... left strove to withdraw the halffrenzied crew in some semblance of order, a bullet struck him down. The gallant bulldog fell from his horse, shot through the arm into the lungs. It is said, though on evidence of no weight, that the bullet came from... Montcalm and Wolfe - Page 220by Francis Parkman - 1884Full view - About this book
| Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...rally them, in hopes of regaining the ground, and what we had left upon it, it \vas wtth as little success, as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet ; for they would break by in spite of every effort to prevent it." The... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...to rally them, in hopes of regaining the ground, and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet ; for they would break by in spite of every effort to prevent it." The... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...arrival at this place, a cirregaining the ground, and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet " It is supposed, that we had three hundred or more killed, and about... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1834 - 574 pages
...arrival at this place, a cirrcgaining the ground, and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet. " It is supposed, that we had three hundred or more killed, and about... | |
| George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1834 - 574 pages
...arrival at this place, a cirregaining the ground, and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet. cumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early... | |
| Sherman Day - Pennsylvania - 1843 - 754 pages
...to rally them, in hopes of regaining the ground and what we had left upon it, it was with as little success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains. • » » It is conjectured, (I believe with much truth,) that two thirds of our killed and wounded... | |
| Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 pages
...rally them, in hopes of regaining the ground, and what we had left •jpon it, it was with as little success, as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains, or the rivulets with our feet ; for they would break by in spite of every effort to prevent it." The... | |
| Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 548 pages
...July, 1755, in Hazard's Pennsylvania Register, V. 191. Leslie was a lieutenant of the Fortyfourth. and privates, only four hundred and fifty-nine came...the edge of the river. Dumas and Ligneris, who had now only about twenty Frenchmen with them, made no attempt to pursue, and went back to the fort, because,... | |
| Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 590 pages
...force from annihilation, he at last commanded a retreat ; and as he and such of his officers as wefe left strove to withdraw the halffrenzied crew in some...the edge of the river. Dumas and Ligneris, who had now only about twenty Frenchmen with them, made no attempt to pursue, and went back to the fort, because,... | |
| William Torrens McCullagh Torrens - Cabinet system - 1894 - 594 pages
...ammunition, provisions, and everything else a prey to the enemy : and when we endeavoured to regain our loss, it was with as much success as if we had attempted to stop the wild bears of the mountains. The General was wounded in the shoulder and in the breast, of which he died three days after. Colonel... | |
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