 As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken to preserve them sufficiently covered, and to keep up a hot fire in order to intimidate the enemy as well as to destroy them. The embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen,...  History of the Valley of the Mississippi - Sida 199efter Adolphus Mordecai Hart - 1853 - 274 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Brown Dillon - 1843 - 482 sidor
...the river, &c., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were opened... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 642 sidor
...the river, &c., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were opened... | |
 | William Rudolph Smith - 1854 - 432 sidor
...the river, &c., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us, except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...hot fire in order to intimidate the enemy as well as destroy them. The embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen finding the true... | |
 | William Rudolph Smith - 1854 - 448 sidor
...the river, &c., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us, except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...hot fire in order to intimidate the enemy as well as destroy them. The embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen finding the true... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins, James R. Albach - 1858 - 1202 sidor
...the river, tc., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...to preserve them sufficiently covered, and to keep np a hot fire in order to intimidate the enemy as well as to destroy them. "The embrasures of their... | |
 | John Dillon - 1859 - 664 sidor
...the river, etc., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were opened... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 sidor
...afford to lose men, great care was taken that they should be sufficiently covered, and to keep up a hut fire in order to intimidate the enemy as well as to destroy them. The embrasures of tlieir cannon were frequently shut; for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour... | |
 | De Witt Clinton Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - 1875 - 748 sidor
...the river, etc., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...embrasures of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were opened... | |
 | De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - 1875 - 756 sidor
...the river, etc., was bat of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...them. The embrasures of their cannon were frequently shnt, for our riflemen, finding the true direction of them, would pour in such volleys when they were... | |
 | De Witt C. Goodrich, Charles Richard Tuttle - 1875 - 740 sidor
...river, etc., was but of little avail, and did no injury to us except wounding a man or two. ' As we could not afford to lose men, great care was taken...intimidate the enemy as well as to destroy them. The embrasured of their cannon were frequently shut, for our riflemen, finding' the true direction of them,... | |
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