The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier in 1814 - Couverture rigide

Cruikshank, E A

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ISBN 10 : 1298569478 ISBN 13 : 9781298569479

Editeur : Andesite Press, 2015

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The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier in 1814. l4l Eli lâ.C0L. J0llN HARVEY T0 MAJ.-GEN. RIALL. (M ost Secret and Confidential.) Deputy Adjutant Generalâs Office, KINGSTON. 23rd March, 1814. SIR,-L ieut.-G eneral Drummond having had under his consideration your letter of the 10th of March, desiring to be informed of his general plan of defence as far as may be necessary for your guidance in directing the operations of the right division against the attempt which there is reason to expect will be made by the enemy on the Niagara frontier so soon as the season for operations commences, I have received the commands of the Lieut.-G eneral to communicate to you the following observations and instructions: The Lieut.-G eneral concurs with you as to the probability of the enemyâs acting on the offensive as soon as the season permits. Having, unfortunately, no accurate information as to his plans of attack, general defensive arrangements can alone be suggested. It is highly probable that independent of the siege of Fort Niagara, or rather in combination with the atthck on that place, the enemy will invade the District of Niagara by the Western road, and that he may at the same time land a force at Long Point and perhaps at Point A bino or Fort Erie. An attack of such a general and combined nature, if made, as it. doubtless will be, in force, you can have no hope of successfully resisting by any other means than a concentration of your whole force at Burlington or A ncaster, leaving for the moment the garrisons at Fort Niagara and Fort George to themselves and those means of defence which it is expected that they possess and will most strenuously exert. With your whole force thus concentrated in an advantageous and open position, the Lieut.-G eneral has no apprehension of your not being equal or superior to anything the enemy can bring again
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Andesite Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1298569478
• ISBN 13: 9781298569479
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 218
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• Personne responsable: non disponible