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A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America
A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America Author:William James Subtitle: With an Appendix, and Plates General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1818 Original Publisher: Printed for the author Description: Part of a CIHM set. For individual microfiches in this set see CIHM microfiche nos. 35741-35743. Subjects: United States Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR re... more »print of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: . CHAPTER XIII. Commencement of the campaign q/"1814 -- Spirited capture, by militia, of a superior detachment of American regulars, on the Thames, U. C. -- Unsuccessful assault upon an American log-redoubt -- Contemplated re-capture of Fort-Niagara, and attack upon Kingston -- Major-general Brown's mistake -- His arrival at Bujfaloe -- General Wilkinson's plan of obstructing the Richelieu -- -, American incursion into Lower Canada -- Assemblage of general Wilkinson's army at Champlain -- His advance to, and attack upon, La Colle mill -- Intrepid behaviour of the garrison -- Repulse of the Americans, and their departure from the province -- American defensive preparations at Vergennes -- British flotilla on Lake Champlain -- Ineffectual attack upon an American battery at Otter Creek -- Assault upon, and capture of Fort-Oswego -- Public property found there -- - American incursion into the village of Dover, at Long Point; and destruction of all the dwelling-houses and other buildings there- Remarks on that proceeding. FROM the languid climate of the Chesapeake, we are again suddenly called to the bracing regions of the Canada?, against whose towns andinhabitants the United States' troops were still marching, with augmented numbers and renovated hopes. General Harrison's victory had placed the western district of Upper Canada, at the mercy of every petty detachment which majo...« less