 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1859 - 428 pages
...can not propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little succcsst .... I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4000 or 5000 men (which is nearly the... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pages
...events, referring to his illness, and frankly confessing that he had called a council of war, he said, " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general safety We have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose us. In this situation there is such... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pages
...events, referring to his illness, and frankly confessing that he had called a council of war, he said, " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the general officers to consult together for the general safety We have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose us. In this situation there is such... | |
 | Robert Wright - 1864 - 674 pages
...gone eight or » Mante, p. 252. ten days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing'by a fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...begged the General Officers to consult together for the general utility. They are all of opinion that, as more ships and provisions have now got above the... | |
 | Sir Richard George Augustus Levinge - 1868 - 368 pages
...Montmorency, of the 2nd September, after saying he had been suffering from fever, he added : — " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the " public utility. * * * * To the uncommon strength " of the country, the enemy have added for the defence of " the river... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 524 pages
...but I cannot propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little success I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4,000 or 5,000 men (whiah is nearly... | |
 | Henry Lee, Robert Edward Lee - 1869 - 658 pages
...mine would have gone eight or ten days sooner, if I had not been prevented from writing by a fever. I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are all of opinion, that (as more ships and provisions have now got above the town) they should try,... | |
 | Army - 1869 - 614 pages
...the dubiousness and despondency of consulting a council of war. " I found myself so ill," said he, " and am still so weak, that I begged the general officers to consult together for the public utility. To the uncommon strength of this country, the enemy have added, for the defence of the river, a great... | |
 | Henry Hopper Miles - 1872 - 574 pages
...the campaign to a decisive issue. Of this proceeding he says in his report of September 2d : — " I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that as more ships and provisions are now yet above the town, they should try, by conveying... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 800 pages
...cannot propose to him an undertaking of so dangerous a nature, and promising so little success. ... I found myself so ill, and am still so weak, that...officers to consult together for the public utility. They are of opinion that they should try by conveying up a corps of 4,000 or 5,000 men (which is nearly... | |
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... men (which is nearly the whole strength of the army, after the Points of Levi and Orleans are left in a proper state of defence), to draw the enemy from... 
