| John Burk - 1816 - 574 pągines
...I can possibly describe, and will, I li.>; >•-. make an impression on llw breast of every British officer, whenever the fortune of war should put any of them into our power." — Ai etrent s* important in itself, and likely to be attended with effects so decisively beneficial,... | |
| Henry Lee - 1827 - 484 pągines
...gone beyond what I can possibly describe; and will, I hope, make an impression on th* breast of every officer, whenever the fortune of war should put any of them into our power. Although the event has been so unfortunate, the patience of the soldiers in bearing the greatest fatigues,... | |
| William Maxwell - 1852 - 500 pągines
...beyond what I can possibly describe, and will, I hope, make an impression on the breast of every British officer, whenever the fortune of war should put any of them into our power. Although the event has been so unfortunate, the patience of the soldiers in bearing the greatest fatigues,... | |
| 1852 - 508 pągines
...beyond what I can possibly describe, and will, I hope, make an impression on the breast of every British officer; whenever the fortune of war should put any of them into our power. Although the event has been so unfortunate, the patience of the soldiers in bearing the greatest fatigues,... | |
| 1852 - 508 pągines
...beyond what I can possibly describe, and will, I hope, make an impression on the breast of every British officer, whenever the fortune of war should put any of them into oar power. Although the event has been so unfortunate, the patience of the soldiers in bearing the... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 458 pągines
...and that * Ramsay's History of the American Revolution, vol. ii. p. 271. f Gordon, vol. iv. p. 196. the soldiers were accounted for as prisoners in a...misfortune," Clinton * "Les Anglais restes a York sans armes eurent a spuffrir de "beaucoup d'Americains qui Toulaient se venger des brigandages " commis... | |
| Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1854 - 456 pągines
...an enhancement 1781. SURRENDER OF THE BRITISH TROOPS. 123 of the triumph they had gained. The Abbé was struck at seeing, from several indications, how...slow. "We had the misfortune," Clinton * "Les Anglais rest£sa York sans armes eurent a sonflrir de "beaucoup d'Americains qui voulaient se venger des brigandages... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 460 pągines
...* On the other hand, we find the English officers and soldiers—the actual prisoners of war—bear willing testimony to the kindness they received. Thus...misfortune," Clinton * "Les Anglais restes a York sans armes eurent a souffrir de "beaucoup d'Americains qui voulaient se venger des brigandages " commis... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 460 pągines
...Clinton : "The treatment ingene' ral , that we have received from the enemy , since our sur' render, has been perfectly good and proper. But the 'kindness...the Admirals slow. "We "had the misfortune," Clinton writes, "to see almost every " succeeding day produce some naval obstruction or other "to protract... | |
| Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1854 - 612 pągines
...since our surrender, has been perfectly 1781. « good and proper. But the kindness and atten" tion that has been shown to us by the French " officers...ill provided, and the Admirals slow. " We had the mis" fortune," Clinton writes, " to see almost every " succeeding day produce some naval obstruction... | |
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