 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
 | Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...little later, when he was encamped before Yorktown, the President writes :— And once more let mo 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... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 702 pages
...force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy...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... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 686 pages
...force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy...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... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1895 - 702 pages
...force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1898 - 300 pages
...force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time ; and if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcement than you can by reinforcements alone. And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...became evident that McClellan did not intend to advance promptly the President made a vigorous protest. Once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you should strike a blow. I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...became evident that McClellan did not intend to advance promptly the President made a vigorous protest. Once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you should strike a blow. I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 544 pages
...force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time, and, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy...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... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - 1901 - 534 pages
...force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time, and, if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will relatively gain upon you—that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcements than you can by re-enforcements... | |
 | John George Nicolay - 1902 - 606 pages
...thousand unorganized troops? This is a question which the country will not allow me to evade. . . . "By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon 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... | |
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