 He is apprised of the superiority of your numbers, and the disposition of your troops to impede his supplies, and render his retreat a scene of carnage on both sides. In this situation he is impelled by humanity, and thinks himself justified, by established...  Annual Register of World Events - Stran 2981805Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Max M. Mintz - 1992 - 308 strani
...apprised of the superiority of your numbers, and the disposition of your troops to impede his supplies and render his retreat a scene of carnage on both...Gates be inclined to treat upon that idea, General Burgoyne would propose a cessation of arms, during the time necessary to communicate the preliminary... | |
 | Susan Provost Beller - 2003 - 104 strani
...terms to General Horatio Gates, in charge of the American forces: "impelled by humanity, and . . . justified by established principles and precedents...state and of war, to spare the lives of brave men on honorable terms."1" This was a battle that the Americans could never have dreamed of winning, and... | |
 | Edwin Wiley - 1915 - 324 strani
...apprized of your superiority of numbers, and the disposition of your troops to impede his supplies, and render his retreat a scene of carnage on both...established principles and precedents of state and war, to spare the lives of brave men upon honorable terms. Should Major-General Gates be inclined to... | |
 | Francis Josiah Hudleston - 1927 - 434 strani
...apprised of the superiority of your numbers, and the disposition of your troops to impede his supplies, and render his retreat a scene of carnage on both...situation he is impelled by humanity, and thinks himself justifiable by established principles and precedents of state, and of war, to spare the lives of brave... | |
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