...results stand briefly chronicled in his report of it to General Harrison, in these words : " We have met the enemy, and they are ours ! — two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." Eighth. The battle of the Thames, as it is called, fought by Harrison on the 5th of October, and in...

...in his modern sonnet "Oliver Hazard Perry" from Rimes To Be Read (1897). Oliver Hazard Perry "We've met the enemy and they are ours; Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." His words charge down the years — a warlike group, Grim, gallant, glorious! All the flowers Matured...

...unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers. 518 We have met the enemy and they are ours— two ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop. OLIVER HAZARD PERRY, message to General William Henry Harrison, September 10, 1813. The earliest...

...back of an old letter he wrote a note to Harrison that added even more luster to his name: "We have met the enemy and they are ours: two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop." The American victory was the most important on the Great Lakes during the war. It changed the balance...

...American loss was 27 killed and 96 wounded. Perty then penned his famous message to Hartison: "We have mer the enemy and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop."17 The victory won by Perty opened the road to the capture of Derroit. Hartison transferted...

...despatch to the Secretary of the Nixvy he mentioned the capture of all the enemy's squadron, namely : two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. This was a very important victory in our second war for Independence, as Edward Everett used to cull it, for it...

...battle, Perry notified Harrison of the outcome of the struggle, writing his famous dispatch: "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. Yours with great respect and esteem. OH Perry." Wasting no time, he patched up the damaged vessels...

...the victory in the battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and wrote that famous dispatch, ' We have met the enemy, and they are ours, two ships, two brigs, one schooner, and one sloop.' "Then there were the great naval commanders of our civil war," Max went on. " I don't believe a greater...

...base as a prize of war. Soon after the battle, he penned his famous note to Maj. Gen. William Henry Harrison: "We have met the enemy and they are ours:...two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." Lake Erie was now in American hands, and by September 27, Perry's fleet had ferried Major General Harrison's...

...commander in history to surrender an entire squadron. That afternoon, Perry wrote to General William Henry Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two Ships, two Brigs one Schooner & one Sloop." The battle at Put-in Bay was a turning point in the War of 1812, for in securing control...