and round hats. Their displays of sharpshooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told that while advancing at quick step, they could hit a mark of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards, f Works - Página 220por Washington Irving - 1857Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| James Thacher - 1827 - 502 páginas
...distance. At a review, a company of them, while on a quick advance, fired their balls into objects of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards. They are now stationed on our lines, and their shot have frequently proved fatal to British officers... | |
| Richard Frothingham - 1851 - 460 páginas
...marksmen. At a review, a company of them, while on a quick advance, fired their balls into objects of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards. They were stationed on the lines, and became terrible to the British. The accounts of their prowess... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 606 páginas
...frame; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharp shooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told...diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards.* One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of New Jersey, whose first... | |
| Washington Irving - 1855 - 554 páginas
...frame; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharp shooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told...diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards.* One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of New Jersey, whose first... | |
| Washington Irving - 1857 - 556 páginas
...frame ; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharp shooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told...diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards.* One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of New Jersey, whose first... | |
| Washington Irving - 1861 - 656 páginas
...frame; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharp shooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told...mark of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two himdred and fifty yards.* One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of... | |
| Washington Irving - 1862 - 512 páginas
...frame ; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharp shooting were soon among the marvels of the camp. We are told...diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards.f One of these companies was commanded by Captain Daniel Morgan, a native of New Jersey, whose... | |
| Washington Irving - 1869 - 596 páginas
...frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their display* of sharpshooting were soon among the marvels of 1 the camp. We are told that while advancing at quick step, they could hit a mark of seveiJ inches diameter, at the distance of two hundre^ and fifty yards. 2 1 Graydon's Metnoin, p. 138.... | |
| Washington Irving - 1870 - 598 páginas
...of them upwards of six feet high, and of vigorous frame; dressed in fringed frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. Their displays of sharpshooting were...mark of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hundied and fifty ya¿rds.2 1 Graydon's Memoirs, p. 138. 2 Thacher's Mililary Journal, p. 37. DEFENSE... | |
| Richard Frothingham - 1872 - 468 páginas
...marksmen. At a review, a company of them, while on a quick advance, fired their balls into objects of seven inches diameter, at the distance of two hundred and fifty yards. They were stationed on the lines, and became terrible to the British. The accounts of their prowess... | |
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