...the weary, affrighted men. 'They were so much exhausted with fatigue,' says a British historian, ' that they were obliged to lie down for rest on the...ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like dogs after a chase.' " — Rev. Alex. McKenzie. 2. Death of Warren (p. 70, f 21).— "After meeting...

...wore unlimbered and began to play on the hunters. Smith's men throw themselves upon the ground, " with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." Certainly, my lord was near being too late. This was the first appearance of the Royal Artillery in...

...fugitives. Many of the soldiers fell upon the ground completely overcome with fatigue, some of them "with their tongues hanging out of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." Percy dared not tarry long, for the woods were swarming with Minute-men. After brief rest and partaking...

...cannon kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his men into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, ' their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.' Delay to the British was sure to prove ruinous. Aware of his peril, Percy, resting but half an hour,...

...square, which, under Lord Percy, had been prudently drawn up to receive them. Here they threw themselves on the ground, " their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase," said an eyewitness.1 But little time could be afforded for rest, and the sorebeset and weary column...

...cannon kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his men into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, ' their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase.' Delay to the British was sure to prove ruinous. Aware of his peril, Percy, resting but half an hour,...

...kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his detachment into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, " their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." After the junction of the fugitives with Percy, the troops under his command amounted to fully two...

...kept the Americans at bay, Percy formed his detachment into a square, enclosing the fugitives, who lay down for rest on the ground, " their tongues hanging...of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." After the junction of the fugitives with Percy, the troops under his command amounted to fully two...

...fatigned were the British soldiers at this critical moment that " they were obliged to lie down upon the ground, their tongues hanging out of their mouths like those of dogs after a chase." After a brief respite the British resumed their march, followed and harassed by the provincials. Every...

...a hotter engagement." [Private letter.} Stedman says, when the retreating troops reached Lexington, "they were so much exhausted with fatigue that they...of their mouths, like those of dogs after a chase." [Things were worse at Charlestown : they had all travelled from twenty to thirty miles, without rest...