...secure he wrote with a pencil on the back of an old letter, resting it on his navy cap, the despatch to General Harrison : 'We have met the enemy, and...two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' " It was a great victory," concluded the eloquent narrator. " The young conqueror did not sleep a wink...

...guns and 440 men, nnd lost 135 men. Perry's official dispatch, announcing the victory, read: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. 383. Lake Champlain.—During the summer of 1814, while there was peace for the time in Europe, Great...

...secure he wrote with a pencil on the back of an old letter, resting it on his navy cap, the despatch to General Harrison : 'We have met the enemy, and...two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' " It was a great victory," concluded the eloquent narrator. " The young conqueror did not sleep a wink...

...Lawrence, to receive the surrender, and he sent to General Harrison the well-known dispatch: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The news ot this victory was received with unbounded enthusiasm, and its results were most important....

...decided, Perry seized a scrap of paper, and, resting it on his hat, wrote to headquarters : " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." This victory was of great importance ; it gave the Americans complete control of the lakes and was...

...Perry as received by him: "UNITED STATES BRIG NIAGARA, September 10, 1813. — Dear General: We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop. Yours, OLIVER HAZARD PERRY." Not a vessel of the British had escaped ; and the shock of unexpected...

...manhood, writes with pencil, on the back of an old letter resting on his navy cap, this dispatch toGeneral Harrison : " We have met the enemy and they are ours...two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." The time for action on the part of General Harrison had now come. He was at Fort Meigs with an army...

...memorable dispatch reporting the victory to General Harrison is well known in American annals: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." A large painting in the rotunda of Ohio's capitol represents the conflict at the time Commodore Perry...

...a sheet of paper torn from an old letter, and wrote to Gen. Harrison the famous despatch, " We have met the enemy, and they are ours, — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." Then, with true chivalry, he determined that to his flag-ship " Lawrence," that had so stoutly borne...

...memorable dispatch reporting the victory to General Harrison is well known in American annals : "We have met the enemy and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." A large painting in the rotunda of Ohio's capitol represents the conflict at the time Commodore Perry...