 have directed it One army has been disgracefully surrendered and lost. Another has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass over at the strongest point of the enemy's lines, with most incompetent means. The cause of these miscarriages is apparent...  Niles' National Register - Página 1971813Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Thomas O'Connor - 1816 - 338 páginas
...valour has been conspicuous. But the nation has been unfortunate in the selection of some of those who directed it. One army has been disgracefully surrendered...has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass it over at the strongest point of the enemy's lines, with most incompetent means. The cause of these... | |
 | William James - 1818 - 520 páginas
...valor has been conspicuous. But the nation has beeu unfortunate in the selection of some of those who directed it. One army has been disgracefully surrendered...has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass it over at the strongest point of the enemy's lines, with most incompetent means.' The cause of these... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1853 - 368 páginas
...had been conspicuous, but the nation unfortunate in the selection of some of those directing it" " the commanders were popular men, destitute alike of theory and experience in the art of war." " In a few days," said he, " the troops under my command will plant the American standard in Canada... | |
 | Henry Clay Watson - 1854 - 1012 páginas
...his first proclamation to the citizens of New York, informing them that one army had been lost by the precipitate attempt to pass over at the strongest...point of the enemy's lines with most incompetent means ; that the commanders in that expedition were destitute of theory and experience in the art of war... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1855 - 966 páginas
...valor ha» been conspicuous, but the nation has been unfortunate in the election of some of those who have directed it. One army has been disgracefully...alike of theory and experience in the art of war. In a few days the troops under my command will plant the Amcrican standard in Canada. They are men... | |
 | Gilbert Auchinleck - 1855 - 456 páginas
...valor has been conspicuous, but the nation has been unfortunate in the selection of some of those who directed it. One army has been disgracefully surrendered...has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass it over at the strongest point of thc enemy's lines, with most incompetent means. The cause of these... | |
 | John Lewis Thomson - 1887 - 750 páginas
...in the following words: " But the nation has been unfortunate in the election of some of those who have directed it One army has been disgracefully surrendered...alike of theory and experience' in the art of war. In a few days the troops under my command will plant the American standard in Canada. They are men... | |
 | John Lewis Thomson - 1887 - 678 páginas
...every instance been conspicuous; his proci continued in the following words : " But the nation has One army has been disgracefully surrendered and lost....alike of theory and experience' in the art of war. In a few days the troops under my command will plant the American standard in Canada. They are men... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 530 páginas
...valor has been conspicuous. But the nation has been unfortunate in the selection of some of those who have directed it. One army has been disgracefully...has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass it over at the strongest point of the enemy's lines with most incompetent means. The cause of these... | |
 | Henry Adams - 1890 - 536 páginas
...valor has been conspicuous. But the nation has been unfortunate in the selection of some of those who have directed it. One army has been disgracefully...has been sacrificed by a precipitate attempt to pass it over at the strongest point of the enemy's lines with most incompetent means. The cause of these... | |
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