 I will only be able to judge of the effect of our fire on the enemy by his return fire, for his infantry is but little exposed to view and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is any alternative to this attack,...  General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse - Page 278by Joseph Glatthaar - 2008 - 625 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1887 - 996 pages
...return fire, for his infantry is but little exposed to view and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is any alternative...before opening our fire, for it will take all the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly, and, if the result is unfavorable, we... | |
 | Rev. J. WM. Jones - 1877 - 338 pages
...return fire, for his infantry is but little exposed to view and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is any alternative...before opening our fire, for it will take all the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly, and, if the result is unfavorable, we... | |
 | Bookbinding - 1879 - 810 pages
...exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is an alternative to this attack, it should be carefully...considered before opening our fire, for it will take all of the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly ; and, if the result is unfavorable,... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 - 1887 - 644 pages
...exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is an alternative to this attack, it should be carefully...considered before opening our fire, for it will take all of the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly; and, if the result is unfavorable,... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - Gettysburg Campaign, 1863 - 1887 - 644 pages
...exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is an alternative to this attack, it should be carefully...considered before opening our fire, for it will take all of the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly; and, if the result is unfavorable,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1888 - 526 pages
...return fire, for his infantry is but little exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is any alternative...to this attack, it should be carefully considered § o M I i a 3 s o •Ji before opening our fire, for it will take all the artillery ammunition we... | |
 | Benjamin La Bree - United States - 1898 - 580 pages
...obscure the whole field. If, LIEUT. -CiEN. JAMES LONGSTREET. as I infer from your note, there is an alternative to this attack, it should be carefully...considered before opening our fire, for it will take all t'ne artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly, and if the result is favorable,... | |
 | La Salle Corbell Pickett - History - 1899 - 462 pages
...return fire, for his infantry is too little exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is any alternative...attack, it should be carefully considered before opening onr fire, for it will take all the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly, and... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863 - 1904 - 384 pages
...exposed to view, and the smoke will obscure the whole field. If, as I infer from your note, there is an alternative to this attack, it should be carefully...considered before opening our fire, for it will take all of the artillery ammunition we have left to test this one thoroughly, and if the result is unfavorable,... | |
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