...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was leveling my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born...

...and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelin" my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born...

...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered...

...you, that I have not as yet composed the latter. But, by the all powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side of me." On the same day he...

...were rendered useless by the frost, and were obliged to be left on the road." without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Two of the aides-de-camp were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered the duty harder upon...

...panic-stricken, and ran " like sheep pursued by dogs," Washington wrote home to his mother. He added, " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me." Then he signed himself in the formal fashion of those days, " I am, honored Madam, your most dutiful...

...all the powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat...under me; yet I escaped unhurt, although death was leveling my companions on every side. His marvelous preservation was the subject of general remark;...

...probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, although death was levelling my companions on every side of me. We have been most scandalously beaten."3 1 "As to any danger from the enemy, I look upon it as trifling."...

...assuring you that I have not composed the latter. But, by the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability,...through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped unhurt, though death was levelling my companions on every side of me!" The defeat of Braddoek,...

...killed in the field, where died many other brave officers. I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me. Captains Orme and Morris, two of the aids-de-camp, were wounded early in the engagement, which rendered...