portion of the line engaged him , the remainder might have acted on his flanks or rear . As it was , when the advance and ...
... enemy could not then , without hazard , have concentrated his force , as he did , at one point ; and while one portion of the line engaged him , the remainder might have acted on his flanks or rear . As it was , when the advance and ...
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