Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812, 13. köideChamplain Society, 1920 - 551 pages |
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... positions of civil and military trust . He was already familiar with conditions in the British- American colonies . In 1805 he had been made a baronet for defending Dominica . Afterwards , when Lieutenant- Governor of Nova Scotia , he ...
... positions of civil and military trust . He was already familiar with conditions in the British- American colonies . In 1805 he had been made a baronet for defending Dominica . Afterwards , when Lieutenant- Governor of Nova Scotia , he ...
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... position to judge whether to strike or stand fast to repel attack himself . Brock wrote on the 4th of July . Roberts received the letter on the 15th , and the next day set out for the attack with a motley little force of 400 Indians ...
... position to judge whether to strike or stand fast to repel attack himself . Brock wrote on the 4th of July . Roberts received the letter on the 15th , and the next day set out for the attack with a motley little force of 400 Indians ...
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... position . Only half these effectives were whites ; and only half the whites were regulars . Yet he at once divined the right line of action and was amply justified by the event . The Indians , under Tecumseh and Colonel Elliot ...
... position . Only half these effectives were whites ; and only half the whites were regulars . Yet he at once divined the right line of action and was amply justified by the event . The Indians , under Tecumseh and Colonel Elliot ...
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... position properly . With some new reinforcements coming in at the last minute , as well as with the men at and near Four - Mile Creek , Van Rensselaer had a grand total of about 6800 , including Smyth's command . Brock had no more than ...
... position properly . With some new reinforcements coming in at the last minute , as well as with the men at and near Four - Mile Creek , Van Rensselaer had a grand total of about 6800 , including Smyth's command . Brock had no more than ...
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... position of these boats , the revelation of Van Rensselaer's plan for the 10th , and the knowledge that American regulars were waiting at Four - Mile Creek , all made it seem more than ever likely that the feint was to be against ...
... position of these boats , the revelation of Van Rensselaer's plan for the 10th , and the knowledge that American regulars were waiting at Four - Mile Creek , all made it seem more than ever likely that the feint was to be against ...
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