The Anglo-American Magazine, 3. köideMaclear., 1853 |
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... force in the for we find that a party of Americans , one Province , " as the presence of a large body of hundred and ... force of some therefore , in a position which would warrant hundred and fifty men , regular and militia , his ...
... force in the for we find that a party of Americans , one Province , " as the presence of a large body of hundred and ... force of some therefore , in a position which would warrant hundred and fifty men , regular and militia , his ...
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... force , and to perceive also the causes which left the troops , on both sides , in such apparent ignorance of each other's tac- tics , if we take a bird's - eye view of the general face and character of the country . Its appearance at ...
... force , and to perceive also the causes which left the troops , on both sides , in such apparent ignorance of each other's tac- tics , if we take a bird's - eye view of the general face and character of the country . Its appearance at ...
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... force along the time of General Brock's Niagara frontier at the return from Detroit . Here was a force of regulars amounting to four thousand men , opposed to one of six hundred ; yet it will be shewn that various attempts have been ...
... force along the time of General Brock's Niagara frontier at the return from Detroit . Here was a force of regulars amounting to four thousand men , opposed to one of six hundred ; yet it will be shewn that various attempts have been ...
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... force was con- In his letter of October 8th , to General Dear- siderably less than one thousand men , many born , General Van Ranselaer thus details his of them without shoes , and all of them clam- plans : - " Under these circumstances ...
... force was con- In his letter of October 8th , to General Dear- siderably less than one thousand men , many born , General Van Ranselaer thus details his of them without shoes , and all of them clam- plans : - " Under these circumstances ...
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... force pre- viously collected on the opposite side , convince me , with other indications , that an attack is not far distant . I have , in consequence , di- the militia to two thousand men , but fear I shall not be able to effect my ...
... force pre- viously collected on the opposite side , convince me , with other indications , that an attack is not far distant . I have , in consequence , di- the militia to two thousand men , but fear I shall not be able to effect my ...
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