The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-10 00:00:00, page 2

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besieged by the Turks,in the Arong tow
?f Oimpach, was cut off from 11 intelli
grace and hope of fuccour frr m his friends.
Smith proposed his method of communi
cation to Bpron Kizel, who approved of
t, and allowed him to put it in praaice.*
He was conveyed by a guard to a hih
titytejewof tne town, and Efficiently
the Turkilh camp. At the
Be signal, Eberfpaught knew
fed, it, and Smith conveyed tc
bugence, " Thursday might
Eid—at the alurm
hbethe answer wr, <f I
w attack, by Smith':
hr of faife fires were
^Ler, which divider
hy, and gave ad.
ho being affi
h^kiled man,
&dieriver,
me
tion of '1 oulon, written by a
French Emigrant, an officer in
the English Artillery.]
"F VERY body is acquainted
J jwith this famous evacua
tion ; therefore I (hall not be
expected to repeat the relation
of the fad event, norto give my
opinion of the cables which
brought it about.
However, I was in one of the
advanced redoubts on the Eal
tern fide on the fame night ir
which our fate was decided at
the opofite extremity. A little
before day-break, we receiver
orders to evacuate-our post, and
to fall back into the town. Or
our arrival, I heard of the fatal
plan of a general evacuation ;
my despair may be easily con
I immediately ran t<
■^together my friends, wh<
py throwing off my
^putting on a dress
hmb^bforder