Supplies

Examples

• As long as we could hold our position the enemy was limited in supplies of food, men and munitions of war to what they had on hand. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Mr. Edison himself supplies the following data: During the electric-railway experiments at Menlo Park, we had a short spur of track up one of the steep gullies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We had enormous orders and little money, and had great difficulty to meet our payrolls and buy supplies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• If there is a deficiency, which there always is, it is provided for in the supplies of the ensuing year. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I had supplies sent around to White House for him, and kept the depot there open until he arrived. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• My purpose was to have him attack Early, or drive him out of the valley and destroy that source of supplies for Lee's army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sheridan destroyed the railroad and more supplies at Ashland, and on the 11th arrived in Stuart's front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Supplies were growing scarce in Richmond, and the sources from which to draw them were in our hands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• There was some delay in getting supplies ashore from vessels at anchor in the open roadstead. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The country does not abound in fresh water, and the length of the marches had to be regulated by the distance between water supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When Parliament refused supplies, he demanded loans from various subjects, and attempted similar illegal exactions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The terms of the truce had been violated before, when teams had been sent into the city to bring out supplies for the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He said he was in full communication with his department and was receiving supplies constantly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The supplies referred to in these instructions are exclusive of those required for your own command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Moreover, we know nowadays that even a universal education of this sort supplies only the basis for a healthy republican state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It was this statement that induced me to insert in the terms that he was to draw rations for his men from his own supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The occupation of the colored people was to furnish supplies for the army. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Our captures in all amounted to 169 guns, besides small-arms, with full supplies of ammunition, and 2,083 prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In Edison's boyish days it was quite different, and telegraphic supplies were hard to obtain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The withdrawal of Hancock from the right uncovered one road from Spottsylvania to Fredericksburg over which trains drew our supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• If we took the other route, Brandy Station could be used as a base of supplies until another was secured on the York or James rivers. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We had intended to abandon it because the James River had now become our base of supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was already very low in ammunition, and with an army pursuing he would not have been able to gather supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• A reservoir containing highly compressed air is fixed on the diver’s back, which supplies him with air by a self-regulating apparatus at a pressure corresponding to his depth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His march was therefore slower than that of the enemy, who was moving towards his supplies. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Supplies for armies of then unheard-of size could not be carried in convoys, and the French soon became familiar with 'living on the country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Third, his absence would save the trains drawing his forage and other supplies from Fredericksburg, which had now become our base. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• So we took up the anchor and moved outside, to lie a dozen hours or so, taking in supplies, and then sail for Constantinople. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Moore, who was continuing his searches in that country, was instructed to arrange for the cultivation and shipment of regular supplies of this particular species. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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