 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...his opinion of the behaviour of his troops. " I have nothing sir to lay to the charge of the troops but their want of discipline, which, from the short...order ; and is one reason why the loss has fallen so heavily upon the officers who did every thing in their power to effect it. Neither were my own exertions.... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - America - 1812 - 204 pages
...private distress, or tor public misfortune. £ have nothing Sir, to say to the charge of the troops but their want of discipline, which, from the short...Were thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to orCer, and is one reason why the loss lias fallen so heavy rsr op'ari the o^.cevs, \»ho did every... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - America - 1825 - 486 pages
...despatch, says, in extenuation of this defeat : " 1 have nothing, Sir, to lay to the charge of the troops, but their want of discipline, which, from the short...and which rendered it very difficult, when they were once thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to order, and is one reason why the loss has fallen... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - America - 1825 - 510 pages
...was impossible they should have acquired, and which rendered it very difficult, when they were once thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to order,...and is one reason why the loss has fallen so heavy upon the officers, who did every thing to effect it. Neither were my own exertions wanting, but worn... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1843 - 482 pages
...private distress, or for public misfortune. I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops, but their want of discipline, which, from the short...officers, who did every thing in their power to effect it. Neither were my own exertions wanting: but, worn down with illness, and suffering under a painful disease,... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 642 pages
...private distress, or for public misfortune. I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops, but their want of discipline, which, from the short...officers, who did every thing in their power to effect it. Neither were my own exertions wanting: but, worn down with illness, and suffering under a painful disease,... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Indians of North America - 1846 - 814 pages
...private distress, or for public misfortune. I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops but their want of discipline, which from the short...order, and is one reason why the loss has fallen so heavily upon the officers, who did every thing in their power to effect it ; neither were my own exertions... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 632 pages
...private distress, or for public misfortune. I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops, but their want of discipline, which, from the short...they should have acquired, and which rendered it very difiicult, when they were thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to order, and is one reason why... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - Indians of North America - 1846 - 348 pages
...private distress, or for public misfor tune. I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops but their want of discipline, which, from the short...impossible they should have acquired, and which rendered it difficult, when they were thrown into confusion, to reduce them again to order, and is one reason why... | |
 | Henry Trumbull - America - 1846 - 354 pages
...short time they had been in service, it was impossible they should have acquired, and which rendered it difficult, when they were thrown into confusion, to...order, and is one reason why the loss has fallen so heavily upon the officers, who did everything in their power to effect it. Neither were my own exertions... | |
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I have nothing, sir, to lay to the charge of the troops, but their want of discipline, which, from the short time they had been in service, it was impossible they should have acquired... 
