 | Henry Mann - 1896 - 350 страници
...English officers. Perry wrote with a pencil on the back of an old letter his famous dispatch: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. ' ' The Americans lost in the battle twenty-seven killed and ninety-six wounded, of whom twenty-two... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1817 - 522 страници
...of the navy 5 announcing the result to the former in the following words : " DEAR GENERAX, " We have met the enemy ; and they are ours. Two ships, two...Yours, with great respect and esteem. " 0. H. PERRY." And to the secretary of the navy, his letter ran thus : " SIR — It has pleased the Almighty to give... | |
 | J. C. Gilleland - 1817 - 172 страници
...squadron, a thing almost unexampled in naval warfare. " We have met the enemy," said Commodore Perry, " and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." The number of prisoners exceeded that of the captors. Twenty-six Americans were killed, and ninety-six... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1820 - 408 страници
...letter : US brig Niagara, off the western Lister, head oft Lake Erie, Sept. 1<MA, 1813, 4 o'clock, PM J Dear General— We have met the enemy, and they are...and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY. OLIVEfi H. PERRY. 151 brated words of Caesar, vem, vidi, utct.J These letters have a similitude... | |
 | Charles Prentiss, William Sullivan - 1821 - 288 страници
...Information of this victory was thus given to General Harrison. «' Dear General..— We have inet the enemy and they are ours. — Two ships, two brigs,...and one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." The American brig Argus, commanded by Captain Allen was captured, August 14th, in the British... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1821 - 456 страници
...Erie, Sept. JO//», 1813, 4 o^clock, PM J Bear G'.ienl — We have met the enemy, and they are our'e. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH of the celebrated words of Caesar, veni, vidi, vici,* These letters have a similitude to Nelson's,... | |
 | John Milton Niles - 1821 - 410 страници
...Sept. Wth, 1313, 4 o'clock, PM $ Dear General — We have met the enemy, and they are our's. Two chips, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY of the celebrated words of Caesar, veni, vidi, rici.* These letters have a similitude to Nelson's,... | |
 | Charles Prentiss, William Sullivan - 1823 - 288 страници
...the British loss was much greater. Information of this victory was thus given to Gen$val Harrison. " Dear General. — We have met the enemy and they are ours. — Two ships, two brigs, one schooner anil one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, " OH PERRY." The American brig Argus, commanded... | |
 | Lord Alexander Fraser Tytler Woodhouselee, Edward Nares - 1825 - 608 страници
...gallant Perry announced this victory in the following laconic epistle to general Harrison : " We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 15. Chesapeake bay was blockaded by the British during the spring of this year, and several predatory... | |
 | 1828 - 486 страници
...commodore Perry. The commodore announced this victory to general Harrison, in the following style : 'i Dear general — We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs and one sloop. Yours with respect and esteem, OH PERRY. September 10th, 1813." FURTHER ACCOUNT. Copy... | |
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We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
