 | 1811 - 724 pages
...to the ability and diligence with which they have executed the works by which these positions hare been strengthened to such a degree as to render any...hopeless. We are indebted for these advantages to Lieutenant-colonel Fletcher and the officers of RON :il Engineers; among whom I must particularly mention... | |
 | Francis L. Clarke, William Dunlap - Generals - 1814 - 446 pages
...stand, he had so completely strengthened the works of his position, as to render an attack upon the line occupied by the allied army very doubtful, if not entirely hopeless; whilst at the same time his dispositions were so judiciously made as to keep the enemy in check on... | |
 | Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 610 pages
...the Earl of Liverpool, dated Cartaxo, November 21st, 1810 : — " It is but justice to Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher and the officers of the Royal Engineers to...hopeless. . . . We are indebted for these advantages to Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher and the officers of the Royal Engineers, among whom I must particularly mention... | |
 | Whitworth Porter - 1889 - 620 pages
...the Earl of Liverpool, dated Cartaxo, November 21st, 1810 : — "It is but justice to Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher and the officers of the Royal Engineers to...very doubtful, if not entirely hopeless. . . . We arc indebted for these advantages to Lieut.-Colonel Fletcher and the officers of the Royal Engineers,... | |
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I was enabled to bring the enemy to a stand, and to oblige them to retire without venturing upon any attack, it is but justice to Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher and the officers of the Royal Engineers, to draw your Lordship's attention to the ability and... 