Life and Correspondence of Field Marshal Sir John Burgoyne, Bart, Nide 1

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R. Bentley & son, 1873
 

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Sivu 447 - Portsmouth, and I say that, excepting immediately under the fire of Dover Castle, there is not a spot on the coast on which infantry might not be thrown on shore at any time of tide, with any wind, and in any weather, and from which such body of infantry, so thrown on shore, would not find within the distance of five miles a road into the interior of the country, through the cliffs, practicable for the march of a body of troops.
Sivu 209 - The garrison shall march out with the honours of war, lay down their arms, and become prisoners of war, and shall be sent to the United States of America by His Britannic Majesty, not to serve this war until regularly exchanged ; and for the due performance of this article the officers pledge their word and honour.
Sivu 449 - I have done more : I have looked at, and considered these localities in great detail, and have made up my mind upon the details of their defence. "These are questions to which my mind has not been unaccustomed. I have considered and provided for the defence, the successful defence, of the frontiers of many countries. " You are the confidential head of the principal defence department of the country.
Sivu 447 - I know of no mode of resistance, much less of protection, from this danger, excepting by an army in the field capable of meeting and contending with its formidable enemy, aided by all the means of fortification which experience in war and science can suggest.

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