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WAR ODDITY
ENEMY SHOT RETURNED A battle involving a single cannon ball occurred during the war of 1812. At Sackett’s Harbour, Lak» Ontario, an English ship appeared and shot a ball at an American fort. The missile fell short and rolled to the feet of an American soldier; the latter immediately put it into his Own cannon and shot it back at the British boat. The latter was raked by the ball, 14 men wore killed %ad 18 wounded. That ended the battle.
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Opunake Times, 12 September 1941, Page 7
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83WAR ODDITY Opunake Times, 12 September 1941, Page 7
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