The retreat in those circumstances was, you may be sure, a precipitate one ; it was, in fact, a flight. The camp and the artillery were abandoned ; but that was unavoidable, for not a horse was left alive to have drawn it off had it otherwise been practicable.... History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of Our Forefathers at ... - Page 151 by Henry Trumbull - 1812 - 192 pages Full view -
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