HMS Detroit: The Battle for Lake Erie |
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Page 50
... action . He and Dobbins left Erie on May 23 , arrived in Buffalo the next day and hurried on to Fort Niagara . The journey involved nearly 150 kilometres on the lake and down the Niagara River to Fort Schlosser near Grand Island . From ...
... action . He and Dobbins left Erie on May 23 , arrived in Buffalo the next day and hurried on to Fort Niagara . The journey involved nearly 150 kilometres on the lake and down the Niagara River to Fort Schlosser near Grand Island . From ...
Page 92
... action some guns were disabled . Oliver Hazard Perry , resting at the Put - in - Bay anchorage , must have been aware of all the contingencies surrounding the upcoming battle . He reviewed with his commanders the way he expected the ...
... action some guns were disabled . Oliver Hazard Perry , resting at the Put - in - Bay anchorage , must have been aware of all the contingencies surrounding the upcoming battle . He reviewed with his commanders the way he expected the ...
Page 118
... action before his reinforce- ment of seamen arrived , which was well on their way at the time of the action . " He repeated a rumour that pinned a good deal of the blame on Henry Procter for ordering the squadron to sail . The commodore ...
... action before his reinforce- ment of seamen arrived , which was well on their way at the time of the action . " He repeated a rumour that pinned a good deal of the blame on Henry Procter for ordering the squadron to sail . The commodore ...
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HMS Detroit: The Battle for Lake Erie Robert Malcomson,Thomas Malcomson,Tom Malcomson Snippet view - 1990 |
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41st Regiment aboard action American squadron Amherstburg anchor Ariel arrived attack August Barclay Court Martial Barclay Letters Barclay to Yeo Barclay's Bass Islands battery Battle of Lake Black Rock boat brig British line British squadron BROADSIDE Caledonia cannons Captain captured carronades Chippawa Commandant Perry Commander Barclay Commodore Yeo corvette crews Cruikshank Daniel Dobbins deck Detroit River Dobbins Papers enemy fight flagship fleet force Fort Malden frigate Gilmor gunboats Harrison Henry Procter HMS Detroit Hunter Ibid Indians Isaac Chauncey Jesse Elliott John July June kilometres Kingston Lady Prevost Lake Erie Lake Ontario Lawrence Lieutenant Little Belt Long Point Malcomson metres military naval Niagara Peninsula officers Oliver Hazard Perry ordered Perry's Presque Isle Provincial Marine Put-in-Bay Queen Charlotte Right Division Robert Barclay Rottenburg Royal Navy Sackets Harbour sail schooners Scorpion seamen sent September shipyard shot Sir George Prevost sloop Upper Canada vessels victory warships William Wood wounded wrote