 My antagonist has wisely shut himself up in inaccessible entrenchments, so that I can't get at him without spilling a torrent of blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers, and I...  Montcalm and Wolfe - Side 267av Francis Parkman - 1884Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1838 - 346 sider
...mother, dated " Banks of the River St. Lawrence, August 31, 1759," he says, " The Marquess of Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers, and I at the head of a small number of good ones, that wish for nothing so much as to fight him ; but the... | |
 | Robert Wright (biographer.) - 1864 - 670 sider
...him without spilling a torrent of blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers,...wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties... | |
 | Robert Wright - 1864 - 666 sider
...blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great uumber of bad soldiers, and I am at the head of a small number...wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties... | |
 | Robert Wright - 1864 - 674 sider
...nothing so much as to fight him; but the wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties we labour under, arising from the uncommon natural strength of the country.^/ I approve entirely of my... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - 1895 - 234 sider
..." The enemy puts nothing to risk, and I can't in conscience put the whole army to risk. The Marquis is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers,...wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties... | |
 | Sir Arthur George Doughty, George William Parmelee - 1902 - 366 sider
...perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers & I am at the head of a small number of good ones, that...wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties... | |
 | William Wood - 1904 - 408 sider
...him, without spilling a torrent of blood, and that perhaps to little purpose. The Marquis de Montcalm is at the head of a great number of bad soldiers and...wary old fellow avoids an action, doubtful of the behaviour of his army. People must be of the profession to understand the disadvantages and difficulties... | |
 | William Wood - 1904 - 406 sider
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