 | Charles Carleton Coffin - Indians of North America - 1882 - 502 pages
...standing on the deck of the Niagara, writes upon the back of an old letter this despatch to General Harrison : " We have met the enemy, and they are ours....Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." For the first time an American fleet had met a British fleet and captured it. The news electrified... | |
 | Frank Gaylord Cook - 1882 - 474 pages
...squadron under Capt. Barclay. Perry sent this famous dispatch to Gen. Harrison at Sandusky : "We have met the enemy, and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." This victory gave the command of Lake Erie to the Americans, and enabled Perry to aid Harrison in an... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - Death - 1882 - 396 pages
...despatch to General Harrison, Perry announced his victory in words that have become famous : " We have met the enemy, and they are ours : two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." Congress voted him a gold medal for his achievement. As the question of the fighting qualities of the... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...navy, and captured the entire British navy, sending to General Harrison the famous despatch, " We have met the enemy and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." For this victory, Perry was complimented by the President in a message to Congress. It enabled Harrison... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - History - 1884 - 572 pages
...little more than two hours was able to send Sept . 10, this despatch to General Harrison: " We have lsa3 met the enemy, and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 13. Harrison was anxious to recover possession of Michigan, which had been lost when Hull surrendered... | |
 | Robert Ellis Roberts - Detroit (Mich.) - 1884 - 196 pages
...the world in the following dispatch, written at 4 o'clock p. M., of that day : DEAR GENERAL: We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop, With esteem, etc., OH PERRY. GENERAL WILLIAM JONES. This dispatch was sent to General Harrison, who... | |
 | Dwight H. Kelton - Fort Mackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.) - 1884 - 208 pages
...world in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 p. M. of that day : " DEAR GENERAL: — We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. " With esteem, etc., "OH PERRY. "General WILLIAM H. HARBISON." Block House, Built in 1780. BATTLE OF... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1884 - 572 pages
...more than two hours was able to send Sept 10 this despatch to General Harrison : " We have 1813met the enemy, and they are ours : two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 13. Harrison was anxious to recover possession of Michigan, which had been lost when Hull surrendered... | |
 | New England - 1885 - 420 pages
...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 they are ours...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... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1885 - 544 pages
...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... | |
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We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
