The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . sment of British seamen who had goneinto the American naval service, the assertion by GreatBritain of the right to search American war vessels to findsuch deserters, the blockades of European ports with theconsequent interference with American commerce, and thealleged efforts of Great Britain to stir up the WesternIndians to attack the United States. The war dragged onwearily and ineffectively, partly beaause the Americanpeople w^ere divided in opinion as to the justification for iton gr
The centenary celebration of the battle of Lundy's Lane, July twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and fourteen . sment of British seamen who had goneinto the American naval service, the assertion by GreatBritain of the right to search American war vessels to findsuch deserters, the blockades of European ports with theconsequent interference with American commerce, and thealleged efforts of Great Britain to stir up the WesternIndians to attack the United States. The war dragged onwearily and ineffectively, partly beaause the Americanpeople w^ere divided in opinion as to the justification for iton grounds of either principle or expediency, partly becauseGreat Britain was very much pre-occupied by her share inthe Napoleonic wars, and partly because the Canadianpeople put up an unexpectedly effective and successfuldefence against tlie invasions of their territory. Into thedetails of the militaiy and naval struggle during the twoyears and three campaigns it is not necessary or practicableto go; it must suffice to say that owing to the course ofcalculated events and the chapter of undesigned accidents. LUNDYS LANE—THE DAY BEFORE.
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