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... force , as he did , at one point ; and while one portion of the line engaged him , the remainder might have acted on his flanks or rear . As it was , when the advance and first brigade had beaten the enemy , he was able to make an ...
... force , as he did , at one point ; and while one portion of the line engaged him , the remainder might have acted on his flanks or rear . As it was , when the advance and first brigade had beaten the enemy , he was able to make an ...
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... force under this organization was some- thing less than 6000 . Augmentation of the Army in 1798 and 1799 . By an act passed 27th April , 1798 , an additional regiment of artillerists and engineers is ordered to be raised by voluntary en ...
... force under this organization was some- thing less than 6000 . Augmentation of the Army in 1798 and 1799 . By an act passed 27th April , 1798 , an additional regiment of artillerists and engineers is ordered to be raised by voluntary en ...
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... force of the United States , twenty - four regiments of infantry , a regiment and a battalion of rifle - men , a battalion of artillerists and engineers , and three regiments of cavalry , or such parts thereof , as he shall judge ...
... force of the United States , twenty - four regiments of infantry , a regiment and a battalion of rifle - men , a battalion of artillerists and engineers , and three regiments of cavalry , or such parts thereof , as he shall judge ...
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... | 1 | 1 | 2 1 1 2 Riflemen 1 | 2 ] 1 | 1 | 2 963 981 48 495 10 1094 10/1060 Total authorised force -46 • 4 963 981 12 5940 50324 - 4240 162448 VOL . IV . Regt . & Corps . COMPONENT PARTS OF A TROOP THE AMERICAN ARMY . 17.
... | 1 | 1 | 2 1 1 2 Riflemen 1 | 2 ] 1 | 1 | 2 963 981 48 495 10 1094 10/1060 Total authorised force -46 • 4 963 981 12 5940 50324 - 4240 162448 VOL . IV . Regt . & Corps . COMPONENT PARTS OF A TROOP THE AMERICAN ARMY . 17.
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... force , by which they hope the most speedily and effectu- ally to work our ruin . It is stated by the author now before us , and , we believe , upon the very best grounds , that if the Ameri- cans are indebted to their more regular ...
... force , by which they hope the most speedily and effectu- ally to work our ruin . It is stated by the author now before us , and , we believe , upon the very best grounds , that if the Ameri- cans are indebted to their more regular ...
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American Andromache appears army banks beautiful Bible boat boiler Brevets caciques called captain character chinampas Cholula Colonel command Cottagers of Glenburnie Covenanters dollars per month earth enemy engine English Evandale eyes favour feel French gentlemen give gold Granville Sharp hand heart heaven honour horses hundred inhabitants John July July 14 June 14 king labour land leagues letters Lieutenants Lord Maj bvt manner master means ment Mexico miles mind mineralogy Montezuma nature never observed officers Old Mortality opinion Pernambuco persons Phillips political PORT FOLIO present principles province Pyrrhus racter received Recife rendered residence respect river says sent slaves soon spirit thee thing thou thousand tion town translation United whole word writer Yellow Fever
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Página 260 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
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Página 259 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him. But half of our heavy task was done When the clock struck the hour for retiring; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame...
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Página 259 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 433 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.