... discovering the operations of the enemy; while on the side of New York the atmosphere was perfectly clear. The retreat was effected in thirteen hours, though nine thousand men had to pass over the river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions,... Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Side 581794Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Charles Stedman - 1794 - 430 sider
...river, befides field artillery, ammunition, provifions, cattle, horfes, and carts. The circumftances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...they could not crofs, but in feveral embarkations. Notwithftanding thefe difficulties, they fecured a retreat without the lofs of a man. The pickets of... | |
| John Gisborne - 1833 - 248 sider
...river besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses, and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was an... | |
| Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 sider
...river, besides field-artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses, and carts. " The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was an... | |
| John Frost - 1845 - 480 sider
...river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was an... | |
| John Frost - 1845 - 474 sider
...river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the Americans. They had been driven to the comer of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their... | |
| Thomas Warren Field - 1869 - 598 sider
...river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses, and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was an... | |
| Long Island Historical Society - 1869 - 594 sider
...river, besides field artillery, ammunition, provisions, cattle, horses, and carts. The circumstances of this retreat were particularly glorious to the...Americans. They had been driven to the corner of an island, where they were hemmed in within the narrow space of two square miles. In their front was an... | |
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