 | Northwest, Old - 1890 - 492 pages
...and 91 wounded. Perry's letter to General Harrison reads as follows : " Dear General : — We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." That to the Secretary of the Navy : " Sir : — It... | |
 | David Rollin Anderson, Gladys Haddad - Literary Collections - 1992 - 332 pages
...in his modern sonnet "Oliver Hazard Perry" from Rimes To Be Read (1897). Oliver Hazard Perry "We've met the enemy and they are ours; Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." His words charge down the years — a warlike group, Grim, gallant, glorious! All the flowers Matured... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers. 518 We have met the enemy and they are ours— two ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, message to General William Henry Harrison, September 10, 1813. The earliest... | |
 | Donald R. Hickey - United States - 1995 - 156 pages
...back of an old letter he wrote a note to Harrison that added even more luster to his name: "We have met the enemy and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The American victory was the most important on the Great Lakes during the war. It changed the balance... | |
 | Willis F. Dunbar, George S. May - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 788 pages
...American loss was 27 killed and 96 wounded. Perty then penned his famous message to Hartison: "We have mer the enemy and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop."17 The victory won by Perty opened the road to the capture of Derroit. Hartison transferted... | |
 | Sandy Antal - History - 1997 - 472 pages
...battle, Perry notified Harrison of the outcome of the struggle, writing his famous dispatch: "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem. OH Perry." Wasting no time, he patched up the damaged vessels... | |
 | Martha Finley - Juvenile Fiction - 1997 - 334 pages
...the victory in the battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and wrote that famous dispatch, ' We have met the enemy, and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' "Then there were the great naval commanders of our civil war," Max went on. " I don't believe a greater... | |
 | Arthur P. Miller (Jr.), Marjorie Lyman Miller - History - 2000 - 228 pages
...base as a prize of war. Soon after the battle, he penned his famous note to Maj. Gen. William Henry Harrison: "We have met the enemy and they are ours:...two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." Lake Erie was now in American hands, and by September 27, Perry's fleet had ferried Major General Harrison's... | |
 | Robert Greenman - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 468 pages
...the War of 1812 announcing the American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813: "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." smorgasbord SMAWR guhs bawrd a wide variety of appetizers and other tasty foods served buffet style:... | |
 | Lincoln P. Paine - History - 2000 - 292 pages
...commander in history to surrender an entire squadron. That afternoon, Perry wrote to General William Henry Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two Ships, two Brigs one Schooner & one Sloop." The battle at Put-in Bay was a turning point in the War of 1812, for in securing control... | |
| |
We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
