Having therefore delayed only till the abandoned guns were rendered unserviceable, on the evening of the 18th it also began its retreat.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
Struck by her destitute appearance he bestowed upon her a few unserviceable broken cash, such as one retains for the indigent, together with an appropriate blessing, when the hag changed abruptly into the appearance of a young and alluring maiden, who smilingly extended to this one her staff, which had meanwhile become a graceful branch of flowering lotus.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Sigel, under whose command you have placed me, with my division, has not yet returned to our camp, I beg to address you, General, directly, reporting that all the troops of the Second Division were yesterday, as well as now, in the night, entirely without forage; and as we are cut off from all supplies by the enemy, outnumbering our forces several times, and as one more day without forage will make our horses unserviceable, consequently the cavalry and artillery as well as the teams, of no use at all, I would respectfully solicit a decided concentrated movement, with the view of cutting our way through the enemy where you may deem it more advisable, and save by this, if not the whole, at least the larger part of our surrounded army.
"The Struggle for Missouri"
John McElroy