 Every account," said he subsequently, in a letter to the President of Congress, "confirms the opinion I at first entertained that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder and even despair...  Life of George Washington - Stran 306avtor: Washington Irving - 1873Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 600 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as then- rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 590 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 594 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1834 - 588 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 592 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1858 - 586 strani
...the army, for which, he said, he could discover no other cause than the haziness of the weather. " The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...prevail, that Chester was fixed on for their rendezvous." Wayne and Greene were in the fray, as I believe I have mentioned in the life of the former. Wayne characterized... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in onr favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...paralleled ; and, it is said, so strongly did the idea of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed un as a place of rendezvous. I can discover no other... | |
 | Charles Wentworth Upham - 1856 - 422 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 610 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous.* I can discover no * " We know," writes Keith to Lamb, " the enemy had orders... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1857 - 612 strani
...entertained, that our troops retreated at the instant when victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder, and even despair, which, it...ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous.* I can discover no * " We know," writes Keith to Lamb, " the enemy had orders... | |
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