 | John Frost - 1848 - 376 sider
...to be impregnable. Outside and within the cross fires' of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches...ditches also of unusual dimensions. — The numerous cross roads are flanked in like manner, having bridges at the intersections, recently broken. The meadows... | |
 | John Frost - 1848 - 394 sider
...guns to be impregnable. Outside and within the cross fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches...flanked, on both sides, by ditches also of unusual dimensions.—The numerous cross roads are flanked in like manner, having bridges at the intersections,... | |
 | 1848 - 120 sider
...gates, to the south, are other obstacles but little less formidable. All approaches near the city were over elevated causeways, cut in many places (to oppose...also of unusual dimensions. The numerous cross-roads were flanked, in like manner, having bridges at the intersections, recently broken. The meadows thus... | |
 | John Frost - 1848 - 332 sider
...us) and flanked, on both sides, by ditches also of unusual dimensions. — The numerous cross roads are flanked in like manner, having bridges at the intersections, recently broken. The meadows thus checked, are, moreover, in many spots, under water or marshy ; for, it will be remembered, we were... | |
 | Nathan Covington Brooks - 1849 - 696 sider
...to be impregnable. '' Outside and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches...are, moreover, in many spots, under water or marshy ; for, it will be remembered, we were in the midst of the wet season, though with less rain than usual,... | |
 | George C. Furber - 1849 - 660 sider
...obstacles, but little less formidable. All the approaches near the city, arc over elevate.d causeway?, cut in many places (to oppose us), and flanked on...of unusual dimensions. The numerous cross-roads are flunked in like manner, having bridges at the intersections, recently broken. The meadows thus chequered,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1849 - 402 sider
...guns to be impregnable. Outside and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches near the city are over elevated canseways, cut in many places (to oppose us), and flanked o'n both sides by ditches, also of unusual... | |
 | 1850 - 592 sider
...to be impregnable. "Outside and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches...are, moreover, in many spots, under water or marshy ; for, it will be remembered, we were in the midst of the wet season, though with less rain than usual,... | |
 | Richard McSherry - 1850 - 314 sider
...to be impregnable. " Outside, and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles, but little less formidable. All the approaches...the intersections, recently broken. The meadows thus chequered are moreover, in many places, under water, or marshy ; for it will be remembered we were... | |
 | Richard McSherry - 1850 - 336 sider
...to be impregnable. " Outside, and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles, but little less formidable. All the approaches...the intersections, recently broken. The meadows thus chequered are moreover, in many places, under water, or marshy ; for it will be remembered we were... | |
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Outside and within the cross-fires of those gates, we found to the south other obstacles but little less formidable. All the approaches near the city are over elevated causeways, cut in many places (to oppose us), and flanked on both sides by ditches,... 
