Annual Register, Volume 19Edmund Burke 1779 - History |
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... river Sorel , which forms the entrance into Canada , and is com- pofed of the furplus waters of the lakes , which it difcharges into the river St. Lawrence , and would af- ford a happy communication be- tween both , were it not for fome ...
... river Sorel , which forms the entrance into Canada , and is com- pofed of the furplus waters of the lakes , which it difcharges into the river St. Lawrence , and would af- ford a happy communication be- tween both , were it not for fome ...
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... river Sorel , which forms the entrance into Canada , and is com- pofed of the furplus waters of fakes , which it discharges ir river St. Lawrence , and wo ford a happy communicati tween both , were it not fo rapids that obftru & t the ...
... river Sorel , which forms the entrance into Canada , and is com- pofed of the furplus waters of fakes , which it discharges ir river St. Lawrence , and wo ford a happy communicati tween both , were it not fo rapids that obftru & t the ...
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... river St. Lawrence . The General was at Montreal , where , with the greatest difficulty , and by every poffible means , he had got toge- ther near a thousand men , com- pofed principally of Canadians , with a few regulars , and fome ...
... river St. Lawrence . The General was at Montreal , where , with the greatest difficulty , and by every poffible means , he had got toge- ther near a thousand men , com- pofed principally of Canadians , with a few regulars , and fome ...
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... river St. Lawrence , in or- der to prevent the escape down the latter of a number of armed veffels , which General Carleton had at Montreal ; they also conftructed armed rafts and floating batteries for the fame purpose . These mea ...
... river St. Lawrence , in or- der to prevent the escape down the latter of a number of armed veffels , which General Carleton had at Montreal ; they also conftructed armed rafts and floating batteries for the fame purpose . These mea ...
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... river naval force , confifting of eleven armed veffels , was furrendered into their hands , the General himself ... river Merrimack , where veffels were in readiness to convey them by fea to the mouth of the river Kennebec , in New ...
... river naval force , confifting of eleven armed veffels , was furrendered into their hands , the General himself ... river Merrimack , where veffels were in readiness to convey them by fea to the mouth of the river Kennebec , in New ...
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