The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: The naval war of 1812P.F. Collier & Son, 1882 |
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... opened with boat carronades and musketry , coming on at full speed ; whereupon the Alligator cut her cable and made sail , the wind being light from the southwest ; while the crew opened such a heavy fire on the assailants , who were ...
... opened with boat carronades and musketry , coming on at full speed ; whereupon the Alligator cut her cable and made sail , the wind being light from the southwest ; while the crew opened such a heavy fire on the assailants , who were ...
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... opened with her broadside of long 18's , from a position in which not one of Porter's guns could reach her . Three times springs 15 Letter of Captain David Porter , July 3 , 1814 . 16 Letter of Captain James Hilyar , March 30 , 1814 ...
... opened with her broadside of long 18's , from a position in which not one of Porter's guns could reach her . Three times springs 15 Letter of Captain David Porter , July 3 , 1814 . 16 Letter of Captain James Hilyar , March 30 , 1814 ...
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... opened from her long 18's , out of range of Porter's carronades.18 The carnage on board the Essex had now made her decks look like shambles . One gun was manned three times , fifteen men being slain at it ; its captain alone escaped ...
... opened from her long 18's , out of range of Porter's carronades.18 The carnage on board the Essex had now made her decks look like shambles . One gun was manned three times , fifteen men being slain at it ; its captain alone escaped ...
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... cessful . At 5 A.M. on the 13th the bomb vessels Meteor , Etna , Terror , Volcano , and Devastation , the rocket - ship Erebus , and the frigates Severn , Euryalus , Havannah , and Hebrus opened on Fort McHenry On the Ocean 47.
... cessful . At 5 A.M. on the 13th the bomb vessels Meteor , Etna , Terror , Volcano , and Devastation , the rocket - ship Erebus , and the frigates Severn , Euryalus , Havannah , and Hebrus opened on Fort McHenry On the Ocean 47.
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Theodore Roosevelt. Euryalus , Havannah , and Hebrus opened on Fort McHenry , some of the other fortifications being oc- casionally fired at . A furious but harmless cannon- ade was kept up between the forts and ships until 7 A.M. on the ...
Theodore Roosevelt. Euryalus , Havannah , and Hebrus opened on Fort McHenry , some of the other fortifications being oc- casionally fired at . A furious but harmless cannon- ade was kept up between the forts and ships until 7 A.M. on the ...
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