 | 1857 - 398 頁
...world in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 PM of that day : •« Dear Generai : We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. " Gen. William Jones." " With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY. Mr. Powell, the artist, who painted the De... | |
 | John Disturnell - 1857 - 412 頁
...world in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 PM of that day : " Dear General : We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. " With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY. " Gen. William Jones." Mr. Powell, the artist, who painted the De... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1859 - 222 頁
...the victory to General Harrison, then at Fort Meigs, wrote the following laconic note: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours, — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 27. In the early part of this year the British government declared the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays... | |
 | Cleveland (Ohio). City Council - 1861 - 148 頁
...by Gen. CASS, as appears from the letter of Gen. CASS, and read thus: DEAR GENERAL: — We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs,...one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem, OH PERKY. The first despatch to the Navy Department was as follows : U. 8. BRIG NIAGARA, Off the West... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - 1862 - 440 頁
...pregnant brevity with which the captor announced his success to his superior officer : " We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." That the entering into such a conflict on the part of America was one of the rashest acts recorded... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1862 - 896 頁
...after a terrible battle of three hours he was enabled to write to Ger»fcal Harrison — "We have met the enemy, and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." This was a most important blow upon the enemy, and gave the mastery of Lake Eric to the Americans.... | |
 | 1863 - 230 頁
...in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 p. M. of that day : "Dear General: We have met thf enemy, and they are ours : Two ships two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY " Gen. William H. Harrison." Sancluslty, "THE BAYCITY" capital of Erie... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1864 - 504 頁
...the action commenced, Perry sent the following expressive dispatch to Gen. Harrison: — "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." When the Americans took possession of Barclay's flagvessel, they found three Irdians skulking... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1867 - 204 頁
...announced his glorious victory to General Harrison in the following brief despatch : " "We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." Men who do much, can afford to say little. QUESTIONS. — 1. Who invaded Canada from the... | |
 | Wallace A. Brice - 1868 - 396 頁
...Perry, the following laconic note was addressed to General Harrison : '' Dear General — We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop. "Yours, with great respect and esteem, " OLIVER HAZARD PERRY." Immediately upon- the receipt... | |
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We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
