Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United StatesP. Force, 1827 - Počet stran: 466 |
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Strana 13
... expected , yielded to its equal in cour- age , to its superior in number . To be unfortunate is to be disgraced : imperfect man ! infatuated government ! The Roman senate did not thus think : that illustrious body of sages examined the ...
... expected , yielded to its equal in cour- age , to its superior in number . To be unfortunate is to be disgraced : imperfect man ! infatuated government ! The Roman senate did not thus think : that illustrious body of sages examined the ...
Strana 19
... expected : nor indeed could the discriminating statesman have justly calculated upon extensive benefit from the achievement . The American nation is spread over a vast region ; the great body of whose population live upon their farms ...
... expected : nor indeed could the discriminating statesman have justly calculated upon extensive benefit from the achievement . The American nation is spread over a vast region ; the great body of whose population live upon their farms ...
Strana 27
... expected event take place , and the enemy succeed in forcing the outer works , the garrison should retreat to an inclosed intrenchment in the centre of the fort , and there demand quarters ; which , if refused , a match should be ...
... expected event take place , and the enemy succeed in forcing the outer works , the garrison should retreat to an inclosed intrenchment in the centre of the fort , and there demand quarters ; which , if refused , a match should be ...
Strana 28
... expected assault . But whatever may have been the enemy's design , it proved abortive ; as only that single battery reached us , which was soon silenced by our guns , and abandoned by its crew . Novem . Russell was succeeded by major ...
... expected assault . But whatever may have been the enemy's design , it proved abortive ; as only that single battery reached us , which was soon silenced by our guns , and abandoned by its crew . Novem . Russell was succeeded by major ...
Strana 29
... expected from the north . Disappointed in the promised aid , and very inferior to his enemy in number , who had been reinforced in his march by troops just arrived from New York , Greene could not act offensively the Novem . Fort of Red ...
... expected from the north . Disappointed in the promised aid , and very inferior to his enemy in number , who had been reinforced in his march by troops just arrived from New York , Greene could not act offensively the Novem . Fort of Red ...
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