 | Samuel G. Drake - 1834 - 582 páginas
...for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. Hut the moHt disgraceful part of the business is, that the greatest part of the men threw uway their arms und accoutrements, even after the pursuit, which continued about four miles, had ceased.... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1837 - 654 páginas
...were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, hod it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful...miles, but was not able to remedy it ; for, having had oil my horses killed, and being mounted upon one that coidd not be pricked out of a walk, I could not... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1841 - 790 páginas
...were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off) had it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful...I found the road strewed with them for many miles, hut was not able to remedy it ; for, having had all my horses killwand being mounted upon one that... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1845 - 800 páginas
...were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful...part of the business is, that the greatest part of lli3 men threw away their arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit, which continued about four... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 632 páginas
...abandoned ; but that was unavoidable ; for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful...that the greatest part of the men threw away their arras and accoutrements, even after the pursuit, which continued about four miles, had ceased. I found... | |
 | Jacob Burnet - 1847 - 570 páginas
...became a flight. The camp was abandoned, and so was the artillery, for the want of horses to remove it. The men threw away their arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit had ceased, which was not continued more than four miles. The road was almost covered with those articles,... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1847 - 630 páginas
...became a flight. The camp was abandoned, and so was the artillery, for the want of horses to remove it. The men threw away their arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit had ceased, which was not continned more than four miles. The road was almost covered with those articles,... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1849 - 646 páginas
...became a flight. The camp was abandoned, and so was the artillery, for the want of horses to remove it. The men threw away their arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit had ceased, which was not continued more than four miles. The road was almost covered with those articles,... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1851 - 780 páginas
...were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. But the most disgraceful...continued about four miles, had ceased. I found the »oad strewed with them for many miles, but was not able to remedy it ; for, having had all my horses... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - 1851 - 842 páginas
...not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off, had it otherwise been practicable. But the тоя disgraceful part of the business is, that the greatest...arms and accoutrements, even after the pursuit, which coutinued about four miles, had ceased. I found the road strewed with them for many miles, but was... | |
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The retreat in those circumstances was, you may be sure, a precipitate one ; it was, in fact, a flight. The camp and the artillery were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off had it otherwise been practicable.... 
