 | 1847 - 160 էջ
...arrived. This was a column eight hundred and fifty strong, under the command of MajorGeneral Sheaffe. During the action, which had now so long proceeded...national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die, arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1852 - 240 էջ
...credit to the American troops, the militia who had crossed the river, and were engaged with VVadsworth and Stranahan, had fought well, and shared both the...national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die, arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1852 - 672 էջ
...Indians, at not less than thirteen hundred, while the Americans were reduced to less than three hundred.1 Retreat was as hopeless as succor ; for there were...national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die, arms in hand. Our country demands.the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | James Herring, James Barton Longacre - 1854 - 506 էջ
...thrilling words : " The enemy,s balls have thinned our ranks. His numbers are overwhelming. Directly the shock must come, and there is no retreat. We are in the beginning of a national war. Hull,s ignominious surrender must be retrieved. Let us die then, arms in hand ! Our country demands... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 132 էջ
...Cumbers of them fell before the balls and bayonets of the aroused soldiery. " ' The enemy's balls, begin to thin our ranks. His numbers are overwhelming....national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die, arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | James Barnes - 1903 - 278 էջ
...Scott mounted a log and, doffing his great cocked hat, addressed the brave little band about him : thin our ranks. His numbers are overwhelming. In a...national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | Everett Titsworth Tomlinson - 1906 - 208 էջ
...thundering in, cried: — "The enemy's balls begin to thin our ranks. His THE HEIGHTS OF QUEENSTOWN. numbers are overwhelming. In a moment the shock must...national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us, then, die arms in hand. The country demands the sacrifice. The example will not be lost. The... | |
 | Allan Peskin - 2003 - 356 էջ
...jumped on a log and addressed his men. "The enemy's balls begin to thin our ranks," he supposedly said. "In a moment the shock must come, and there is no retreat. . . . Let us then die, arms in hand. . . . Those who follow will avenge our fall and their country's... | |
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begin to thin our ranks. His numbers are overwhelming. In a moment the shock must come, and there is no retreat. We are in the beginning of a national war. Hull's surrender is to be redeemed. Let us then die, arms in hand. Our country demands the sacrifice.... 