| Edmund Burke - 1864 - 778 Seiten
...own would have to do if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time ; and, if so, I think...for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will readily gain on you ; that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements FOREIGN HISTORY.... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1864 - 776 Seiten
...own would have to do if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time ; and, if so, I think...for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will readily gain on you ; that is, he will gaiu faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you can... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 852 Seiten
...in a letter to General McClellan, on the 9th, "I suppose the whole force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time, and if so, I think it...for you to strike a blow. By delay the enemy will steadily gain on you — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you... | |
| Orville James Victor - 1861 - 570 Seiten
...doing for yon precisely what -.: like number of your own would have to do if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for...you is with you by this time. And if so, I think it ii the precise time for you to strike a blow. I!y delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you —... | |
| 1863 - 856 Seiten
...discrepancy of twenty-three thousand be accounted for ? I suppose the whole force which has gone forward far you is with you by this time; and, if so, I think...the enemy will relatively gain upon you; that is, ho will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone. As to... | |
| 1863 - 848 Seiten
...doing for yon precisely what a like number of your own would have to do, if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reénforcementl than you can by reinforcements alone. And, once more, let me tell you it is indispensable... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - 1863 - 778 Seiten
...own would have to do, if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward to you is with you by this time : and if so, I think...for you to strike a. blow. By delay the enemy will steadily gain on you — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcements than you... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 766 Seiten
...own would have to do, if that command was away. I suppose the whole 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 Ul<y« - ^cj 322 TESTIMONY. delay the enemy will steadily gain on you — that is, he will gain faster... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 770 Seiten
...if that command was away. As to General Wool's command, I understand it is doing for you precisely time; and if so, I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. 87 I suppose the whole force which has gone forward to you is with you by this Rep. Com. 108 21 delay... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 518 Seiten
...is doing for you precisely what a like number of your own would have to do if that command was away. I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for...that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and re-enforcoments than you can by re-enforcements alone. And once more let me tell you, it is indispensable... | |
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