 I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a...  The Story of the Filibustersefter James Jeffrey Roche - 1891 - 373 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Milton Niles - 1837 - 620 sidor
...citizens and compatriots, " I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans, under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade...shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. 1 shall never surrender or retreat. Then I call on you in the name of liberty, patriotism, and every... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1837 - 614 sidor
...I have answered the summons with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. 1 shall never surrender or retreat. Then I call on you in the name of liberty, patriotism, and every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all despatch. The enemy are receiving... | |
 | Chester Newell - 1838 - 246 sidor
...March 3d. In the first he says: — " I am besieged by a thousand or more Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade...from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Victory or death !" In his letter to the Convention he says : " From the 25th to the present date,... | |
 | 1838 - 728 sidor
...Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. ... I have answered the summons with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never surrender or retreat : then T call on you, in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and... | |
 | 1838 - 574 sidor
...Fellow-citizens and compatriots ! — I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. ... I have answered the summons with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never surrender or retreat : then I call on you, in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and... | |
 | 1838 - 584 sidor
...am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. ... I have answered the summdns with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never surrender or retreat : then 1 call on you, in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 416 sidor
...garrison is to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the summons with a cannon-shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I...retreat : then I call on you, in the name of Liberty, of Patriotism, and of every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all despatch.... | |
 | Henry Stuart Foote - 1841 - 426 sidor
...with a cannon-shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / TEXAS AND THE TEXANS. 219 / shall never surrender or retreat : then I call on you, in the name of Liberty, of Patriotism, and of every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all despatch.... | |
 | N. Doran Maillard - 1842 - 544 sidor
...The enemy have demanded a surrender * at discretion. I have answered the summons with a cannon-shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I...retreat. Then I call on you, in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and every thing due to the American character, to come to our aid with all dispatch.... | |
 | J. M. Morphis - 1874 - 620 sidor
...I have answered the summons with a cannon-shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. / shall never surrender or retreat. Then I call on you, in the name of liberty, of patriotism, and of everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid with all despatch.... | |
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