 The backwardness of some of the older officers has in some measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most commanding abilities. We expect to sail in...  Military Expeditions Beyond the Seas - Page 150by George Armand Furse - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1857 - 692 pages
...siege of Louisbourg had been pushed with vigour, Quebeck would have fallen." — " The backwardness of older officers has in some measure forced the Government to come down so low." — "I shall think myself a lucky man — what happens afterwards is no great consequence." Prophetic... | |
 | Robert Wright - Canada - 1864 - 674 pages
...doubt, is the defence of Canada; ours to attack it, and the fleet for that service is formidable. I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most... | |
 | Robert Wright - Canada - 1864 - 666 pages
...doubt, is the defence of Canada ; ours to attack it, and the fleet for that service is formidable. I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished...desired. The backwardness of some of the older officers lias in some measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 554 pages
...and Wolfe wrote to his uncle Walter : " I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished. The backwardness of some of the older officers has...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 538 pages
...and Wolfe wrote to his uncle Walter : " I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished. The backwardness of some of the older officers has...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must •when there are not the most... | |
 | Francis Parkman - Canada - 1884 - 540 pages
...ready, and Wolfe wrote to his uncle Walter : "I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished. The backwardness of some of the older officers has...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - Generals - 1895 - 238 pages
...in a letter written at this time to his uncle in Dublin, his chief confidant in such matters. " I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most commanding... | |
 | Francis Parkman - America - 1898 - 478 pages
...ready, and Wolfe wrote to his uncle Walter: "I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished. The backwardness of some of the older officers has...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best, and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most... | |
 | Spenser Wilkinson - Generals - 1899 - 788 pages
...of his position now was, and it is well explained in a letter of his to his uncle. He says, " I am to act a greater part in this business than I wished...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most commanding... | |
 | Arthur Granville Bradley - Canada - 1900 - 438 pages
...leading part in the coming year, " a greater part," he modestly wrote after receiving his appointment, "than I wished or desired. The backwardness of some...measure forced the Government to come down so low. I shall do my best and leave the rest to fortune, as perforce we must when there are not the most commanding... | |
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