Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" I should consider my own fame, by gratifying the ardour of the troops in persevering in the attack, or consult the more substantial interests of my country, by withdrawing the army which was yet uncrippled, for the security of these provinces... "
Some Account of the Public Life of the Late Lieutenant-General Sir George ... - Page 98
by Brenton, E. B - 1823 - 296 pages
Full view - About this book

A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and ..., Volume 3

Robert Christie - Québec (Province) - 1850 - 586 pages
...each day's delay at Plattsburgh rendered my retreat more difficult. The enemy's militia was rising en masse around me, desertion increasing, and our...swamps, becoming, from the state of the weather, as well as.from the obstructions made by the enemy, nearly impassable — under these circumstances, I had...
Full view - About this book

A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and ..., Volume 3

Robert Christie - Québec (Province) - 1850 - 584 pages
...each day's delay at Plattsburgh rendered my retreat more difficult. The enemy's militia was rising en masse around me, desertion increasing, and our...Excluded from the use of water communication, and that by roaus passing through woods and over swamps, becoming, from the state of the weather, as well as from...
Full view - About this book

A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and ..., Volume 3

Robert Christie - Québec (Province) - 1866 - 584 pages
...each day's delay at Plattsburgh rendered my retreat more difficult. The enemy's militia was rising en masse around me, desertion increasing, and our...whether I should consider my own fame, by gratifying the ardour of the troops in persevering in the attack, or consult the more substantial interests of my...
Full view - About this book

Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812, Volume 15

William Wood - United States - 1926 - 566 pages
...Provisions Scanty. Excluded from the advantage of water conveyance, & that by roads passing through Woods & over Swamps becoming, from the State of the weather...obstructions made by the Enemy nearly impassable. Under the circumstances I had to determine whether I should consider my own Fame by gratifying the Ardor...
Full view - About this book

British Generals in the War of 1812: High Command in the Canadas

Wesley B. Turner - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 285 pages
...Provisions Scanty. Excluded from the advantage of water conveyance, & that by roads passing through Woods & over Swamps becoming, from the State of the weather...obstructions made by the Enemy nearly impassable. Under the circumstances I had to determine whether I should consider my own Fame by gratifying the Ardor...
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF