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ing batteries and steam - rams in aid of the forts ; and also , in times of danger , to
anchor rafts entirely across the channels leading into the harbors , or close them
with chain cables . The rafts , properly placed , would arrest the progress of ...
ing batteries and steam - rams in aid of the forts ; and also , in times of danger , to
anchor rafts entirely across the channels leading into the harbors , or close them
with chain cables . The rafts , properly placed , would arrest the progress of ...
Pàgina 159
... in a line nearly north and south , at some distance from the shore , cut his
cables and ran into shoal water , to prevent being doubled upon by the British
line ; this manauvre , at the same time , entirely unmasked the fire of the batteries
.
... in a line nearly north and south , at some distance from the shore , cut his
cables and ran into shoal water , to prevent being doubled upon by the British
line ; this manauvre , at the same time , entirely unmasked the fire of the batteries
.
Pàgina 302
This redoubt was garrisoned by only one hundred and twenty combatants ,
officers included , and its armament was but twenty small pieces of cannon ,
some of which were almost entirely useless , and most of them poorly mounted , “
in ...
This redoubt was garrisoned by only one hundred and twenty combatants ,
officers included , and its armament was but twenty small pieces of cannon ,
some of which were almost entirely useless , and most of them poorly mounted , “
in ...
Pàgina 326
But there are still stronger objections to this route than its want of feasibility for the
transportation of the main army ; for , even if that army should succeed in
reaching Quebec in safety , the expedition would be entirely without military
results ...
But there are still stronger objections to this route than its want of feasibility for the
transportation of the main army ; for , even if that army should succeed in
reaching Quebec in safety , the expedition would be entirely without military
results ...
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And though the field - notes of surveys of this region would establish the fact that
there is second and third rate class of lands , yet in the absence of water , which
they likewise establish , those lands must ever remain entirely sterile . And further
...
And though the field - notes of surveys of this region would establish the fact that
there is second and third rate class of lands , yet in the absence of water , which
they likewise establish , those lands must ever remain entirely sterile . And further
...
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| Títol | Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 United States congressional serial set |
| Autor | United States. Congress. House |
| Publicat | 1862 |
| Original de | Universitat d’Oxford |
| Digitalitzat el | 14 Des. 2006 |
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