 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1911 - 120 oldal
...was set on fire, and the whole by the day after was laid in ashes, part of the terrible effects of a civil war. " ' The rebels were very numerous and behaved...idea I could ever have formed of them. They had about 5,000 men in the field. We not much above 2,000, if so many, but we have paid for our victory lost... | |
 | Sir Gerald Berkeley Hurst - 1905 - 264 oldal
...view in the vivid account of Bunker Hill by the commander of the Light Infantry in that action. 6 " The rebels were very numerous and behaved far beyond any idea I could have formed of them We have paid for our victory, lost a great number of our officers — I am told... | |
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App. 5, pp. 370-380 (1887). ment and are now going on compleating other works on this ground. At the beginning of the attack Charlestown was set on fire, and the whole by the day after was laid in ashes, part of the terrible effects of a civil war. "... 