History of the Second War Between the United States of America and Great Britain: Declared by Act of Congress, the 18th of June, 1812, and Concluded by Peace, the 15th of February, 1815, Volume 2Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1852 - United States |
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... Lake Borgne ; by that capture , opening the enemy's way , without resistance , let or hindrance , to the immediate vicinage THE LAKES . 111 of the metropolis of Louisiana ,
... Lake Borgne ; by that capture , opening the enemy's way , without resistance , let or hindrance , to the immediate vicinage THE LAKES . 111 of the metropolis of Louisiana ,
Page 111
... lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain , the points and passes of both river and lakes had been as well fortified or obstructed as they could be with inadequate means , in a short time , to prevent approach by either . Twenty - five gun - boats ...
... lakes Borgne and Pontchartrain , the points and passes of both river and lakes had been as well fortified or obstructed as they could be with inadequate means , in a short time , to prevent approach by either . Twenty - five gun - boats ...
Page 112
... Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi with little or no obstacle or impediment . By many terrible warnings that war seemed to be provi dential . For , while royal ... Lake Borgne , to- BATTLE OF THE BOATS . 113 wards Lake Pontchartrain .
... Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi with little or no obstacle or impediment . By many terrible warnings that war seemed to be provi dential . For , while royal ... Lake Borgne , to- BATTLE OF THE BOATS . 113 wards Lake Pontchartrain .
Page 126
... Lake Borgne from the gulf . From the 10th to the 13th of December , 1814 , little progress was made on that lagoon , which the larger vessels could not navi- gate . It was necessary to tranship the troops into the smaller vessels . The ...
... Lake Borgne from the gulf . From the 10th to the 13th of December , 1814 , little progress was made on that lagoon , which the larger vessels could not navi- gate . It was necessary to tranship the troops into the smaller vessels . The ...
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... Lake Borgne to the neighborhood of New Orleans , and thus enter upon the proposed assault of that city . A van or advance was organized , under command of Colonel Thornton , always one of the most enterprising and successful officers of ...
... Lake Borgne to the neighborhood of New Orleans , and thus enter upon the proposed assault of that city . A van or advance was organized , under command of Colonel Thornton , always one of the most enterprising and successful officers of ...
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Page 143 - The night was now as dark as pitch, the moon being but young, and totally obscured with clouds. Our fires deserted by us, and beat about by the enemy's shot, began to burn red and dull, and, except when the flashes of those guns which played upon us cast a. momentary glare, not an object could be distinguished at the distance of a yard. In this state we lay for nearly an hour, unable to move from our ground, or offer any opposition to those who kept us there ; when a straggling fire of musketry called...
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Page 81 - ... country. This point of Louisiana, which I occupy, is of great importance in the present crisis. I tender my services to defend it; and the only reward I ask is that a stop be put to the proscription against me and my adherents, by an act of oblivion for all that has been done hitherto. I am the stray sheep, wishing to return to the sheepfold.
Page 211 - Simultaneously with his advance upon my lines, he had thrown over in his boats a considerable force to the other side of the river. These, having landed, were hardy enough to advance against the works of General Morgan, and, what is strange and difficult to account for, at the very moment when their entire discomfiture was looked for with a confidence approaching to certainty, the Kentucky reinforcements, in whom so much reliance had been placed, ingloriously fled, drawing after them, by their example,...