 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
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 570 strani
...said, so strongly did the idea of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this...opportunity, than the extreme haziness of the weather." Much controversy has arisen among writers as to the cause of failure at Germantown, but Washington's... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1870 - 900 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...be paralleled; and, it is said, so strongly did the idea of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on as a place of rendezvous. I can discover no other... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 413 strani
...said, so strongly did the ideas of a retreat prevail, that Chester was fixed on for their rendezvous. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity, than the extreme hazmess of the weather." So also Captain Heth of Virginia, who was in the action : " What makes this... | |
 | Joseph A. Murray - 2007 - 266 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 seems,...prevail that Chester was fixed on for their rendezvous." 55 On October 28 ColonelJames Wilkinson stopped at Reading, Pennsylvania en route to Philadelphia,... | |
 | Martin Ignatius Joseph Griffin - 1911 - 448 strani
...retreated at the instant when Victory was declaring herself in our favor. The tumult, disorder and despair which it seems had taken place in the British army were scarcely to be parallelled. I can discover no other cause for not improving this happy opportunity than the extreme... | |
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