The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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... Constitution - Her unsuccessful chase of La Pique - Attack on the Alligator - The Essex cap- tured - The Frolic captured - The Peacock captures the Epervier - Commodore Barney's flotilla - The British in the Chesapeake - The Wasp ...
... Constitution - Her unsuccessful chase of La Pique - Attack on the Alligator - The Essex cap- tured - The Frolic captured - The Peacock captures the Epervier - Commodore Barney's flotilla - The British in the Chesapeake - The Wasp ...
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... Constitution captures Cyane and Levant— Escapes from a British squadron - The Hornet cap- tures the Penguin , and escapes from a 74 - The Pea- cock and the Nautilus - Summary - Remarks on the war - Tables of comparative loss , etc ...
... Constitution captures Cyane and Levant— Escapes from a British squadron - The Hornet cap- tures the Penguin , and escapes from a 74 - The Pea- cock and the Nautilus - Summary - Remarks on the war - Tables of comparative loss , etc ...
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... Constitution - Her unsuccessful chase of La Pique -Attack on the Alligator - The Essex captured - The Frolic captured - The Peacock captures the Epervier- Commodore Barney's flotilla — The British in the Chesa- peake - The Wasp captures ...
... Constitution - Her unsuccessful chase of La Pique -Attack on the Alligator - The Essex captured - The Frolic captured - The Peacock captures the Epervier- Commodore Barney's flotilla — The British in the Chesa- peake - The Wasp captures ...
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... Constitution , which had been . lying in Boston harbor undergoing complete re- pairs , put out to sea under the command of Capt . Charles Stewart . The British 38 - gun frigate Nymphe had been lying before the port , but she disappeared ...
... Constitution , which had been . lying in Boston harbor undergoing complete re- pairs , put out to sea under the command of Capt . Charles Stewart . The British 38 - gun frigate Nymphe had been lying before the port , but she disappeared ...
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... Constitution had twice captured British frigates " with impunity , " according to James himself , is it likely that she would now shrink from an encounter with a ship which she " saw at once was of an inferior class " to those already ...
... Constitution had twice captured British frigates " with impunity , " according to James himself , is it likely that she would now shrink from an encounter with a ship which she " saw at once was of an inferior class " to those already ...
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