Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812, 13. köideChamplain Society, 1920 - 551 pages |
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... battle of Queenston . He seemed to think an intermittent war would incline an enemy to peace on advantageous terms ; whereas the exact reverse is the teaching of all history . Brock fell into no such snare . War was war , and while it ...
... battle of Queenston . He seemed to think an intermittent war would incline an enemy to peace on advantageous terms ; whereas the exact reverse is the teaching of all history . Brock fell into no such snare . War was war , and while it ...
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... battle , exactly as in his last , fourteen years later . There was a smart fight among the sand dunes , and a decisive charge , in which the 49th drove back the enemy with well - directed dash under Brock's gallant leadership . Eighteen ...
... battle , exactly as in his last , fourteen years later . There was a smart fight among the sand dunes , and a decisive charge , in which the 49th drove back the enemy with well - directed dash under Brock's gallant leadership . Eighteen ...
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... battle . Next , he had another year of peace . Then he went through a naval campaign in which he played a passive part . This was followed by eleven more years of peace , nearly all of which were passed in a remote colonial station ...
... battle . Next , he had another year of peace . Then he went through a naval campaign in which he played a passive part . This was followed by eleven more years of peace , nearly all of which were passed in a remote colonial station ...
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... battle ! The move towards war came quickly in 1812 after long years of hesitation and divided counsels . In February and March Brock was busy with his exasperating Upper Canadian parliament , which thwarted him in his wise measures of ...
... battle ! The move towards war came quickly in 1812 after long years of hesitation and divided counsels . In February and March Brock was busy with his exasperating Upper Canadian parliament , which thwarted him in his wise measures of ...
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... battle raged round the little village where the heart of the whole defence lay dead . Wool resumed possession of the redan and the Heights , received reinforcements , and ordered his gunners to drill out the spiked 18 - pounder and turn ...
... battle raged round the little village where the heart of the whole defence lay dead . Wool resumed possession of the redan and the Heights , received reinforcements , and ordered his gunners to drill out the spiked 18 - pounder and turn ...
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