I am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best, and so far revoking... The American Revolution - Página 4por George Otto Trevelyan - 1904Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| George Washington - 1890 - 560 páginas
...will not be prudent to hazard the Men and Stores at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating...order given to Colonel Magaw to defend it to the last. The best accounts obtained from the enemy assure us of a considerable movement among their boats last... | |
| George Washington - 1890 - 576 páginas
...attempt to hold a Post, from which the expected Benefit cannot be had ? I am therefore inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the Men and...at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best, and... | |
| Francis Vinton Greene - 1893 - 384 páginas
...attempt to hold a post from which the expected benefit can not be had ? I am therefore inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...order given to Colonel Magaw to defend it to the last. " The best accounts obtained from the enemy assure us of a considerable movement among their boats... | |
| Washington Irving - 1893 - 668 páginas
...to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Fort Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating... | |
| Washington Irving - 1896 - 668 páginas
...to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Fort Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating... | |
| William Livingston - 1901 - 558 páginas
...abandoning Fort Washington, " but as you are on the spot," he had said in his letter to that officer, " I leave it to you to give such orders, as to evacuating Mount Washington, as you may judge best." Greene, to whose discretion the withdrawal was thus left, believed that the fort could be held, and... | |
| Sons of the American Revolution. Empire State Society - 1902 - 150 páginas
...hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to • think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...revoking the order given to Colonel Magaw, to defend it tothe last. So far as can be collected from the various sources of intelligence, the enemy must design... | |
| Edgar Mayhew Bacon - 1902 - 656 páginas
...answer to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had? I am, therefore, inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...Washington as you may judge best, and so far revoking the orders given to Colonel Magaw, to defend it to the last. Further instructions were sent to Greene,... | |
| Washington Irving - 1908 - 622 páginas
...answer to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and...Washington as you may judge best, and so far revoking the orders given to Colonel Magaw, to defend it to the last." Accounts had been received at head-quarters... | |
| John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 552 páginas
...to hold a post from which the expected benefit cannot be derived? I am therefore inclined to think it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores...on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders respecting the evacuation of the place as you may think most advisable, and so far revoke the orders... | |
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