 | 1813 - 516 pages
...officers and others, to be vi apprehensicii and commitment of such The enemy invited us to meet him in th By defeating him the whole country would have been open to us, and the object of our expedition rloriotisly and successfully obtained. If we had been defeated we had nothing to do but to rcLreat... | |
 | United States - 1815 - 410 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...our expedition gloriously and successfully obtained. Jf we had been defeated we had nothing to do but to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison, Samuel Williams - United States - 1815 - 126 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...object of our expedition gloriously and successfully ob> tained. If we had been defeated we had nothing to do but retreat to the fort, and make the best... | |
 | United States - 1816 - 416 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence which circumstances and our situation rendered practicable. But basely to surrender, without firing... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 520 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence wnich circumstances and our situation rendered practicable. But basely to surrender without firing... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 510 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence which circumstances and our situation rendered practicable. But basely to surrender without firing... | |
 | John Brannan - United States - 1823 - 522 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...successfully obtained. If we had been defeated we had nothin* to do but to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence which circumstances and our situation... | |
 | John Brannan - Ontario - 1823 - 522 pages
...destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us t« meet him in the field. By defeating him the whole country would have been open to as, and the object of our expedition gloriously and successfully obtained. If we had been defeated... | |
 | David Thompson (of Niagara, Ont.) - United States - 1832 - 310 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence which circumstances and our situation rendered practicable. But basely to surrender without, firing... | |
 | David Thompson (of Niagara, Ont.) - United States - 1832 - 318 pages
...the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the...successfully obtained. If we had been defeated, we had 110thing to do but to retreat to the fort, and make the best defence which circumstances and our situation... | |
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Brush, within reach of the army. But had we been totally destitute of provisions, our duty and our interest undoubtedly was to fight. The enemy invited us to meet him in the field. By defeating him the whole country would have been open to us, and the... 
