 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1859 - 884 pages
...but I can not 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 np a corps of 4000 or 5000 men (which is nearly the... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1760 - 524 pages
...a fever. I found myfelf fo ill, and am ftill fo weak, that I begged the general officers to confult together for the public utility. They were all of opinion, that, (as. more ihips and provifions have now got above the town) they ihould try, by conveying up a corps of 4 or... | |
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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... 
