 | 1818 - 588 sider
...that you can make against them, and consequently much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...evidently be effected without any considerable loss; every thing was accordingly disposed. My two colleagues and myself (who by the bye have never differed... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1831 - 622 sider
...can make against them, and consequently they are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...proposed to begin with Dorchester ; because, from particular situations of batteries and shipping, (too long to describe, and unintelligible to you if... | |
 | George Edward Ellis - 1851 - 186 sider
...you can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these Heights,...accordingly disposed ; my two colleagues and myself (who, by tbe by, have never differed in one jot of military sentiment) had, in concert with General Gage, formed... | |
 | 1857 - 410 sider
...you can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous : It was absolutely necessjary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...we proposed to begin with Dorchester, because from particular situation of batteries and shipping (too long to describe, and unintelligible to you if... | |
 | Henry Barton Dawson - 1858 - 774 sider
...you can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...evidently be effected without any considerable loss. Every thing was accordingly disposed; my two colleagues and myself (who, by the by, have never differed... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 sider
...can make ;i gainst them ; and, consequently, are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights...the particular situation of batteries and shipping, it would evidently be effected without any considerable loss. Everything was accordingly disposed :... | |
 | 1868 - 460 sider
...you can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...evidently be effected without any considerable loss. Every thing was accordingly disposed ; my two colleagues and myself (who, by the by, have never differed... | |
 | David Pulsifer - 1872 - 84 sider
...we can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...Dorchester, because, from the particular situation of the batteries and shipping, it would evidently be effected without any considerable loss; every thing... | |
 | William Willder Wheildon - 1875 - 76 sider
...acted. Gem Burgoyne, in his account of the battle, June 25, says, — " It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights, and we proposed to begin with Dorchester." " Every thing was accordingly disposed ; my \ 16 ORDERS TO THE COMMANDERS. two colleagues and myself... | |
 | 1884 - 724 sider
...can make against them, and consequently they are much more advantageous. It was absolutely necessary we should make ourselves masters of these heights,...we proposed to begin with Dorchester, because from particular situations of batteries • and shipping — too long to describe, and unintelligible to... | |
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The heights, as above described, both north and south (in the soldier's phrase), command the town; that is, give an opportunity of erecting batteries above any that you can make against them, and consequently are much more advantageous. It was absolutely... 
