 | United States - 1906 - 456 pages
...soldiers of the army of Virginia, which contained the following language : " Let us understand each other; I have come to you from the west, where we have always...— from an army whose business it has been to seek an adversary, and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. I presume I have... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 462 pages
...of the army of Virginia, which contained the following language : " Let us understand each other ; I have come to you from the west, where we have always...— from an army whose business it has been to seek an adversary, and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. I presume I have... | |
 | History - 1906 - 432 pages
...he should advance. To inspirit his little army and impress the enemy, he issued an order saying: " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...backs of our enemies — from an army whose business t was to seek the adversary and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense."... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 388 pages
...labors are nearly completed, and I am about to join you in the field. Let us understand each other. I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies ; and from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...each other. I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies ; and from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. In but one instance has the enemy been... | |
 | History - 1906 - 402 pages
...always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business t was to seek the adversary and beat him when found; whose policy has been attack and not defense." Two of his staff remonstrated, contending that it would give needless offense both to his own and the... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 502 pages
...operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies—from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found;... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1907 - 534 pages
...proclamation " to the officers and soldiers of the Army of Virginia," in which he said such things as these: " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. I presume that I have been called here... | |
 | Periodicals - 1907 - 992 pages
...proclamation "to the officers and soldiers of the Army of Virginia," in which he said such things as these: " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found; whose policy has been attack and not defense. I presume that I have been called here... | |
 | Carl Schurz - Germans - 1907 - 534 pages
..." to the officers and soldiers of the Army of Virginia," in which he said such things as these : " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when he was found ; whose policy has been attack and not defense. I presume that I have been called here... | |
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I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence. 
