Dallas Public Library

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Three strikes in the War of 1812, three American victories in the War of 1812 that permanently ejected the British and ultimately their Indian allies from what is now the Midwestern United States east of the Mississippi, by William R. Miller - paperbound

The illustrations are chiefly 14 portraits, also 2 ships and 1 gunlock, see list on page ix.Appendix B. Canon facts and specifications, and Appendix C. Gunlocks, (p. 88-93) provide considerable information about American and British cannons. Appendix B. covers: 1. Naval cannon; 2. Cannon materials; 3. Gun handling; 4. The physics of gunnery; 5. Pivot mounts; 6. A little piece of "cannon trivia" (which describes a brass monkey) and Appendix C. Gunlocks (which describes the flintlock mechanism for firing a cannon first used by the British Navy in 1745 and briefly dicusses their superiority over previous methodsThe battle at Moraviantown, October 5, 1813, is sometimes called the Battle of Moraviantown, sometimes called yhe Battle of the Thames.Lord Wellington is Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), made 1st Duke of Wellington May 3, 1814, who later defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815

9780788457371

xiv, 113 pages, illustrations, map, 22 cm.

(OCoLC)ocn972907891(OCoLC)972907891