 | Justin Winsor - 1888 - 800 σελίδες
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in order to repair our losses, arc discouraged, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off : in some... | |
 | George Washington - 1889 - 536 σελίδες
...impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off ; in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time. This circumstance,...of itself, independent of others, when fronted by a well-appointed enemy superior in number to our whole collected force, would be sufficiently disagreeable... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1889 - 288 σελίδες
...filled their minds with apprehension and 'ioiMtepedespair. The militia are dismayed, intractable, rate' and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have...off; in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half-ones, and by companies at a time. .... Their want of discipline, and refusal of almost every... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1852 - 808 σελίδες
...Our situation is truly distressing. . . The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts, are dismayed, intractable, and impatient to return. Great numbers of them have gone off, almost by whole regiments. With the deepest concern, I am obliged to Confess my want of confidence... | |
 | Francis Vinton Greene - 1893 - 384 σελίδες
...of them were sick, and the militia were deserting in swarms — going off, in Washington's words, " in some instances almost by whole regiments, in many by half ones and by companies at a time." His effective force probably did not much exceed ten thousand men. Howe, having seen with chagrin Washington... | |
 | 1894 - 844 σελίδες
...troops, and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...some instances almost by whole regiments ; in many, half ones, and by companies at a time. This circumstance of itself, independent of others, when fronted... | |
 | Stephen M. Ostrander - 1894 - 342 σελίδες
...troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition, in...numbers of them have gone off ! in some instances by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies, at a time." Washington was well-nigh discouraged... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1897 - 378 σελίδες
...when he described how in his retreat through New Jersey, "The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off; in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time. " Another instance of this evil occurred when " the Continental... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 378 σελίδες
...when he described how in his retreat through New Jersey, "The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off; in some instances, almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time." Another instance of this evil occurred when " the Continental... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1898 - 546 σελίδες
...The defeat at Long Island had totally demoralised them. 4 The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts to a brave and manly opposition in...off, in some instances almost by whole regiments, by half ones, and by companies at a time.' ' Their want of discipline and refusal of almost every kind... | |
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Our situation is truly distressing. The check our detachment sustained on the 27th ultimo has dispirited too great a proportion of our troops and filled their minds with apprehension and despair. The militia, instead of calling forth their utmost efforts... 
