 And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting...  Military Expeditions Beyond the Seas - Page 246by George Armand Furse - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Presidents - 1866 - 578 pages
...forward for you is with you by this time. And, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to Btrikc a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you — that is, he will gain foster by fortifications and reinforcamcnts than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more let... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...your own would have to do, if that command was away. \B, he will gain faster by fortifications aud reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more, let me tell you. itis indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I tun powerless to help this. You will do me the... | |
 | Oliver Wilson Davis - History - 1867 - 438 pages
...received a letter from the President, in which these words occur: " I think it is the precise time to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively gain upon you. * * * * Once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I am powerless... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 628 pages
...than 20,000 unorganized troops ? This is a question which the country will not allow me to evade— "And once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. Jam powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1868 - 630 pages
...than 20,000 unorganized troops? This is a question which the country will not allow me to evade — "And once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. -Z"am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...accounted for ?'" The President then urged McClellan to strike a blow instantly. " By delay," he said, " the enemy will relatively gain upon you ; that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcements than you can by re-enforcements alone. And once more let me tell you," he said, " it... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1876 - 1086 pages
...has with him 85,000 effective men, and en route enough to make 108,000, remarking : " By delay tbe enemy will relatively gain upon you ; that is, he...gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than yon can by reinforcements alone." After further suggestions and eipressions of kindness, he closed... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1884 - 1192 pages
...force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and, it so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively gain upon yon — that is, ho will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcements than yon can by re-enforcements... | |
 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 1194 pages
...insisted that he had a hundred and eight thousand. "And once more," said the President, " in conclusion, let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember that I always insisted that going... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1885 - 908 pages
...has gone forward to you is with yon by this time, and, if so, I think it is the precise time for yon to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcements than you can by re-enforcements alone. And once more let me tell you it is indispensable... | |
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