 | 586 pages
...intrenchments the other side of the St Charles ; but, obtaining better information, — ' Then,' he cried, ' they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give battle and crush them before mid-day.' And before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers,... | |
 | Voyage - 1853 - 440 pages
...intrenchments on the other side of the St. Charles ; but obtaining better information, — " Then," he cried, " they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we z must give battle and crush them before mid-day ;" and before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers,... | |
 | John Mercier McMullen - Canada - 1855 - 552 pages
...in amazement. The man persisted that the British were there in force. " Then," said the general, " they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give them battle and crush them before mid-day." Leaving Governor de Vaudreuil behind with... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Canada - 1859 - 432 pages
...actual military possession of the Plains and of the approaches to Quebec, " Then," said he, " they have got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ;...endeavor to crush them by our numbers, and SCALP them all by twelve o'clock." Montcalm, though he did not hesitate to employ the Indians and their scalping-knives,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Canada - 1859 - 360 pages
...actual military possession of the Plains, and of the approaches to Quebec, " Then," said he, " they have got to the weak side of this miserable garrison. Therefore we must endeavour to crush them by our numbers, and SCALP them all by twelve o'clock." Montcalm, though he... | |
 | Sir James MacPherson Le Moine - Birds - 1863 - 504 pages
...entrenchments the other side of the St. Charles ; but, obtaining better information. — ' Then,' he eried, ' they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison : we must give battle, and crush them before mid-day.' And before ten the two armies, equal in numbers,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1864 - 520 pages
...the other side of the St. Charles ; but, obtaining better CHAP, information, — " Then," he cried, " they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give battle and crush them before mid-day." And before ten the two armies, equal in numbers,... | |
 | Carroll Ryan - Canada - 1867 - 332 pages
...retrenchments the other side of the St. Charles ; but obtaining better information, — ' Then,' he cried, ' they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give battle and crush them before mid-day ! ' and before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers,... | |
 | John MacMullen, John Mercier McMullen - Canada - 1868 - 666 pages
...Montcalm in amazement The man persisted that the British were there in force. "Then," said the general, " they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give them battle and crush them before mid-day." Leaving Governor De Vaudreuil behind with... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - Great Britain - 1871 - 394 pages
...return." A little later he was informed that the invaders were actually drawn up on the plain. — " Then," said he, "they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable Oarrison, and we must endeavour to crush them by our numbers, and scalp them all before 12 o'clock."... | |
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And before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers, each being composed of less than five thousand "men, were ranged in presence of one another for battle. The English, not easily accessible from intervening shallow ravines and... 
