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Point Pleasant (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
General Jenkins's Campaign in Western Virginia. Lynchburg, April 13. --A special to the Republican, dated Salem, 13th says: Gen. Jenkins's expedition, with a small portion of his command, in Western Virginia, has been completely successful. The elections and Spring Courts of the bough Government in all the counties West of the Kanawha river, were broken up, and the enemy driven, with loss, into his fortifications at Hurricane Bridge. He proceeded thence to the Kanawha river, and, four miles below Winfield, riddled two Government steamboats which were passing. He embarked at night in flatboats, and floated down the Kanawha, attacking and capturing Point Pleasant the next morning. He killed and captured a number of the enemy, took 150 horses, and destroyed a large amount of stores.--The enemy made most desperate efforts to our off his retreat from the Ohio river; but they were eluded, and the command was extricated in safety.
Winfield, Putnam county, Virginia (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
General Jenkins's Campaign in Western Virginia. Lynchburg, April 13. --A special to the Republican, dated Salem, 13th says: Gen. Jenkins's expedition, with a small portion of his command, in Western Virginia, has been completely successful. The elections and Spring Courts of the bough Government in all the counties West of the Kanawha river, were broken up, and the enemy driven, with loss, into his fortifications at Hurricane Bridge. He proceeded thence to the Kanawha river, and, four miles below Winfield, riddled two Government steamboats which were passing. He embarked at night in flatboats, and floated down the Kanawha, attacking and capturing Point Pleasant the next morning. He killed and captured a number of the enemy, took 150 horses, and destroyed a large amount of stores.--The enemy made most desperate efforts to our off his retreat from the Ohio river; but they were eluded, and the command was extricated in safety.
1781 AD (search for this): article 1
Gibraltar and Charleston. The only naval and military operations of modern times which can at all compare with those directed against Charleston were those of Sebastopol, in 1853-'4, and those of Gibraltar, in 1781-'82. The slage of Sebastopol, with all its incidents, is fresh in the recollection of the present generation. The attack on Gibraltar, although it formed the closing scene of our first Revolutionary war, has long been consigned to its shelf in history, where it sleeps among the neglected records of the past. Yet it was one of the most memorable events of the eighteenth century, although that century witnessed the opening scenes of the great French Revolution. The grand combined attack upon Gibraltar, by the whole power of Spain and France took plate on the 13th day of September, 1781. There were no iron-clads in those days of wooden walls, but the allies had, through the ingenuity and perseverance of the Chevalier d'aroon, the most renowned engineer of his day
1853 AD (search for this): article 1
Gibraltar and Charleston. The only naval and military operations of modern times which can at all compare with those directed against Charleston were those of Sebastopol, in 1853-'4, and those of Gibraltar, in 1781-'82. The slage of Sebastopol, with all its incidents, is fresh in the recollection of the present generation. The attack on Gibraltar, although it formed the closing scene of our first Revolutionary war, has long been consigned to its shelf in history, where it sleeps among the neglected records of the past. Yet it was one of the most memorable events of the eighteenth century, although that century witnessed the opening scenes of the great French Revolution. The grand combined attack upon Gibraltar, by the whole power of Spain and France took plate on the 13th day of September, 1781. There were no iron-clads in those days of wooden walls, but the allies had, through the ingenuity and perseverance of the Chevalier d'aroon, the most renowned engineer of his day
Curtis (search for this): article 1
ssiles. At last, in the evening, one of them began to smoke, and by night fall several were on fire. The night came on intensely dark, and as boat after boat caught fire, the scene be came inexpressibly grand. To add to its sublimity the garrison still kept up a terrific cannonade. --The allied ships made every exertion by means of boats and tenders to extinguish the fire, and to prevent the vessels from running foul of each other. But it was all in vain. While they were thus engaged Capt. Curtis, who had been lying ready for the proper moment, advanced with ten gunboats, and taking flanking position, opened fire upon the burning vessels and those which were sent to relieve them. The consequences of this unexpected attack were terrible. The Spaniards on the burning flotilla gave up all idea of resistance — many of them cast themselves into the sea, and were drowned. Several of the monsters blew up, and hundreds perished by the explosion. The British officers and sailors exerte
Gilbert Elliott (search for this): article 1
nd the eyes of nations were bent upon Gibraltar. Two French Princes of the blood — both of whom were afterwards Kings of France--(the Count de Provence, afterwards Louis XVIII; and the Count D'Artois, afterwards Charles X.)--joined the camp of the allies, eager to share in the glory of an enterprise which they did not doubt would restore the important seaport of Gibraltar to the Spanish branch of their royal house. To meet these formidable preparations, the British Governor, Sir. Gilbert Elliott, had but 7,000 soldiers, already half starved, for they had been on short allowance for months. But they had hearts in their bodies, and the fortifications of Gibraltar before them, and these latter had become a proverb for impregnability throughout the earth. They not only did not think of surrendering, but like our brave countrymen at Charleston the other day, were confident of beating their gigantic foe. The action commenced early in the morning. The cannonade for hours shook the
September 13th, 1781 AD (search for this): article 1
f the present generation. The attack on Gibraltar, although it formed the closing scene of our first Revolutionary war, has long been consigned to its shelf in history, where it sleeps among the neglected records of the past. Yet it was one of the most memorable events of the eighteenth century, although that century witnessed the opening scenes of the great French Revolution. The grand combined attack upon Gibraltar, by the whole power of Spain and France took plate on the 13th day of September, 1781. There were no iron-clads in those days of wooden walls, but the allies had, through the ingenuity and perseverance of the Chevalier d'aroon, the most renowned engineer of his day, prepared a flotilla of fifty floating batteries, which were only less formidable than these much dreaded monsters of the deep. They were the bulls of men of war, out down to the proper height, and covered over with wooden roofs of enormous thickness, over which were stretched hides with contrivances f
Algeciras (Spain) (search for this): article 1
ld fire in no stinted quantity, and it was believed that through their means they might be effectually quenched before they could fire the vessels. Each of these floating batteries was furnished with twelve pieces of the heaviest ordnance that had been then invented, and in order that the action might not election for want of men — even for a moment--thirty men were allotted to each gun. Fifty ships-of-the-line, and a cloud of frigates and smaller vessels, got under weigh from the port of Algeciras to support the "monsters," and 100,000 men stood ready drawn out to assault the fortifications on the land side. From the water side a prodigious multitude of transports, with troops to land as soon as a breach should have been made, and of tenders to furnish the fighting vessels with ammunition awaited the movements of the flotillas. Land and sea, exclusive of the ships-of-the-line, above twelve hundred of the heaviest guns were ready at a concerted signal to open upon the devoted garri
France (France) (search for this): article 1
of the past. Yet it was one of the most memorable events of the eighteenth century, although that century witnessed the opening scenes of the great French Revolution. The grand combined attack upon Gibraltar, by the whole power of Spain and France took plate on the 13th day of September, 1781. There were no iron-clads in those days of wooden walls, but the allies had, through the ingenuity and perseverance of the Chevalier d'aroon, the most renowned engineer of his day, prepared a flotillrrison.--These mighty preparations — published throughout Christendom — had attracted the attention of the civilized world, and the eyes of nations were bent upon Gibraltar. Two French Princes of the blood — both of whom were afterwards Kings of France--(the Count de Provence, afterwards Louis XVIII; and the Count D'Artois, afterwards Charles X.)--joined the camp of the allies, eager to share in the glory of an enterprise which they did not doubt would restore the important seaport of Gibraltar<
Gibralter (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): article 1
Gibraltar and Charleston. The only naval and military operations of modern times which can at all comparewere those of Sebastopol, in 1853-'4, and those of Gibraltar, in 1781-'82. The slage of Sebastopol, with all illection of the present generation. The attack on Gibraltar, although it formed the closing scene of our firstch Revolution. The grand combined attack upon Gibraltar, by the whole power of Spain and France took plateized world, and the eyes of nations were bent upon Gibraltar. Two French Princes of the blood — both of whom wd not doubt would restore the important seaport of Gibraltar to the Spanish branch of their royal house. T hearts in their bodies, and the fortifications of Gibraltar before them, and these latter had become a proverbd with burning wrecks. The Spaniards did not take Gibraltar. The attack on Gibraltar occurred on the same dayGibraltar occurred on the same day of the month with that upon Fort McHenry thirty two years afterwards. The repulse of the letter (as everybody
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