Two from the TL I'm working on.
"Let Arnold come. He shall crash against these fortifications (Halifax) like waves upon the beach."
- Sir Guy Carleton, 1780
"I believe your words were 'crash like waves on the beach'? This is one storm whose waves you could not ride!"
- Major General James Hawkins, 1780
"Let Arnold come. He shall crash against these fortifications (Halifax) like waves upon the beach."
- Sir Guy Carleton, 1780
"I believe your words were 'crash like waves on the beach'? This is one storm whose waves you could not ride!"
- Major General James Hawkins, 1780