| Edward Eggleston - 1888 - 446 страници
...FRENCH CANADIAN ABOUT THAT TIME. Battle of the Thames.. Death of Tecumseh. to surrender. " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop," Perry wrote to General Harrison at the close of the battle. One of the most effective devices used... | |
| Edward Eggleston - 1888 - 450 страници
...down on the British line and broke it, and at length compelled the whole fleet to surrender. " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop," Perry wrote to General Harrison at the close of the battle. A similar engagement took place on Lake... | |
| Benson John Lossing - 1888 - 668 страници
...knee, Perry wrote to Harrison, with a pencil on the back of a letter, his famous despatch : " We have met the enemy and they are ours ; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The control of Lake Erie by the Americans was now secured. Harrison pushed forward toward Detroit.... | |
| 1888 - 746 страници
...dispatch which will be remembered even when the action which called it forth is forgotten: ''We have met the enemy, and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." On the common on Put in-Bay Island, a weeping willow stands as a monument to the memory of those who... | |
| Benjamin Adams Hathaway - 1888 - 128 страници
...Lakes. 47. What was the dispatch Perry sent to General Harrison at the close of this battle ? " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." 48. Describe the Battle of Gettysburg. On July I, 2, and 3 the great Battle of Gettysburg,... | |
| 1918 - 622 страници
...engagements of the war, enabling Perry at its close to send the famous message to General Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 367. Although so distinguished a citizen as SFB Morse proposed at the outbreak of the Civil War that... | |
| Martha Finley - 1889 - 336 страници
...the victory in the battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and wrote that famous dispatch, ' We have met the enemy, and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' "Then there were the great naval commanders of our civil war," Max went on. " I don't believe a greater... | |
| Lynds Eugene Jones - 1889 - 170 страници
...quarter of an hour the entire fleet surrendered. Perry used few words to announce his victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours : two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The victory on Lake Erie gave the American army an opportunity to invade Canada. Exactly a year later... | |
| 1890 - 500 страници
...that of the English 41 killed and 91 wounded. Perry's letter to General Harrison reads as follows : "Dear General: — We have met the enemy and they...and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." That to the Secretary of the Navy : " Sir : — It has pleased Almighty God to give the... | |
| 1890 - 492 страници
...that of the English 41 killed and 91 wounded. Perry's letter to General Harrison reads as follows : " Dear General : — We have met the enemy and they...and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." That to the Secretary of the Navy : " Sir : — It has pleased Almighty God to give the... | |
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