The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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Page 28
... less of a disadvantage , and suffered less . None of the frigates , British or American , were defended with anything like the resolution she displayed . But it is perhaps permissible to inquire whether not include Porter's " 27 ...
... less of a disadvantage , and suffered less . None of the frigates , British or American , were defended with anything like the resolution she displayed . But it is perhaps permissible to inquire whether not include Porter's " 27 ...
Page 35
... less than his due , by omitting all reference to the inferiority of his guns , his lost top - mast , etc. , it is no worse than Americans have done in similar cases . The latter , for example , will make great allowances in the case of ...
... less than his due , by omitting all reference to the inferiority of his guns , his lost top - mast , etc. , it is no worse than Americans have done in similar cases . The latter , for example , will make great allowances in the case of ...
Page 45
... less the American than the Brit- ish navy , and will be but briefly alluded to here . On August 20th Major - General Ross and Rear - Ad- miral Cockburn , with about 5,000 soldiers and ma- rines , moved on Washington by land ; while a ...
... less the American than the Brit- ish navy , and will be but briefly alluded to here . On August 20th Major - General Ross and Rear - Ad- miral Cockburn , with about 5,000 soldiers and ma- rines , moved on Washington by land ; while a ...
Page 53
... less severe aloft than in the REINDEER 6.17 8.28 # 2.47 hulls . All the spars were in their places . The Wasp's hull had received 6 round , and many grape ; a 24 - pound shot had passed through the foremast ; and of her crew of 173 , 11 ...
... less severe aloft than in the REINDEER 6.17 8.28 # 2.47 hulls . All the spars were in their places . The Wasp's hull had received 6 round , and many grape ; a 24 - pound shot had passed through the foremast ; and of her crew of 173 , 11 ...
Page 57
... less under his command than in the former action , but had profited by his experience with the Reindeer in one point , having taken aboard her 12- pounder boat carronade , of whose efficacy he had had very practical proof . The chase ...
... less under his command than in the former action , but had profited by his experience with the Reindeer in one point , having taken aboard her 12- pounder boat carronade , of whose efficacy he had had very practical proof . The chase ...
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32-pound carronade Acasta action afterward Ameri American American accounts anchor antagonist armed army attack Avon barges battery battle blockading boats brig brig-sloop British frigate broadside Capt Captain Biddle captured carried carronades chase Chauncy Cherub Chesapeake combatants command Commodore Commodore Decatur Confiance Constitution corvette courage crew cruise cruisers Cyane Decatur deck Endymion engaged English Epervier equal Essex fight fire fleet flotilla force fought French frigate Gleig gunboats gunnery hauled heavy Hilyar Hornet hull Jackson James says Java killed and wounded Lake Latour leeward Letter of Captain Levant Lieut Lieutenant Linnet long 24 long guns lost Macdonough Macedonian marines Midshipman militia minutes mounting Naval navy nearly officers Pakenham Peacock Penguin Phoebe Pomone port Porter President prisoners prizes quarter Reindeer sail Sailing-master schooner seamen shore short shot side sloops soldiers squadron starboard stern superior tack tain taken Tenedos tonnage tons troops vessels victory Warrington Wasp wind