A Complete History Of Connecticut: Civil And Ecclesiastical, From The Emigration Of Its First Planters, From England, In The Year 1630, To The Year 1764
A Complete History Of Connecticut: Civil And Ecclesiastical, From The Emigration Of Its First Planters, From England, In The Year 1630, To The Year 1764
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 edition. Excerpt: ...on the 30th of April, arrived in Chapeaurouge bay. The enemy had not received the least intimation of any design against them, till, early in the morning, they discovered the transports from the town. The cruisers had, almost every day, been seen before the harbor, but the enemy imagined (hat they were ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 edition. Excerpt: ...on the 30th of April, arrived in Chapeaurouge bay. The enemy had not received the least intimation of any design against them, till, early in the morning, they discovered the transports from the town. The cruisers had, almost every day, been seen before the harbor, but the enemy imagined (hat they were privateers, in quest of their fishing and trading vessels. The sight of the transports first gave l he alarm to the town. Bouladric was detached with an hundred and.fifty men to oppose the landing of the troops. But while the Troops general amused the enemy by a feint, at one place, he was ' landing his men at another. Bouladrii-, with his detachment, soon attacked them, but as many of his men were killed on the spot, himself and others taken prisoners, thr remainder were obliged to make a precipitate flight, to prevent their being instantly destroyed, by the troops who were landing in great numbers. The next morning, four hundred men marched round behind the hills to the north-east harbor, setting fire to $U 1745. Burn the adjacent country. Difficulties of the?iege. Book II. the houses and stores, in their way, till they came within a mile of the grand battery. Such a cloud of smoke arose as made it difficult to discover an enemy at the distance of a few rods only. The enemy, therefore, expecting the whole army upon them, threw their powder into a well and deserted the grand battery, and the provincials took possession of it without the loss of a man. The cannon, which were forty two pounders, were turned upon the town; but the expense of powder was so great, that it was judged best to cease the firing, and to reserve the ammunition for the fascine batteries. It was soon ftbund, notwithstanding the remarkable success which had thus far attended...
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