"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
"I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise."
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Source: Dying words, in J. Knox 'Historical Journal of Campaigns, 1757-60' (1769) (vol. 2, p. 114 1914 ed.)
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