 | Everit Brown - 1886 - 532 strani
...Raisin— Fort Meigs besieged — The British withdraw — Proctor defeated at Fort Stephenson — The battle of Lake Erie — "We have met the enemy, and they are ours " — Consequences of Perry's victory — The British defeated at the Thames— Tecumseh killed—... | |
 | Ezra S. Stearns - 1908 - 2067 strani
...distinguished American member of the family is Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, whose famous message at the battle of Lake Erie, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," is familiar to every school boy. Other members of note are : Commodore Matthew C. Perry,... | |
 | Hope Martin - 1996 - 192 strani
...Commodore Oliver Perry died in Trinidad, West Indies. He is best known for his announcement of victory at the Battle of Lake Erie: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours." • The two-digit numbers formed by my thousands and hundreds digits and my tens and units... | |
 | Jill B. Gidmark, Mary K. Bercaw Edwards - 2001 - 538 strani
...and celebrating "Old Ironsides." Similarly, when Oliver Hazard Perry wrote his fateful words after the Battle of Lake Erie, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," several broadside ballads were soon printed describing the victory. Other successful American... | |
 | ...The STATUE OF OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, in the central plaza, was erected in 1915 in honor of the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie ('We have met the enemy and they are ours'), fought in September 1813. The sculptor of the heroic bronze figure was Charles H. Neihaus.... | |
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PERRY, in the central plaza, was erected in 1915 in honor of the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie ('We have met the enemy and they are ours'), fought in September 1813. 