1And behold, now it came to pass that our next object was to obtain

2And they were so much more numerous than was our army that we

3Yea, and it became expedient that we should employ our men to the

4And it came to pass that I thus did send an embassy to the

5But behold, this did profit us but little; for the Lamanites were

6And the Lamanites were sallying forth against us from time to

7And it came to pass that we did wait in these difficult

8But it came to pass that we did receive food, which was guarded to

9And now the cause of these our embarrassments, or the cause why

10Therefore we did pour out our souls in prayer to God, that he

11Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord our God did visit us with

12And we did take courage with our small force which we had

13And thus we did go forth with all our might against the

14And it came to pass that on the morrow, that when the Lamanites

15And it came to pass that when they saw that we were not strong,

16And when we saw that they were making preparations to come out

17Now Gid and his men were on the right and the others on the left;

18And it came to pass that the Lamanites did come out with their

19And it came to pass that the Lamanites did follow after us with

20And it came to pass that when the Lamanites had passed by, or

21And it came to pass that when they had cut them off, they ran to

22And it came to pass that Gid and Teomner by this means had

23And when the Lamanites saw that they were marching towards the

24And behold, it was night and they did pitch their tents, for the

25Now it came to pass that when it was night, I caused that my men

26And because of this our march in the night-time, behold, on the

27And thus it came to pass, that by this stratagem we did take

28And it came to pass that when the armies of the Lamanites did

29Yea, and it came to pass that the armies of the Lamanites did

30And those cities which had been taken by the Lamanites, all of

31But behold, our armies are small to maintain so great a number of

32But behold, we trust in our God who has given us victory over

33Now we do not know the cause that the government does not grant

34Behold, we do not know but what ye are unsuccessful, and ye have

35And if it is not so, behold, we fear that there is some faction

36But, behold, it mattereth not—we trust God will deliver us,

37Behold, this is the twenty and ninth year, in the latter end, and

38And those sons of the people of Ammon, of whom I have so highly

39But behold, they have received many wounds; nevertheless they

40And now, my beloved brother, Moroni, may the Lord our God, who