 | Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society - 1891 - 360 Seiten
...memorable dispatch reporting the victory to General Harrison is well known in American annals: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.'' A large painting in the rotunda of Ohio's capitol represents the conflict at the time Commodore Perry... | |
 | David Rollin Anderson, Gladys Haddad - 1992 - 332 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Donald R. Hickey - 1995 - 156 Seiten
...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 of... | |
 | Willis F. Dunbar, George S. May - 1995 - 788 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Sandy Antal - 1997 - 472 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1997 - 334 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Greenman - 2000 - 468 Seiten
...the War of 1812 announcing the American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie, Sept. 10, 1813: "We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop." smorgasbord SMAWR guhs bawrd a wide variety of appetizers and other tasty foods served buffet style:... | |
 | Arthur P. Miller (Jr.), Marjorie Lyman Miller - 2000 - 228 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Ray Knott, Keith Taylor - 2000 - 256 Seiten
...the Ship." After the victory, he sent his famous message to General William Henry Harrison: "We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop." That pretty much ended the war. What we have in memory is mainly Pogo's copy change: "...... | |
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We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. 
