 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1855 - 638 halaman
...Washington wrote to General Greene; "If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | Aaron Bancroft - 1855 - 464 halaman
...again wrote to Nov. 8. General Green, " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable purpose can it answer to a.tempt to hold a post, from which the expected benefit cannot be derived ? I am, therefore, incli... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1857 - 594 halaman
...best to dismantle and abandon it. " If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the stores and men at Mount Washington ; but, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 872 halaman
...the river obstructions, he said : " If we can not prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...attempt to hold a post from which the expected benefit can not be had. I am, therefore, inclined to think, that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1866 - 520 halaman
...to R. Morris, 21 Nov. 1776. MS CHAP, enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, • — Y — ' what valuable purpose can it answer to attempt to ' hold a post, from which the expected benefit can8 not be had ? I am, therefore, inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1867 - 830 halaman
...river in spite of the fort, Washington says : — " What valuable purpose can it answer to hold a fort from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I...will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Fort Washington, but as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1867 - 724 halaman
...the disposition which has been made. If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable...post from which the expected benefit cannot be had ? / am, therefore, inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Mount... | |
 | 1867 - 830 halaman
...What valuable purpose can it answer to hold a fort from which the expected benefit cannot be had? lam therefore inclined to think that it will not be prudent to hazard the men and stores at Fort Washington, but as yon are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating... | |
 | George Washington Greene - 1871 - 538 halaman
...the disposition which has been made. If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable purpose can it answer to attempt to hold a post frum which the expected benefit cannot be had ? I am therefore inclined to think that it will not be... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1876 - 766 halaman
...enemy are possessed of all the surrounding country, what valuable purpose can it answer to hold • post from which the expected benefit cannot be had?...to hazard the men and stores at Mount Washington; bnt, as you are on the spot, I leave it to you to give such orders as to evacuating Mount Washington... | |
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If we cannot prevent vessels from passing up, and the Enemy are possessed of the surrounding country, what valuable Purpose can it answer to attempt to hold a Post from which the expected Benefit cannot be had? 
