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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Battle of Fort George, by Ernest Cruikshank This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Battle of Fort George A paper read on March 14th, 1896 Author: Ernest Cruikshank Release Date: September 3, 2010 [EBook #33621] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BATTLE OF FORT GEORGE *** Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ducit Amor Patriae" TRANSACTION NO. 1 Niagara Historical Society. BATTLE OF FORT GEORGE A PAPER READ ON MARCH 14TH, 1896, BY ERNEST CRUIKSHANK CAPT. 44TH BATTALION. NIAGARA: PICKWELL BROS., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1896. PREFACE. The reproach has frequently been cast upon us that Canada has no history; it might be said of us with far more justice that we do not know our own history. The various historical societies are, by their efforts, trying to wipe away this reproach, and we feel proud of following in the wake of the Lundy's Lane Historical Society in publishing a paper written by Capt. Cruikshank, who has well earned the title of the historian of the Niagara peninsula. Of the towns of Ontario not one we are sure possesses a history so eventful, so ancient, so interesting as Niagara, having been at different times a legislative, an educational, a military and a commercial centre, at one time occupied by the enemy and again a heap of smoking ruins, now a quiet summer resort with many points of historical interest, with wide streets shaded by old elms and having unrivalled lake and river scenery. The members of the youngest of these Historical Societies feel that they may congratulate themselves on being able to place in the hands of the public the story which so far has not yet been told of the Taking of Fort George, told too in a style so clear, so dispassionate, and shewing such deep research, a story of troublesome times, which so told can not but be helpful to old and young of every nationality. Asking for our first venture a kind reception we send it out to the public, hoping that it may do its part in proving that we have a not ignoble hist
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