"Bosc" Quotes from Famous Books
... boats, rowed ten miles up the river before daybreak, landed within a small distance of his infantry, left fifty men to guard their boat, and with the remainder of their force suddenly fell on the unsuspicious detachment, killed fifty of them among whom were the Baron de Bosc and Lieutenant de la Borderie, and retreated with scarcely any loss before they could be attacked ... — Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2 • John Frederick Schroeder and Benson John Lossing |