Chronicles of Canada: Or A Concise History of the Leading Events in the Old Provinces of the New DominionG.E. Desbarats, 1868 - 220 halaman |
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abattis Acadia American appointed army arrived attack batteries battle BATTLE OF CHATEAUGUAY Beauharnois Bishop Britain British Brunswick buildings Canadian Canal Cape Captain captured Champlain church Colonel colonists colony command commenced conflagration defence DeSalaberry destroyed Dominion enemy England English Erie expedition feet fire flames fleet force formed Fort Erie fortifications France French Frontenac garrison Governor harbour height House Huron Indians inhabitants Island Jesuits John King Lake Lake Champlain Lake Huron land Lawrence limestone Lord Lord Aylmer Louisbourg Lower Canada miles militia Montcalm Montreal Murray Newfoundland Niagara Nova Scotia officers Ontario Ottawa Ottawa River Parliament party possession prisoners Province Quebec Railway Recollets regiment reinforcements retreat returned to France River St rocks Royal Seminary sent settlement ships shore side siege Silurian soldiers stone street succeeded Tadousac tion took town tribes troops Upper Canada Vaudreuil vessels whole Wolfe wood wounded
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Halaman 52 - do they run already ? Pray, one of you go to Colonel Burton and tell him to march Webb's regiment with all speed down to St. Charles River, to cut off the retreat of the fugitives from the bridge. Now God be praised, I die happy,
Halaman 52 - Since it was my misfortune to be discomfited and mortally wounded, it is a great consolation to me to be vanquished by so brave and generous an enemy. If I could survive this wound, I would engage to beat three times the number of such forces as I commanded this morning, with a third of British troops.
Halaman 46 - security and satisfaction, and although the cruelties and barbarities used against them by the French and Indians, might upon the present occasions, prompt to a severe revenge, yet being desirous to avoid all inhumanity and unchristian-like actions, and to prevent the shedding of blood as much as may be, I,
Halaman 192 - the Aurora Borealis, shot out of the hitherto gloomy and dark sea on the lee bow, and was so vivid that it lighted everything distinctly even to the masthead. The Captain then called me up, but the light which had been only from one quarter, now as suddenly spread over the whole
Halaman 46 - and am resolved by the help of God, in whom I trust, by force of arms, to revenge all wrongs and injuries offered, and bring you under subjection to the Crown of England ; and when too late, make you wish you had accepted the
Halaman 46 - not only sufficiently warrant, but the destruction made by the French and Indians, under your command and encouragement, upon the persons and estates of their Majesties' subjects of New England, without provocation on their part, hath put them under the necessity of this expedition for their security and satisfaction, and although the cruelties and barbarities used against them by the French and
Halaman 50 - leaped on shore. The light infantry, who found themselves borne by the current a little below the intrenched path, clambered up the steep hill, staying themselves by the roots and boughs of the maple, spruce and ash trees that covered the
Halaman 144 - rage through the forests of America during a dry hot season, at which period the broken underwood, decayed vegetable substances, fallen branches, bark, and withered trees, are as inflammable as the absence of moisture can make them. To such irresistible food for combustion, we must add the auxiliary afforded by the boundless fir forests, every tree of which
Halaman 183 - feet. The phenomenon occurred at noon ; the day was calm but cloudy ; the water retired suddenly, leaving the bed of the river bare, except for the distance of about twenty rods, where the channel is deepest, and remained so for the space of an hour. Persons went out and caught fish in the pools formed
Halaman 183 - leaving ground dry, which had never before been visible, the fall being equal to four perpendicular feet, and rushing back with great velocity above the common mark. It continued thus, rising and falling for several hours, gradually decreasing, until it stopped at its usual height.