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" Their block-house and stockaded battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by field-pieces, had we been provided with them : the fire of the gun-boats proved inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger... "
Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George ... - Page 63
by Brenton, E. B - 1823 - 296 pages
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The Military [afterw.] Royal military panorama or Officer's companion, Volume 3

1813 - 750 pages
...spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fir« by our troops ; — at this point the further energies...end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still far off.. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior...
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Cobbett's Political Register, Volume 24

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 442 pages
...which was executed \viih such spirit and promptness, that ma ny of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; —...reduced by fieldpieces, had we been provided with ihem : the fire of the gun-boats proved inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds...
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Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly ..., Volume 3

Benjamin Flower - 1813 - 438 pages
...enemy tell in their enclosed banacks, which »ere set on fire by our troops ;— at this point ˇhe further energies of the troops became unavailing....battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by field pieces, had we been provided with them : the fire of the &un boats proved inefficient to attain...
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The Royal Military Chronicle or British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor ...

The Royal Military Chronicle or British Officers Monthly Register and Mentor VOL VII - 1813 - 750 pages
...which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that типу uílbe enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops; — at this point the further energies of (he troops became unavailing. Th« ir block-bouse and »tockadcd battery could not be carried by assault,...
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The New Annual Register, Or General Repository of History, Politics, and ...

English poetry - 1814 - 1112 pages
...Drummond, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops : at...that end : light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still far off. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior...
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The Historical Register of the United States: From the declaration of war in ...

Thomas H. Palmer - United States - 1814 - 548 pages
...Drummond, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops; at...end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still far off. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 55

Edmund Burke - History - 1814 - 830 pages
...Drummond, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops, —...battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by field pieees, had we been provided with them: the fire of the gun-boats proved inefficient to attain...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register

Walter Scott - Europe - 1815 - 770 pages
...Drummond, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; at...end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still far off. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 6

Europe - 1815 - 772 pages
...Drummond, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; at...been provided with them : the fire of the gun-boats proted inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels...
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A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late ..., Volume 1

William James - Ontario - 1818 - 520 pages
...Drumraoud, which was executed with such spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; —...that end : light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still far off. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior...
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