 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1834 - 392 pages
...companies against the grass fence, but could not penetrate it. Indeed, how could we penetrate it ? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment...presenting themselves, lost threefourths and many nine-tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left, some only three, four,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 394 pages
...in companies against the grass fence, but could not penetrate it. Indeed, how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three fourths and many nine tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left,... | |
 | United States - 1847 - 394 pages
..."in companies against the grass fence, but could not penetrate it. Indeed, how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three fourths and many nine tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left,... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1907 - 250 pages
...against the grass fence without being able to penetrate. Indeed how could we penetrate ? Most of the Grenadiers and Light Infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three-fourths and many nine-tenths of their men ; some had only 8 or 9 men a company left, some only 3, 4, or 5!" Such was... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1891 - 100 pages
...or wounded except four, and all those of the 23d regiment except three (Clarke's Narrative, 15). " Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three fourths and many nine tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men a company left ; some,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 528 pages
...but could not penetrate it. " Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, 15 « how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three fourths, and many, nine tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left,... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 376 pages
...fence, but could not penetrate it. " Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, " how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment...presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many, nine-tenths Of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left, some only three, four,... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1875 - 820 pages
...wing. A letter written to England, July 5th, 1775, by one who was probably in the action, says : " Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment...presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many nine-tenths, of their men. Some had only eight and nine men a company left ; some only three, four,... | |
 | Criticism - 1875 - 822 pages
...wing. A letter written to England, July 5th, 1775, by one who was probably in the action, says : " Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment...presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many nine-tenths, of their men. Some had only eight and nine men a company left ; some only three, four,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 660 pages
...fence, but could not penetrate it. " Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, " how could we penetrate it ? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three fourths, and many nine tenths of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left,... | |
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Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, " how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many, nine-tenths Of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left,... 
