 | John Adams, Charles Francis Adams - 1875 - 474 Seiten
...eminence in town to view our troops, who had taken Dorchester Hill, unperceived by them till sunrise, " My God ! these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." And he might well say so ; for in one night two forts and long breastworks... | |
 | Samuel Eliot - 1879 - 430 Seiten
...eminence in town to view our troops, who had taken Dorchester Hill, unperceived by them till sunrise, " My God ! these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." And he might well say so ; for in one night two forts and long breastworks... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1889 - 538 Seiten
...eminence to view our troops, who had taken Dorchester Hill unperceived by them until sunrise : ' My God ! these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months.' And he might well say so, for in one night two forts and long breastworks... | |
 | David McCullough - 2001 - 883 Seiten
...British. Abigail was told that the British commander, on seeing what they had accomplished, remarked, "My God, these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." Days of fearful tension followed until Sunday, March 17, St. Patrick's... | |
 | Abigail Adams, John Adams - 2002 - 438 Seiten
...Eminence in Town to view our Troops who had taken Dorchester Hill unperceived by them till sun rise, "My God these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my Army do in three months" and he might well say so for in one night two forts and long Breast... | |
 | John Adams - 2003 - 516 Seiten
...eminence in town to view our troops, who had taken Dorchester Hill, unperceived by them till sunrise, "My God, these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." And he might well say so; for in one night two forts and long breastworks... | |
 | David McCullough - 2005 - 438 Seiten
...eyes. The hoped-for, all-important surprise was total. General Howe was said to have exclaimed, "My God, these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." The British engineering officer, Archibald Robertson, calculated... | |
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My God, these fellows have done more work in one night than I could make my army do in three months." And he might well say so; for in one night two forts and long breastworks were sprung up, besides several barracks. Three hundred and seventy teams were... 