 | Bert Joseph Griswold - 1917 - 796 pages
...to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other and extending for nearly two miles at right angles with the river. I soon discovered from the weight of the fire and... | |
 | Peter Peterson Cherry - 1920 - 360 pages
...to act with effect and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other and extending for nearly two miles at right angels with the river. The enemy were in full force in front, in possession... | |
 | Peter Peterson Cherry - 1921 - 360 pages
...to act with effect and afforded the enemy the most favorable covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other and extending for nearly two miles at right angels with the river. The enemy were in full force in front, in possession... | |
 | John Marshall - 1926 - 600 pages
...inaccessible to horse by a quantity of fallen timber which appeared to have been blown up in a tornado. They were formed in three lines, within supporting distance of each other; and, as is their custom, with a very extended front. Their line stretched to the west, at right angles with... | |
 | William Leete Stone - 1838 - 640 pages
...described, extended to the left of the army several miles— the right resting on the river. The Indians were formed in three lines within supporting distance of each other, and extending for about two miles at right angles with the river. The American commander soon discovered, from the weight... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - 1858 - 586 pages
...covert for their mode of warfare. The savages were formed in three lines, within supporting distances of each other, and extending for near two miles at...with the river. I soon discovered, from the weight of their fire and extent of their lines, that the enemy were in full force in front, in possession of... | |
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... our left and for a very considerable distance in front, the ground being covered with old fallen timber, probably occasioned by a tornado, which rendered it impracticable for the cavalry to act with effect, and afforded the enemy the most favorable... 
