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... British regulars who stormed his position on Jan. 8 , 1815. So effec- tive were the barricades of cotton bales that fighting lasted only half an hour , ending in a decisive U.S. victory and a British withdraw- al . British casualties ...
... British regulars who stormed his position on Jan. 8 , 1815. So effec- tive were the barricades of cotton bales that fighting lasted only half an hour , ending in a decisive U.S. victory and a British withdraw- al . British casualties ...
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... British Empire and Commonwealth growth 3 : 303h British Empire extension map 3 : 305 cricket introduction and popularity 5 : 262c passim to 264f Maori fortified villages and kin groups 14 : 779d Tasman's discovery and exploration 17 ...
... British Empire and Commonwealth growth 3 : 303h British Empire extension map 3 : 305 cricket introduction and popularity 5 : 262c passim to 264f Maori fortified villages and kin groups 14 : 779d Tasman's discovery and exploration 17 ...
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... British had discovered the trade , and in that year they became the lead- ing suppliers on the Chinese market with the establishment by the British East India Com- pany of a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal ...
... British had discovered the trade , and in that year they became the lead- ing suppliers on the Chinese market with the establishment by the British East India Com- pany of a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal ...
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