 | 1795 - 892 pages
...fame time ordered to turn their left flank. But fuch was the impetuofity of the charge by the firft line of infantry, that the Indians and Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from their coverts by fo inftantaneous an effort, that the reft of the army could fcarcely arrive... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - America - 1812 - 204 pages
...to form their lines. I also ordered Capt. M. CAMPBELL, who commanded the legionary cavalry, to turn the left flank of the enemy .next the river, and which afforded a favorable field fop that corps to act in — al! those orders were obeyed with .spirit and prornlitucle ; but such... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - America - 1825 - 510 pages
...time to load again. I also ordered Capt. Moss Campbell, who commanded the legionary cavalry, to turn the left flank of the enemy next the river, and which afforded a favourable field for that corps to act in. All these orders were obeyed with spirit and promptitude,... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1832 - 278 pages
...directed to make a considerable circuit, and to turn their right flank. These orders were executed with spirit and promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge made by the first line of infantry; so entirely were the enemy broken by it; and so rapid was the pursuit;... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - Portrait prints - 1834 - 396 pages
...obeyed with spirit and promptness. " But such," says the General, in his despatch, " was the intrepidity of the charge by the first line of infantry, that...Indians, and Canadian militia, and volunteers, were driven from all their coverts in so short a time, that, although every possible exertion was used by... | |
 | Mann Butler - Clark's Expedition to the Illinois - 1834 - 418 pages
...backs, followed by a brisk charge, so as not to give them time to load again, or to form their lines." "Such was the impetuosity of the charge, by the first line of infantry, that the Indians, Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from all their coverts, in so short a time, that although... | |
 | James Hall - 1836 - 338 pages
...legionary cavalry, to turn the left flank of the enemy next the river, which afforded a favourable field for that corps to act in. " All these orders...promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge of the first line of infantry, that the Indians and Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from... | |
 | James Hall - 1836 - 340 pages
...flank of the enemy next the river, which afforded a favourable field for that corps to act in. " AH these orders were obeyed with spirit and promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge of the first line of infantry, that the Indians and Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from... | |
 | John Marshall - Presidents - 1836 - 500 pages
...directed to make a considerable circuit, and to turn their right flank. These orders were executed with spirit and promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge made by the first line of infantry, so entirely was the enemy broken by it, and so rapid was the pursuit,... | |
 | Samuel Jones Burr - 1840 - 312 pages
...CAMPBELL, who commanded the legionary cavalry, to turn the left flank of the enemy next the river, which afforded a favorable field for that corps to...promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge of the first line of infantry, that the Indians and Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from... | |
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All these orders were obeyed with spirit and promptitude ; but such was the impetuosity of the charge by the first line of infantry that the Indians and Canadian militia and volunteers were driven from all their coverts... 
