 | James Thacher - 1827 - 494 páginas
...Rhode Island militia, planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major General Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | H. L. Barnum - 1829 - 502 páginas
...Rhode-Island militia, planned a bold exploit, for the purpose of surprising and taking major-general Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men in two boats with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | H. L. Barnum - 1831 - 232 páginas
...Rhode-Island militia, planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major-General Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men in two boats with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | Sarah S. Cahoone - 1840 - 236 páginas
...alarm amongst the enemy. This adventure, which with impartial judges, must outweigh Col. Harcourt's capture of General Lee, produced much exultation on...in two boats with muffled oars, he had the address te elude the vigilance of the ships of war and guard-boats, and having arrived undiscovered at the... | |
 | William Cooper Nell - 1855 - 416 páginas
...Rhode Island militia, planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major-General Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | George Livermore - 1862 - 246 páginas
...the Rhode-Island militia, planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major-Gen. Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1863 - 548 páginas
...Rhode-Island militia, planned a jrhacher'8 bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major-Gen. Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - 1148 páginas
...the Rhode-Island militia, planned a bold exploit for the purpose of surprising and taking Major-Gen. Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance... | |
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Prescott, the commanding officer of the royal army at Newport. Taking with him, in the night, about forty men, in two boats, with oars muffled, he had the address to elude the vigilance of the ships-of-war and guard-boats : and, having arrived undiscovered... 