 | 1764 - 666 pages
...tranfmitting to you a more favourable Account of the Progrefs of his Majefty's Arms j but the Obftacles we have met with, in the Operations of the Campaign, are much greater than we lud Reafon to exH bz pea. 236 A Chronological Memoir of Occurrences, pe£>. or could forefee ; nor... | |
 | Robert Beatson - Great Britain - 1790 - 622 pages
...tranfmitting to you a more favourable account of the pro" grefs of his Majefty's arms ; but the obltacles we have met " with in the operations of the campaign, are much 4 greater "than we had reafon to expect, or could forefee; not fo much " from the number of the enemy,... | |
 | History - 1792 - 528 pages
...tranfmitting to you a more favourable account of the progrefs of his majefty's arms ; but the obftacles we have met with in the operations of the campaign, are much greater than, we had reafon to expert, or could forefee ; not fo much from the number of the enemy, (though fuperior to... | |
 | History - 1802 - 522 pages
...Monimorenci, in the river St. Laurence, Sept. 2, 1759. SIR, IWishIcould,upon this occasion, have the honour ot transmitting" to you a more favourable account of...in the operations of the campaign, are much greater thaii we had reason to expect, or could foresee. ; not so much from the number of the enemy, (though... | |
 | William Smith - Canada - 1815 - 520 pages
...wrote to the Ministry in these •A- ards:—The obstacles we have met with in the operations of this campaign are much greater than we had reason to expect...much from the number of the enemy (though superior to us) as from the natural strength of the PP « CHAP. French shipping. Though he made many fruitless... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 546 pages
...Pitt, dated * Head Quarters, at Montmorency, in the River St. Lawrence, September 2, 1759. 'Sin, ' I wish I could, upon this occasion, have the honour...operations of the campaign, are much greater than we had season to expect, or could foresee ; not so much from the number of the enemy, (though superior to... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - Indians - 1819 - 590 pages
...Pitt, dated ' Head Quarters, at Montmorency, in the River St. Lawrence, September 2, 1759. <SlR, ' I wish I could, upon this occasion, have the honour...majesty's arms; but the obstacles we have met with, in the bperations of the campaign, are much greater than we had reason to expect, or could foresee ; not so... | |
 | Henry Lee - History - 1827 - 484 pages
...of h:s majesty's arms ; hul *he obstacles we have met with, in the operations ol. the campaign, arc much greater than we had reason to expect, or could...from the number of the enemy, (though superior to us,) as from the natural etiength of the country, which the iiaiquis de Moutcalm seems wisely to depend... | |
 | Henry Lee - History - 1827 - 486 pages
...tavourable amount of his majesty^ arms ; hut the obstacles we have met wiili, in the operations ol the campaign, are much greater than we had reason to expect, or could foresee ; nut so much from the number of the enemy, (though superior to us,) as from the .natural strength... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - Hospitals - 1838 - 972 pages
...Wolfe from his " Head-quarters at camp of Montmorenci, river of St. Lawrence, Sept. 2, 1759. " SIR, — I wish I could upon this occasion have the honour...expect or could foresee, not so much from the number oi the enemy, though superior to us, as from the natural strength of the country, which the -Marquess... | |
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The obstacles we have met with in the operations of the campaign are much greater than we had reason to expect or could foresee ; not so much from the number of the enemy (though superior to us) as from the natural strength of the country, which the Marquis... 
