 | History - 1789 - 560 pages
...at once within the walls, was putting all upon the fingle chance of holding out for a confiderable time a wretched fortification ; a chance which an action in the field could hardly alter, at the fame time ¿bat it gave an additional one, and perhaps a better ; and in fine, that if the even t was... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1834 - 548 pages
...a habit of beating the enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; thatshuttingourselves up at once within our walls, was putting all upon...extremity ; and then to retreat to the Isle of Orleans or Cou'lres, with what was left of the garrison, to wait for reinforcements. " This night the necessary... | |
 | Henry Hopper Miles - Canada - 1872 - 574 pages
...enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves up at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...extremity, and then to retreat to the Isle of Orleans or Coudres with what was left of the garrison, to wait for reinforcements. " This night the necessary... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 538 pages
...that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 540 pages
...that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 554 pages
...that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 478 pages
...that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the... | |
 | Gilbert Parker, Claude Glennon Bryan - Canada - 1904 - 586 pages
...the enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding out for a considerable time in a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and half an hour after six in the morning... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - United States - 1906 - 542 pages
...Enemy, and had a very fine train of field Artillery, that shutting ourselves up at once within the walls, was putting all upon the Single Chance of holding...last Extremity, and then to retreat to the Isle of Orleans,3 or Coudres,3 with what was left of the Garison, to wait for reinforcements. This night the... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1907 - 482 pages
...that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within the walls was putting all upon the single chance of holding...for a considerable time a wretched fortification, I resolved to give them battle ; and, half an hour after six in the morning, we marched with all the... | |
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The enemy," he soon after wrote to Pitt, "was greatly superior in number, it is true ; but when I considered that our little army was in the habit of beating that enemy, and had a very fine train of field artillery ; that shutting ourselves at once within... 
