Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 6
... fleet of iron - clad steamships of the line could force a passage into New York harbor , especially if their commander was willing to sacrifice a few of them to effect the passage , a fleet of armored steamships , by a similar sacri ...
... fleet of iron - clad steamships of the line could force a passage into New York harbor , especially if their commander was willing to sacrifice a few of them to effect the passage , a fleet of armored steamships , by a similar sacri ...
Pàgina 10
... fleet of light - draught , heavily- armed , iron - clad gunboats could , in one short month , in despite of any opposition that could be made by extemporized batteries , pass up the St. Lawrence into the lakes , and shell every city and ...
... fleet of light - draught , heavily- armed , iron - clad gunboats could , in one short month , in despite of any opposition that could be made by extemporized batteries , pass up the St. Lawrence into the lakes , and shell every city and ...
Pàgina 11
... fleet upon Lake Ontario , and another on the upper lakes , one British fleet answering for both . The United States could not leave the valuable cities and commerce of the upper lakes undefended , nor could it allow the British war ...
... fleet upon Lake Ontario , and another on the upper lakes , one British fleet answering for both . The United States could not leave the valuable cities and commerce of the upper lakes undefended , nor could it allow the British war ...
Pàgina 12
... fleet answer for two . A third advantage would be , that we could build vessels on the Ohio , Mississippi , Missouri , Illinois , Hudson , and along the lines of the canals , free from all danger of attacks , and where labor and ...
... fleet answer for two . A third advantage would be , that we could build vessels on the Ohio , Mississippi , Missouri , Illinois , Hudson , and along the lines of the canals , free from all danger of attacks , and where labor and ...
Pàgina 67
... fleet upon the coast of the United States presents some of the features of a war , where a heavy mass is brought to act against detachments which may be cut up in detail , although their combined force would exceed the assailing foe ...
... fleet upon the coast of the United States presents some of the features of a war , where a heavy mass is brought to act against detachments which may be cut up in detail , although their combined force would exceed the assailing foe ...
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