The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-28

September 10, 1777-First battle Of
Saltwater, or Bemis' Heights (Saratoga.)
October Z, 1777-Second battle of
Saltwater, resulting in the surrender of
Burgoyne on the 18th.
june %, 1779-Battle of Monmouth.
July 16, l779-Wayne' capture of
Stony Point.
September %, 1779-Capture of the
Scraps English naval vesseI) by Commo-
dore John Paul Jones'
August 6, 178O-Battle of Hanging
Rock
October !, 178O-Battle of Kings
Mountain.
january II, 1761-Battle of the Cow
pens.
March Is, 17Sl-Battle Of Guildford
Court House.
June ), 1791-Capture of Augusta
September 8, 1791-Battle of Eutaw
Springs.
October 10, 17S1-Surrender of Corn
wallis at Yorktown.
WAYNE S INDIAN EXPEDITION.
August 20, 1794-Defeat of the allied
tribes at Maumel Rapids or the ''Fallen
Timbers.
HARRISON S INDIAN EXPEDITION.
November I, 1S11-Defeat of the
allied tribes under the Prophet (brother of
the celebrated Tecumseh) at Tppecanoe.
WAR OF 1924.
August 10, 1S12-Capture of the Eng
lish frigate Guerrero by the American ship
Constitution.
October II, 1912-Capture Of British
ship Frolic by American ship Wasp
October %, 1S12-Frigate Macedonian
by the ship United States.
December 20, 1912-British frigate
Java taken by the Constitution
April 27, 1813-Capture of York (now
Toronto, Canada, } by General Zebulon NJ.
Pike 1t was in commemOration Of this
victory that Pikesville, Md, received its
name by Dr. James Smith, at that period
the owner of .'Sudbrook " who was a close
friend of General Pipe.
May l, 1S13-First siege of Fort
Meigs.
May q, l813-Capture of Fort George.
May 20, 1813-Defeat of the English
at Sackett's Harbor.
September 4, 1S13-British brig Boxer
taken by the United States brig Enter
prise.
September 1O 1813-British squadron
on Lake Erie captured by the American
feet under Commodore Oliver H. Perry.
October 5, 1513-Battle of the Thames
River.
July 5, 1814-Battle of Chippewa.
July 25, 1S14-Battle of Bridgewater
or Lundys Lane.
August Is, 1S14-Battle of Fort Erie.
September II, 1914-British squadron
on Lake Champlain captured by the Amer
lean squadron under Commodore Nc
Donough Defeat of the British at Platts-
burg.
September IL, 1S14-Battle of North
Point
September Is, 1914-Bombardm of
Fort McHenry.
January s, 1815-Battle of New Or
leans.
CREEK INDIAN WAR OF 1S13-14.
December s, 1813-Battle of Talladega.
January %, 1914-Battle of Tallapoosa.
January %, 1914-Battle of Enotich-
opco Greek.
March 27, 1914-Battle of the Horse
Shoe Bend
FIRST SEMINOLE WAR.
May 81, 1917-Capture of Pensacola
from the Spanish by General Andrew Jack
son.
BLACK HAWK WAR.
August 2, 1832-Battle of the Bad
Axe; defeat of Black Hawk by General
Atkinson.
SECOND SEMINOLE WAR.
December 81, 1935-Battle of Outhla-
coochee.
December %, 163S-Great Battle of
Lake Okeechobee
WAR WITH MEXICO.
May 8, 1946-Battle of Palo Alto.
May 8, 1946-Battle of Reraca de la
Palma.
May IS, 1846-Capture of Matamoras
by General Taylor.
September 81 -23, -Storming and
capture of Monterey by General Taylor.
February %, 1847-Battle of Buena
Vista
March 81, 1S47-Capture of Vera
Cruz by General Winfield Scott.
April 17-18, 1847-Battle of Cerro
Gordo.
August 90, 1847-Battle of Contreras,
capture of San Antonio, capture of Chere-
busco.
September s, 1847- -Storming of Mo
linodel Rey.
September 13, ls47 = Capture of
Chapultepec.
September Il, 1847-Entrance of the
American army into the City of Mexico.
Commencing with the Revolution and
ending with the Mexican War we have
given the number of principal engagements
in each in which we have been victorious.
In the wars we have reviewed, with the
exception of the Mexican, there have been
number of severe defeats sustained by our
arms, but in all of these disasters the Stars
and Stripes, though not waving in victory,
went down in desperate resistance and not
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