...the world in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 PM of that day : " Dear General : We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. " With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY. " Gen. William Jones." Mr. Powell, the artist, who painted the De...

...world in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 PM of that day : •« Dear Generai : We have met the enemy, and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. " Gen. William Jones." " With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY. Mr. Powell, the artist, who painted the De...

...of the victory to General Harrison, then at Fort Meigs, wrote the following laconic note: "We have met the enemy, and they are ours, — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." 27. In the early part of this year the British government declared the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays...

...the Secretary of the Navy, remarkable for their pith and brevity. To HARRISON he says, '• We have met the enemy, and they are ours : two ships, two brigs, one sloop, and one schooner." To the Secretary — " It has pleased the Almighty to give to the arms of...

...the pregnant brevity with which the captor announced his success to his superior officer : " We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." That the entering into such a conflict on the part of America was one of the rashest acts recorded...

...in the following laconic dispatch, written at 4 p. M. of that day : "Dear General: We have met thf enemy, and they are ours : Two ships two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop. With esteem, etc., 0. H. PERRY " Gen. William H. Harrison." Sancluslty, "THE BAYCITY" capital of Erie...

...him. About four hours after the action commenced, Perry sent the following expressive dispatch to Gen. Harrison: — "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." When the Americans took possession of Barclay's flagvessel, they found three Irdians skulking...

...He announced his glorious victory to General Harrison in the following brief despatch : " "We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." Men who do much, can afford to say little. QUESTIONS. — 1. Who invaded Canada from the...

...of Perry, the following laconic note waa addressed to General Harrison : <: Dear General — We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop. , . , "Yours, with great respect and esteem, " OLIVER HAZARD PEKKY." Immediately upon the...

...him. About four hours after the action commenced, Perry sent the following expressive despatch to Gen. Harrison : — " We have met the enemy, and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and a sloop." When the Americans took possession of Barclay's flagvessel, they found three Indians skulking...