 | William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1813 - 442 pages
...spirit and promptness, that ma ny of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; — at this point the further energies...reduced by fieldpieces, had we been provided with ihem : the fire of the gun-boats proved inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1813 - 438 pages
...enemy tell in their enclosed banacks, which »ere set on fire by our troops ;— at this point ¡he further energies of the troops became unavailing....battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by field pieces, had we been provided with them : the fire of the &un boats proved inefficient to attain... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1814 - 830 pages
...spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops, — at this point the further energies...battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by field pieees, had we been provided with them: the fire of the gun-boats proved inefficient to attain... | |
 | Europe - 1815 - 772 pages
...spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their enclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops ; at this point the further energies...been provided with them : the fire of the gun-boats proted inefficient to attain that end — light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels... | |
 | Brenton, E. B - Canada - 1823 - 318 pages
...spirit and promptness, that many of the enemy fell in their inclosed barracks, which were set on fire by our troops. At this point the further energies...end — light and adverse winds continued, and our large vessels were still far off. The enemy turned the heavy ordnance of the battery to the interior... | |
 | John Armstrong - United States - 1840 - 272 pages
...onward to the Niagara, t " At this point, the further energies of the troops became unavailing; the block-house and stockaded battery could not be carried...reduced by field-pieces, had we been provided with them. Seeing no object within our reach, that could compensate for the loss we were momently sustaining,... | |
 | Canada - 1853 - 696 pages
...on being obliged to quit a beaten enemy, whom a small band had driven before them for three hours." unavailing. Their block-house and stockaded battery...provided with them ; the fire of the gun-boats proved insufficient to attain that end : light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still... | |
 | Gilbert Auchinleck - Canada History War of 1812 - 1855 - 456 pages
...on being obliged to quit a beaten enemy, whom a small band had driven before them for three hours." unavailing. Their block-house and stockaded battery...field-pieces, had we been provided with them ; the fire of the gun-boata proved insufficient to attain that end : light and adverse winds continued, and our larger... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Canada History War of 1812 - 1882 - 528 pages
...further energies of the [British] troops became unavailing. The [American] block-house and stockade could not be carried by assault nor reduced by field-pieces,...provided with them ; the fire of the gun-boats proved insufficient to attain that end ; light and adverse winds continued, and our larger vessels were still... | |
| |
At this point the further energies of. the troops became unavailing. Their block-house and stockaded battery could not be carried by assault, nor reduced by fieldpieces, had we been provided with them — the fire of the gunboats proved inefficient to... 
