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" States, while the principal part of their force was detached for the reduction of two of them; we should not have found ourselves this spring so weak as to be insulted by 5,000 men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending... "
Infantry Journal - Page 689
1923
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The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 4

John Marshall - 1805 - 666 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy : we should not...inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification of seeing V0L. iv. qq CHAP. VL inviting opportunities to ruin them, passim17so. improved for want of a force...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not have been the greatest part of the war inferiour to the enemy, indebted for our safety to their inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...unable to protect our baggage and maga-. zines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not...opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved, for want of a force which the country was completely able-to afford ; to see the country ravaged, our towns burnt,...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good coun- . tenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy; we should not have...inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification o/ seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved, for want of a force which the country...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 1

1832 - 564 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not...opportunities to ruin them, pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford; to see the country ravaged, our towns burnt,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 590 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not...opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force, which the country was completely able to afford ; and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. II. Correspondence and miscellaneous ...

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1835 - 580 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not...opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force, which the country was completely able to afford ; and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 1

John Marshall - 1836 - 534 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy; we should not have...opportunities to ruin them, pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford ; to see the country ravaged, our towns burnt,...
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The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence ..., Volume 7

George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 586 pages
...men, unable to protect our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance, and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; we should not...opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force, which the country was completely able to afford ; and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns...
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THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. No. CXXVII. JULY, 1843. VOL. XXII.

The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 pages
...our baggage and magazines, their security depending on a good countenance and a want of enterprise in the enemy ; indebted for our safety to their inactivity,...opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force the country was completely able to afford, and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns burned,...
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