...Lakes. 47. What was the dispatch Perry sent to General Harrison at the close of this battle ? " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." 48. Describe the Battle of Gettysburg. On July I, 2, and 3 the great Battle of Gettysburg,...

...quarter of an hour the entire fleet surrendered. Perry used few words to announce his victory: " We have met the enemy and they are ours : two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The victory on Lake Erie gave the American army an opportunity to invade Canada. Exactly a year later (Sept....

...the victory in the battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and wrote that famous dispatch, ' We have met the enemy, and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' "Then there were the great naval commanders of our civil war," Max went on. " I don't believe a greater...

...engagements of the war, enabling Perry at its close to send the famous message to General Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 367. Although so distinguished a citizen as SFB Morse proposed at the outbreak of the Civil War that...

...and 91 wounded. Perry's letter to General Harrison reads as follows : " Dear General : — We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." That to the Secretary of the Navy : " Sir : — It...

...and 91 wounded. Perry's letter to General Harrison reads as follows : " Dear General : — We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. Yours, with great respect and esteem, OH PERRY." That to the Secretary of the Navy : " Sir : — It...

...short, sharp, and decisive, and its result was summed up by Perry in his famous dispatch: " We have met the enemy and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." This victory gave the United States Lake Erie, and Harrison at once put his men on Perry's vessels...

...flagship, and finally won a complete victory, which he announced in the brief despatch: 'Л\е have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. ' Perry died of yellow fever at Trinidad, 23d August 1819, and was buried at Newport, Rhode Island,...

...victory for the Americans. It was reported by Perry in a brief and modest despatch, saying, " We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." Harrison's forces now crossed into Canada, where, after taking Maiden, they pursued the British forces...

...A FRENCH CANADIAN ABOUT THAT TIME. Battle of the Thames. Death of Tecumseh. to surrender. " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop," Perry wrote to General Harrison at the close of the battle. One of the most effective devices used...