 | John O'Hanlon - 1907 - 484 Seiten
...Cornw.illis' army had been greatly diminished by the enemy's fire, but particularly by sickness ; while, the strength and spirit of those in the works were...fatigue of constant watching and unremitting duty. Meanwhile, the American and French batteries raked the English with shot and shell, swept away their... | |
 | Francis Vinton Greene - 1911 - 472 Seiten
...Peace his "numbers had been diminished by the enemy's fire, but particularly by sickness" and that "it would have been wanton and inhuman to the last degree to sacrifice the lives" of his soldiers "by exposing them to an assault, which from the numbers and precautions of the enemy could... | |
 | Francis Vinton Greene - 1911 - 488 Seiten
...Peace his "numbers had been diminished by the enemy's fire, but particularly by sickness" and that "it would have been wanton and inhuman to the last degree to sacrifice the lives" of his soldiers "by exposing them to an assault, which from the numbers and precautions of the enemy could... | |
 | 2002 - 366 Seiten
...numbers [were] diminished by the enemy's fire, but particularly by sickness, and the strength and spirits of those in the works were much exhausted by the fatigue of constant watching and unremitting duty. I thought it would have been wanton and inhuman to the last degree to sacrifice the lives of this small... | |
 | Paolo Squatriti - 2007 - 378 Seiten
...had been diminished by the Enemy's fire, but particularly by Sickness, and the strength and spirits of those in the works were much exhausted by the fatigue of constant watching and unremitting duty. . . . Our force diminished daily by Sickness and other losses, I was reduced, when we offered to capitulate... | |
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Our numbers had been diminished by the enemy's fire, but particularly by sickness, and the strength and spirits of those in the works were much exhausted, by the fatigue of constant watching and unremitting duty. 
