 | William Gordon - United States - 1788 - 816 pages
...upon feeing what has been done; feratches his head, and is heard to fay, " I know not what I fhall do ; the rebels have done more in one night, than my whole army would have done in months." The admiral informs him, that if the Americans poffefs thole heights, he cannot keep one of... | |
 | William Gordon - United States - 1801 - 478 pages
...-seeing what has been- done; scratches his head and is heard to say, " I know 4iot what Ish-iiU'do ; tiye -rebels have -done mor/e in one night, than my whole army would have done An months." The admiral informs him, that if the American's possess those heights he cannot keep one... | |
 | James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...appeared larger than the reality, General Howe, on viewing them, was heard to say in astonishment, "I know not what I shall do, the rebels have done...in one night than my whole army would have done in weeks. His admiral soon assured him that if the rebels were perini' ' to hold possession, he should... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...appeared larger than the reality, General Howe, on viewing them, was heard to say in astonishment, " I know not what I shall do, the rebels have done more...in one night than my whole army would have done in weeks. His admiral soon assured him that if the rebels were permitted to hold possession, he should... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 502 pages
...larger than the reality, General Howe, on viewing them, was heard to say in astonishment, " I know hot what I shall do, the rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in weeks. His admiral soon assured him that if the rebels were permitted to hold possession, he should... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pages
...shadowy hope that it might all prove a delusion. ' These rebels have accomplished,' he exclaimed, ' more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month.' And what a position ! commanding both the harbor and the town. Startled and confounded, the British... | |
 | Richard Frothingham - Boston (Mass.) - 1851 - 460 pages
...thrown up by the Americans, and that loomed with so threatening an aspect in the haze of early dawn. " The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month," is said to have been General Howe's remark. " It must have been the employment of at least twelve thousand... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...within. They presented a formidable aspect to the alarmed Britons. Howe, overwhelmed with astonishment, exclaimed, " I know not what I shall do. The rebels...night than my whole army would have done in a month." They had done more than merely raise embankments ; cannons were placed upon them, and they now completely... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - Connectictut - 1855 - 714 pages
...that those castles in the air filled him with astonishment, and that he exclaimed in his perplexity, " I know not what I shall do ; the rebels have done...in one night than my whole army would have done in months ;"f nor that in his cooler moments he wrote to Lord Dartmouth, — " It must have been the employment... | |
 | Gideon Hiram Hollister - Connecticut - 1857 - 788 pages
...that those castles in the air filled him with astonishment, and that he exclaimed in his perplexity, " I know not what I shall do ; the rebels have done...in one night than my whole army would have done in months ;"f nor that in his cooler moments he wrote to Lord Dartmouth, — " It must have been the employment... | |
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the rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month :" and to Lord Dartmouth he wrote ; " It must have been the employment of at least twelve thousand men. 
