Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15: With Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that PeriodWay & Gideon, 1823 - 510 halaman |
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... sent in a flag of truce , de- manding a surrender of the fort and island to his Britannic ma- jesty's forces . This , sir , was the first information I had of the declaration of war ; I , however , had anticipated it , and was as well ...
... sent in a flag of truce , de- manding a surrender of the fort and island to his Britannic ma- jesty's forces . This , sir , was the first information I had of the declaration of war ; I , however , had anticipated it , and was as well ...
Halaman 39
... sent at present to bring on the provisions with safety . You will there- fore remain at the river Raisin , and in conjunction with Le Croix's corps and your own , protect the provisions and yourselves until further orders . The ...
... sent at present to bring on the provisions with safety . You will there- fore remain at the river Raisin , and in conjunction with Le Croix's corps and your own , protect the provisions and yourselves until further orders . The ...
Halaman 40
... sent from Detroit , under the com- mand of colonel M'Arthur , shall be included in the above capi- tulation , it is accordingly agreed to ; it is however to be under- stood that such part of the Ohio militia as have not joined the army ...
... sent from Detroit , under the com- mand of colonel M'Arthur , shall be included in the above capi- tulation , it is accordingly agreed to ; it is however to be under- stood that such part of the Ohio militia as have not joined the army ...
Halaman 42
... sent war , unless they are exchanged . W. HULL , Brig . Gen. Commanding N. W. army U. S. ISAAC BROCK , Major General . An article in addition to the supplemental article of the capitu- lation , concluded at Detroit , 16th August , 1812 ...
... sent war , unless they are exchanged . W. HULL , Brig . Gen. Commanding N. W. army U. S. ISAAC BROCK , Major General . An article in addition to the supplemental article of the capitu- lation , concluded at Detroit , 16th August , 1812 ...
Halaman 46
... sent to the river Huron , Brownstown , and Maguago to intercept my communica- tion . To open this communication , I detached major Van Horn of the Ohio volunteers , with two hundred men , to proceed as far as the river Raisin , under an ...
... sent to the river Huron , Brownstown , and Maguago to intercept my communica- tion . To open this communication , I detached major Van Horn of the Ohio volunteers , with two hundred men , to proceed as far as the river Raisin , under an ...
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Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States ... John Brannan Tampilan cuplikan - 1971 |
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Halaman 510 - And, in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining, or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations, or statements, shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or state, shall be made, in all respects, as in the latter part of the fourth article i» 506 contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Halaman 508 - The said Commissioners shall by a declaration or report under their hands and seals decide to which of the two Contracting Parties the several Islands aforesaid do respectively belong in conformity with the true intent of the said Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three.
Halaman 510 - Woods; — to decide to which of the two Parties the several Islands lying in the Lakes, water communications, and Rivers forming the said boundary do respectively belong in conformity with the true intent of the said Treaty of Peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three and to cause such parts of the said boundary as require it to be surveyed and marked.
Halaman 510 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed; it is agreed, that for these several purposes, two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized, to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Halaman 508 - Commissioners refusing or declining or wilfully omitting to act as such, they shall make jointly or separately a report or reports as well to the Government of His Britannic Majesty as to that of the United States, stating in detail the points on which they differ, and the grounds upon which their respective opinions have been formed, or the grounds upon which they or either of them have so refused declined or omitted to act. And His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the United States...
Halaman 9 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Halaman 9 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
Halaman 10 - British subjects alone that, under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from their country, and from everything dear to them; have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation and exposed, under the severities of their discipline, to be exiled to the most distant and deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of their oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of taking...
Halaman 14 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain, a state of war against the United States; and on the side of the United- States, a state of peace towards Great Britain.