Canada and Canadian Defence: The Defensive Policy of the Dominion in Relation to the Character of Her Frontier, the Events of the War of 1812-14, and Her Position To-dayH. Rees, Limited, 1910 - 186 pagina's |
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Pagina 3
... officers and men engaged in the service ; the personnel to be trained and disciplined under regulations similar to those established in the Royal Navy , in order to allow 1 Statement in the House of Commons , August 26 , 1909 . 2 Until ...
... officers and men engaged in the service ; the personnel to be trained and disciplined under regulations similar to those established in the Royal Navy , in order to allow 1 Statement in the House of Commons , August 26 , 1909 . 2 Until ...
Pagina 6
... officers , men , and units , with the training together of those services to the extent which may be found practicable , complete the important points aimed at by the Imperial 1 It has been determined , apparently , to grant subsidies ...
... officers , men , and units , with the training together of those services to the extent which may be found practicable , complete the important points aimed at by the Imperial 1 It has been determined , apparently , to grant subsidies ...
Pagina 7
... Officer , Sir H. Pellatt ; of a British Cadet Team in Canada , at the invitation of the Dominion ; and the appointment of an officer of the New Zealand forces to command a brigade at Aldershot , form interesting first steps , but , it ...
... Officer , Sir H. Pellatt ; of a British Cadet Team in Canada , at the invitation of the Dominion ; and the appointment of an officer of the New Zealand forces to command a brigade at Aldershot , form interesting first steps , but , it ...
Pagina 14
... officers ; by the encouragement of rifle - shooting ; and last , but not least , by taking over from the Home Government the maintenance and defence of the important posts of Halifax , in Nova Scotia , and Esquimalt , on the Pacific ...
... officers ; by the encouragement of rifle - shooting ; and last , but not least , by taking over from the Home Government the maintenance and defence of the important posts of Halifax , in Nova Scotia , and Esquimalt , on the Pacific ...
Pagina 18
... officers , and by- and - by perhaps of a Canadian Admiral on the Canadian coast . " Lord Charles Beresford , in speaking before the Imperial Press Conference , and alluding to the self - governing dominions , says ( June 26 , 1909 ) ...
... officers , and by- and - by perhaps of a Canadian Admiral on the Canadian coast . " Lord Charles Beresford , in speaking before the Imperial Press Conference , and alluding to the self - governing dominions , says ( June 26 , 1909 ) ...
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Amherstburg armed vessels army ascendancy on Lake Atlantic and Pacific attack batteries battle border Britain British flotilla Burlington Heights campaign Canadian defence Canadian frontier Canadian Navy Canadian Pacific Canal Captain Barclay carry Chauncey command depth of water Detroit Dominion Duke of Wellington Empire enemy England feet fleet Fort Detroit Fort Erie Fort George Fort Niagara frontier of Canada Georgian Bay Government guns Halifax Hudson Bay important James Carmichael Smyth Kingston Lake Champlain Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Superior land forces Lawrence Mackinac map facing Michigan miles militia Montreal nation naval and military naval ascendancy navigation Niagara frontier ocean officers operations Ottawa peace Plattsburg ports protected Quebec railways rapids River St route Sackett's Harbour Sault St Sea-Power seamen ships shore Sir George Prevost southern frontier squadron steamers Straits strength tion troops United Upper Canada Vancouver water frontier
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Pagina 80 - Navy has honored us with a higher destiny — we are intended to seek and to fight the enemy's fleet. This is the great purpose of the Government in creating this fleet; and I shall not be diverted in my efforts to effectuate it by any sinister attempt to render us subordinate to, or an appendage of, the army.
Pagina 1 - I have told the Ministers repeatedly that a naval superiority on the lakes is a sine qua non of success in war on the frontier of Canada...
Pagina 80 - I have looked for your fleet with the greatest anxiety since the 10th. I do not doubt my ability to meet the enemy in the field, and to march in any direction over his country, your fleet carrying for me the necessary supplies.
Pagina 163 - We are of opinion that it will be suitable (il conviendra) to proceed to fresh operations to measure the observed latitude, in order to mark out the boundary from the River Connecticut along the parallel of the 45th degree of north latitude to the River St. Lawrence...
Pagina 2 - House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in co-operation with, and in close relation to, the Imperial navy...
Pagina 163 - Lawrence, named in the treaties Iroquois or Cataraquy, in such a manner, however, that, in all cases, at the place called Rouse's Point the territory of the United States of America shall extend to the fort erected at that place, and shall include said fort and its Kilometrical radius.
Pagina 163 - That in determining the latitude of places it is customary to follow the principle of the observed latitude. And that the Government of the United States of America has erected certain fortifications at the place called Rouses...
Pagina 164 - ... but, in consequence of the line agreed on by the treaty coming too near Quebec, it was determined that an arrangement should be made for the benefit of both parties, and the boundary has been left in its former place. An opening through the woods, like a road, marks the place, about half a mile north of the fort.
Pagina 77 - The object of your operations will be, first, — To give immediate protection, secondly, to obtain, if possible, ultimate security, to his Majesty's possessions in America. The entire destruction of Sackett's Harbour, and the naval establishment on Lake Erie and Lake Champlain, come under the first description."— Should there be any advanced position on that part of our frontier which extends towards Lake Champlain, the occupation of which would materially tend to the security of the province,...
Pagina 164 - In effect, the arbitrator held that the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude should be determined by the customary principle of observed latitude, without regard to prior surveys, but expressed the opinion that the United States should be left in the possession of the fort at Rouse Point. This opinion was actually accepted by the Ashburton Treaty of 1842.