 | Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1829 - 452 pages
...ground, and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat or to advance without a battle. He therefore resolved to hazard one the next morning, and sent...the king took advantage of its light to examine the ground with great care. He chose his position on a small rising ground, surrounded on every sids by... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Great Britain - 1834 - 414 pages
...and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat or to advance without a bat* tie. He, therefore, resolved to hazard one the next morning ; and sent...the king took advantage of its light to, examine the ground with great care. He chose his position on a small rising ground, surrounded on every side by... | |
 | 1864 - 726 pages
...risk a battle ; and he sent his faithful Welsh squire, David Gam, to survey the number. His answer was that "there were enough to fight; enough to be killed; and enough to run away." The night before the battle, the English retired to rest, and some spent the time in prayer. The French... | |
 | English history - 1846 - 140 pages
...accordingly sent David Gam to reconnoitre the enemy, and the brave squire returned to tell his master " that there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run away." King Henry placed his soldiers in the most advantageous position he could, with a thick wood on each... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...accordingly sent David Gam to reconnoitre the enemy, and the brave squire returned to tell his master " that there were enough to fight enough to be killed, and enough to run away." King Henry placed his soldiers in the most advantageous position ho could, with a thick wood on each... | |
 | Elizabeth Cartwright Penrose - 1854 - 602 pages
...ground, and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat or to advance without a battle. He therefore resolved to hazard one the next morning, and sent...Gam, to reconnoitre the number of the French army. Gain's blunt account was that " there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run... | |
 | Great Britain - 1855 - 374 pages
...accordingly sent David Gam to reconnoiter the enemy, and the brave squire returned to tell his master " that there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run away." King Henry placed his soldiers in the most advantageous position he could, with a thick wood on each... | |
 | Augusta Blanche Berard - Great Britain - 1862 - 468 pages
...squire, to reconnoitre, and report the number of the enemy. The squire returned, telling his master " there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run away." Before the battle, King Henry, mounted on a gray °i*is*' Palfrey, and wearing " a helmet of polished... | |
 | Great Britain - 1866 - 380 pages
...accordingly sent David Gam to reoonnoiter the enemy, and the brave squire returned to tell his master " that there were enough to fight, enough to be killed, and enough to run away." King Henry placed his soldiers in the most advantageous position he could, with a thick wood on each... | |
 | Elizabeth Penrose - 1869 - 528 pages
...ground, and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat or to advance without a, battle. He therefore resolved to hazard one the next morning, and sent...the king took advantage of its light to examine the ground with great care. He chose his position on a small rising ground, surrounded on every side by... | |
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... October 24th they arrived near the village of Azincourt, where they beheld the whole French army drawn up at some distance before them. Henry took an attentive survey of the country from a rising ground, and saw that it was equally impossible to retreat... 
