 | Thomas Paine - 1824 - 444 pagine
...land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army...the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, on... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1824 - 524 pagine
...land between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand {o have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 482 pagine
...between the North River, and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army...garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light ariyillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, upon... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1826 - 470 pagine
...Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against -us. Wq had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed, upon the... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1835 - 552 pagine
...land Between the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army...at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut our» •elves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and Ihe best part of our... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1844 - 546 pagine
...being on a narrow neck of land, between the North river and Hackensack. Our force was mconsiderable, being not one fourth as great as Howe could bring...garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores had been removed, upon the... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1846 - 584 pagine
...there was exceedingly cramped, the place being on a narrow neck of land, between the North river and Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not...garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores had been removed, upon the... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1844 - 554 pagine
...Hackensack. Our force was, inconsiderable, being not one fourth as great as Howe could bring against us. \Ve had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores had been removed, upon the... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1855 - 718 pagine
...Author» Jfot«. the North River and the Hackensack. Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us. We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we »hut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 pagine
...Our force was inconsiderable, being not one fourth so great aa Howe could bring against us. We hud no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we shut ourselves up and stood on the defence. Our ammunition, light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been removed upon the... | |
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Howe would endeavor to penetrate the Jerseys, in which case Fort Lee could be of no use to us ; for it must occur to every thinking man, whether in the army or not, that these kind... 
