 | Benjamin Silliman - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1822 - 164 pages
..." but principally British." I suppose that it is of this ground that General Wilkinson remarks, it presented a scene of complicated horror and exultation....eighteen grenadiers, in the agonies of death ; and three of1icers propped up against stumps of trees, two of them HI <>, tally wounded, bleeding, and almost... | |
 | Benjamin Silliman - New England - 1824 - 478 pages
...but principally British." I suppose that it is of this ground, that General Wilkinson remarks, .' it presented a scene of complicated horror and exultation....twelve or fifteen yards, lay eighteen grenadiers in the agony of death ; and three officers, propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded,... | |
 | Gideon Miner Davison - Atlantic States - 1825 - 172 pages
...their backs— 52 minutes after the first shot was fired. The ground which had been occupied by the British grenadiers, presented a scene of complicated...death, and three officers propped up against stumps 01 trees, two of them mortally •wounded, bleeding, and almost speechless. VY hat a spectacle for... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 666 pages
...their backs — 52 minutes after the first shot was fired. The ground which had been occupied by the British grenadiers, presented a scene of complicated...officers propped up against stumps of trees, two of diem mortally wounded, bleeding and almost speinless. What a spectacle for one whdBbo. som glowed with... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - New York (State) - 1842 - 652 pages
...ground which had been occupied by the British grenadiers, presented a scene of complicated hor. ror and exultation. In the square space of twelve or fifteen...officers propped up against stumps of trees, two of them moclally wounded, bleeding and almost speechless. What a spectacle for one whose bosom glowed with... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Burgoyne's Invasion, 1777 - 1877 - 512 pages
..."but principally British." I suppose that it is of this ground, that General Wilkinson remarks, "it presented a scene of complicated horror and exultation....twelve or fifteen yards, lay eighteen grenadiers in the agony of death ; and three officers, propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded,... | |
 | Benjamin Smyth - 1889 - 492 pages
...163. odds, the Grenadiers fell back, leaving the ground thickly strewn with their dead and wounded. In the square space of twelve or fifteen yards lay...Grenadiers in the agonies of death, and three officers were propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded, bleeding, and almost speechless.1... | |
 | William Leete Stone - Saratoga Campaign, N.Y., 1777 - 1895 - 374 pages
...descendant of Bird. For a long sketch of Col, and Lady Acland see my " Burgoyne Ballads." S. ultation. In the square space of twelve or fifteen yards lay eighteen grenadiers in the agony of death ; and three officers, propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded,... | |
 | Benjamin Smyth - 1903 - 466 pages
...enormous odds, the Grenadiers fell back, leaving the ground thickly strewn with their dead and wounded. In the square space of twelve or fifteen yards lay...Grenadiers in the agonies of death, and three officers were propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded, bleeding, and almost speechless.1... | |
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In the square space of twelve or fifteen yards, lay eighteen grenadiers in the agony of death ; and three officers, propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded, bleeding, and almost speechless. 
