The Anglo-American Magazine, 3. köideMaclear., 1853 |
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... militia , called the fifth battalion , afterwards " Cana- dian chasseurs . " A corps of voyageurs was also raised by the North - West Company , which was disbanded in the spring , while the SIR George Prevost , in his despatch to Gen ...
... militia , called the fifth battalion , afterwards " Cana- dian chasseurs . " A corps of voyageurs was also raised by the North - West Company , which was disbanded in the spring , while the SIR George Prevost , in his despatch to Gen ...
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... militia . These troops Van Ranse eral Brock , in the pres- were disposed of in the following manner : - ence of so superior a At Chippewa , a small detachment of the 41st , force , to adopt any other than precautionary under Capt ...
... militia . These troops Van Ranse eral Brock , in the pres- were disposed of in the following manner : - ence of so superior a At Chippewa , a small detachment of the 41st , force , to adopt any other than precautionary under Capt ...
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... militia , and some idea may be formed of the our march slow ; by taking up the bridges at condition of our army . " Chippewa , they might greatly embarrass us : Here was a lamentable condition for an the cleared country is but a mile or ...
... militia , and some idea may be formed of the our march slow ; by taking up the bridges at condition of our army . " Chippewa , they might greatly embarrass us : Here was a lamentable condition for an the cleared country is but a mile or ...
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... militia ; both of the Van Ranselaers being , perhaps laudably , though , as it turned out , unfortunafely , bent on monopolizing the credit of this affair for the militia , if not exclusively , at any rate in pre- ferance to the regular ...
... militia ; both of the Van Ranselaers being , perhaps laudably , though , as it turned out , unfortunafely , bent on monopolizing the credit of this affair for the militia , if not exclusively , at any rate in pre- ferance to the regular ...
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... militia who could be hastily assembled , to the landing place opposite Lewis- ton ; this small force was soon followed by the light company of the 49th , and the remaining disposable militia force . Here the attempt of the enemy to ...
... militia who could be hastily assembled , to the landing place opposite Lewis- ton ; this small force was soon followed by the light company of the 49th , and the remaining disposable militia force . Here the attempt of the enemy to ...
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