 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1782 - 416 pages
...troops under my command. command, But being affurcd by your Excellency's letters, that every poffibl6 means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think my* fclf at liberty to venture on cither of tht>fe defperate attempts. Therefore, after remaining two... | |
 | Charles Cornwallis Marquis Cornwallis - Southern States - 1783 - 472 pages
...handful of troops under my command: hut being affured .by your 'Excellency's letters, that every poffible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve...think myfelf at liberty to venture upon either of • * Defence of Tork, :'« Virginia. 207' of thofe defperate attempts; therefore, after remaining... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being allured by your excellency's letters, that every poffible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, 1 could not think myfelf at liberty to venture on either of thofe defperate attempts : therefore, after... | |
 | Mercy Otis Warren - United States - 1805 - 496 pages
...of troops under my command ; but being aflured by 4' your excellency's letters, that every poffible means would *' be tried by the navy and army to relieve...attempts ; therefore, after remaining for two " days in a flrong pofition, in front of the place, in hopes * of being attacked, upon obferving that the enemy... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being assured by your Excellency's letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture upon either of these desperate attempts ; therefore, after remaining for... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being assured by your Excellency's letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture upon either of those desperate attempts ; therefore, after remaining for... | |
 | William Maxwell - Virginia - 1852 - 500 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being assured by your Excellency's letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture upon either of those desperate attempts ; therefore, after remaining for... | |
 | Virginia - 1852 - 508 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being assured by your Excellency's letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture upon either of those desperate attempts ; therefore, after remaining for... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1853 - 512 pages
...handful of troops under my command : but being assured by your Excellency's letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture upon either of these desperate attempts ; therefore, after remaining for... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1859 - 710 pages
...under mv command. But being assured by vour Excellence's •/ * ,l ,t letters, that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us, I could not think myself at liberty to venture on either of those desperate attempts. Therefore, after remaining two... | |
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... the gallantry of the handful of troops under my command, but being assured by your Excellency's letters that every possible means would be tried by the navy and army to relieve us... 
