 | World history - 1747 - 544 pages
...time to furprife them ; and accordingly i fent a ftrong detachment to the head of the canal leaditig * to the great lake, which had been lately dug by Nitocris,...canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake d. At the fame time he appointed one body of troops at the place where the river entered into the city,... | |
 | William Guthrie, John Gray - World history - 1764 - 590 pages
...was dug for receiving the fuperfluou1; waters of the river, with orders to break down the great dam between the lake and the canal, and to turn the whole...appointed one body of troops at the place where the river ran into the city, and another where it came out, ordering them to march in by the bed of the river... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 740 pages
...fent a ftrong detachment to the head of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders at a certain time, to break down the great bank which was between...body of troops at the place where the river entered the city, and another where it came out ; ordering them to march in by the bed of the river as foon... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 750 pages
...ч ítronjr detachment to the head of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders at л certain time, to break down the great bank which was between the lake and (he canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake. At the fame time he appointed one body of troops... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 894 pages
...stnt a strong detachment to the head of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders, at a certain time, to break down the great bank which was between the lake and the canal, and lo liirn the whole current into the lake. At the same time he appointed one body of troops at the place... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 852 pages
...to the bead of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders at a certain time, to break down the bank which was between the lake and the canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake. At the same lime he appointed one body of troops at the place where the river entered the city, and another... | |
 | John MANCE - 1859 - 168 pages
...to the large lake before spoken of, ordering them to break down the great bank which was between it and the canal, and to turn the whole current into the lake. At the same time he appointed one body of troops at the place where the river entered the city, and another... | |
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This he therefore thought a proper time for furprifing them ; and accordingly fent a ftrong detachment to the head of the canal leading to the great lake, with orders at a certain time, to break down the great bank which was between the lake and the canal,... 