 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 pages
...English officers. Perry wrote with a pencil on the back of an old letter his famous dispatch: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. ' ' The Americans lost in the battle twenty-seven killed and ninety-six wounded, of whom twenty-two... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1817 - 522 pages
...of the navy 5 announcing the result to the former in the following words : " DEAR GENERAX, " We have met the enemy ; and they are ours. Two ships, two...one sloop ! Yours, with great respect and esteem. " 0. H. PERRY." And to the secretary of the navy, his letter ran thus : " SIR — It has pleased the... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1817 - 172 pages
...squadron, a thing almost unexampled in naval warfare. " We have met the enemy," said Commodore Perry, " and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." The number of prisoners exceeded that of the captors. Twenty-six Americans were killed, and ninety-six... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1820 - 408 pages
...letter : US brig Niagara, off the western Lister, head oft Lake Erie, Sept. 1<MA, 1813, 4 o'clock, PM J Dear General— We have met the enemy, and they are...sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY. OLIVEfi H. PERRY. 151 brated words of Caesar, vem, vidi, utct.J These letters have a similitude to... | |
 | Charles Prentiss, William Sullivan - 1821 - 288 pages
...Information of this victory was thus given to General Harrison. «' Dear General..— We have inet the enemy and they are ours. — Two ships, two brigs,...sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." The American brig Argus, commanded by Captain Allen was captured, August 14th, in the British channel,... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1821 - 456 pages
...Erie, Sept. JO//», 1813, 4 o^clock, PM J Bear G'.ienl — We have met the enemy, and they are our'e. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH of the celebrated words of Caesar, veni, vidi, vici,* These letters have a similitude to Nelson's,... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1821 - 410 pages
...Sept. Wth, 1313, 4 o'clock, PM $ Dear General — We have met the enemy, and they are our's. Two chips, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY of the celebrated words of Caesar, veni, vidi, rici.* These letters have a similitude to Nelson's,... | |
 | Charles Prentiss, William Sullivan - 1823 - 288 pages
...the British loss was much greater. Information of this victory was thus given to Gen$val Harrison. " Dear General. — We have met the enemy and they are ours. — Two ships, two brigs, one schooner anil one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, " OH PERRY." The American brig Argus, commanded... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares - 1825 - 608 pages
...gallant Perry announced this victory in the following laconic epistle to general Harrison : " We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 15. Chesapeake bay was blockaded by the British during the spring of this year, and several predatory... | |
 | 1828 - 486 pages
...commodore Perry. The commodore announced this victory to general Harrison, in the following style : 'i Dear general — We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs and one sloop. Yours with respect and esteem, OH PERRY. September 10th, 1813." FURTHER ACCOUNT. Copy... | |
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We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
