 We are upon an Engagement very difficult. The Enemy hath blocked up our way at the Pass at Copperspath, through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the Hills that we know not how to come that way without great difficulty; and...  Miscellanies - Page 140by J. T. Headley - 1850 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Guizot (M., François) - Great Britain - 1854 - 516 pages
...that we know not how to come that way without great difficulty; and our lying here clearly consumcth our men, who fall sick beyond imagination. I perceive your forces are not in a capacity for present release, wherefore, whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can together,... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - China - 1856 - 732 pages
...shut up : — " We are here upon an engagement very difficult. The enemy hath blocked up our way ; and our lying here daily consumeth our men who fall sick beyond imagination. Wherefore, whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can together. The... | |
 | Thomas Taylor Meadows - 1856 - 746 pages
...shut up : — " We are here upon an engagement very difficult. The enemy hath blocked up our way ; and our lying here daily consumeth our men who fall sick beyond imagination. Wherefore, whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can together. The... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1857 - 442 pages
...Enemy hath blocked :ip our way at the Pass at Copperspath, through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the Hills that we know...consumeth our men, who fall sick beyond imagination. i 27,000 say the English Pamphlets ; 16.000 foot and 7,000 horse, says Sir Edward Walker {p. 1821, who... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1858 - 560 pages
...enemy hath blocked up our way at the pass at Copperspath, through yhich we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the hills that we know...consumeth our men, who fall sick beyond imagination. * * * Whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can together. * * * The... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1859 - 592 pages
...Enemy hath blocked up our way at the Pass at Copperspath, through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the Hills that we know...perceive, your forces are not in a capacity for present release. Wherefore, whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can together... | |
 | John Tulloch - Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 - 1861 - 536 pages
...which he cannot get " almost without a miracle." "The enemy hath blocked up our way," he writes,* " and our lying here daily consumeth our men, who fall sick beyond imagination." But the force of his genius rises with the occasion. " Our spirits are comfortable, praised be the... | |
 | Andrew Bisset - Great Britain - 1864 - 416 pages
...enemy hath blocked up our way at the pass at Copper's Path through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the hills that we know...consumeth our men, who fall sick beyond imagination." The same letter contains further proof, in addition to the many proofs in his other letters, of his... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - American letters - 1866 - 540 pages
...enemy hath blocked up our way at the Pass at Copperspath, through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the Hills that we know...perceive your forces are not in a capacity for present release. Wherefore, whatever becomes of us, it will be well for you to get what forces you can get... | |
 | James Philemon Holcombe - English letters - 1866 - 548 pages
...enemy hath blocked up our way at the Pass at Copperspath, through which we cannot get without almost a miracle. He lieth so upon the Hills that we know...who fall sick beyond imagination. I perceive your forcea are not in a capacity for present release. Wherefore, whatecer becomes of iis, it will be well... | |
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