New school history of the United States (1883) (14777478475)

Identifier: newschoolhistory00holm_0 (find matches)
Title: New school history of the United States
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Holmes, George Frederick, 1820-1897
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Publisher: New York, University publishing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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met theenemy^ and they are ours. The lake being cleared of theBritish, General Harrison and his army were carried to theCanadian shore by the American ships. They brought theenemy to an engagement on the river ThaiTxes. Infive minutes the British regulars surrendered. Inten minutes the Indians were scattered. Tecumseh lay withthe dead. Hulls disaster was retrieved. * Oliver Hazard Perr>- (1785-1819) served under Preble against Tripoli. He died ofyellow fever on his birthday. l82 HISTORY OF THE UXITED STATES. 44. The invasion of Canada on the line of the St.Lawrence failed. The several generals held different viewsand did not act in concert. Operations were delayed till solate in the season that stomi and frost were added to thehazards of battle. The Americans encountered II Nov. the British at Chryslers Field. They withdrew inthe night, after having been hotly engaged, in snow and sleet,for five hours. THE CHESAPEAKE AND THE SHANNON. 45. i he Americans met with more disasters than
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CAPT. LAWRE>XE .\ND THt: CHi.SAPIL\Ki:. advantages at sea this year. The coast of the United Stateswas blockaded, and much of the na\y was shut up in the har-bors. Capt. Lawrence ^ attacked the Peacock oft Demerara, * James Lawrence (1781-1813) also served against Tripoli. He commanded theHornet when he captured the Peacock. THE THIRD CAMPAIGX. 183 reduced her to a sinking condition, and compelled her to strikeher colors. He was promoted, and appointed to the commandof the Chesapeake, at Boston. Capt. Broke, of the Shan-non, one of the blockaders of that port, challenged the Chesa-181 P^^kc, The challenge was accepted. The Ches- T apeakc was rendered helpless in the action by I June. ^ . . damage to her riggmg. Lawrence was mortally wounded. His last orders were : Dont give up the ship ; fight her till she sinks. Broke boarded her, took her, and carried her as a prize to Halifax. 46. A British attempt on Norfolk was foiled by the fortifications of Craney Island, and by the determin