True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 166
Lee, the engineer,said: If we cant march against them, we must get behindthem. Ill try. He hunted all about for a good place, andat last saw a way by which a sort of path could be cut throughthe mountains and come out behind the Mexicans. He didthis so carefully, so swiftly and so silently that… … FORTIFYING RICHMOND. hauled them up on the opposite hill-side; they cut, and climbedand jumped, and dug until they got all the men, all the horsesand all the cannon up behind the Mexican line. Then they 163 ROBERT EL,LEE turned their guns upon the enemy, and so surprised andterrified them that…
