The Invasion of Canada, 1812-1813 |
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... soldiers were chosen for command simply because they were old soldiers ; they acted like sports heroes long past their prime , weary of the contest , sustained only by the glamour of the past , struggling as much against the ambitions ...
... soldiers were chosen for command simply because they were old soldiers ; they acted like sports heroes long past their prime , weary of the contest , sustained only by the glamour of the past , struggling as much against the ambitions ...
Page 42
... soldier - scholar - statesman , outsmarted by an aborigine who managed to learn in advance the date of a solar eclipse ! The long , moody features grow moodier . He will continue to call the Prophet a fool , but he knows that he is up ...
... soldier - scholar - statesman , outsmarted by an aborigine who managed to learn in advance the date of a solar eclipse ! The long , moody features grow moodier . He will continue to call the Prophet a fool , but he knows that he is up ...
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... soldiers are in a turmoil , some crying openly , a few of the officers breaking their swords and some of the soldiers their muskets rather than surrender them . Others cry " Treason ! " and " Treachery ! " and heap curses and ...
... soldiers are in a turmoil , some crying openly , a few of the officers breaking their swords and some of the soldiers their muskets rather than surrender them . Others cry " Treason ! " and " Treachery ! " and heap curses and ...
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American Amherstburg army Askin Atherton attack battle Beall believe boats British brother Brownstown camp Canadian Captain captured Cass chief Colonel command Cruikshank Dearborn Detroit Dickson dispatches Documentary Elliott enemy Eustis fight fire flank force Fort Amherstburg Fort George Frenchtown George Governor guns Harrison to SW Henry Historical Society Hull Hull's hundred Ibid Indians Invasion Isaac Brock John John Askin July Kentuckians Kentucky killed land Lieutenant-Colonel Lovett to Alexander Lucas Mackinac Matthew Elliott Maumee McArthur Michigan Michigan Territory Michilimackinac miles military militia Montreal move Niagara frontier officers Ohio orders Potawatomi prisoners Procter Prophet Queenston Raisin Regiment regulars reinforcements Richardson river Robert scalp Sept Shawnee Sheaffe shore Smyth soldiers Solomon Van Rensselaer South West Company Stephen Van Rensselaer surrender Tecumseh territory thousand Tippecanoe tomahawk tory tribes troops Upper Canada victory village volunteers War Hawks William William Hull Winchester wounded York