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The War With the United States
A Chronicle of 1812 Volume 14 (of 32) in the series Chronicles of Canada, by William Wood
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Title: The War With the United States A Chronicle of 1812 Volume 14 (of 32) in the series Chronicles of Canada
Author: William Wood
Editor: George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton
Release Date: January 3, 2005 [EBook #14582]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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CHRONICLES OF CANADA Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton In thirty-two volumes
Volume 14
THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES A Chronicle of 1812
By WILLIAM WOOD TORONTO, 1915
CONTENTS
I. OPPOSING CLAIMS II. OPPOSING FORCES III. 1812: OFF TO THE FRONT IV. 1812: BROCK AT DETROIT AND QUEENSTON HEIGHTS V. 1813: THE BEAVER DAMS, LAKE ERIE, AND CHATEAUGUAY VI. 1814: LUNDY'S LANE, PLATTSBURG, AND THE GREAT BLOCKADE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
CHAPTER I
OPPOSING CLAIMS
International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of opposing rights. But, when there are rights on both sides; it is usually found that the side which takes the initiative is moved by its national