The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1777-05-15

about 400 wcIe 0si a -hea'undcr Se0. Arm OLD
sad Geo. Siilin'n, cn ;se road leading 81
Norwalk. At Q o'dock i. M. ia,el igsses
va, received ,ka, sae enemy had :l!1sn IA.
road le.eiag sc E,,walk, OF which General
Wooa-, wss a!v::rt. sni parfIed ta-a wi h
~ebm he cam. 10 absa' II O'Clock, wnen a
frar. Gsra.ifhog 20 I'D, IN which G.ne al
WooaSy. who hchsv=j sita gear ia'ePid,
y, snfcr.u,.>ey fss5;ved a wcand by a
mike. bail, ssrcugh his groin, wish it !,
EsArea Eil prove mortal Gen. Arnold, by
. forced m,rcS acrofs the erur,ry. reached
Rdgchc!d =, III c'>ioek, ana a,ing poltcd
his frai patty (osing j7incd ty about loo
NM = SEQ ns4. ~s"eO he app!oa Of the
easMv, Sho we're i'os diicovered sdvaocioe
in +, columa vita 8 fl Id piece. in froa: and
a l. rssr, ana large flank guard: Of nea, soc
zen 10 each. htnron .hey began dicharg.
Ing their Artillery, and were foon wiihia
n. GSs fhot, wnsr tusrt aGtion epfavd BE-
twssu ,h. whole, Viii -Aeoa,isssd aboa, al
hour. In wh!ch oar men behaved with essa
fi,it. tut bsins ovsrpowe-ca ny numbers,
were otigsd to giv. way, though net rnti
the :IsnsY We rafting fmsll bresR work
tho ac'oE th: way, a, hichG:n. Arnoic
Aan taken puf with abou; 100 mea, 'he rcD
Of ..ur ina,i body were pcfted on the hsnk
Wis aasd with geH fpirit the Genera
had bis h,.ie Iho: under him, wh.n the enc.
my w.re within abcv, 10 yaids Of him, bu,
Iaek'ly reccivsd no hur. recovering hin fell
- Grew his r:eol, and NO, the folder who
sss advancing with his hx.d bayons,. He
then or6e.ed his troops to retreat throseR Z
ih5"er sf, fpal.. and craps fho'. 10 thi.
aetioa the eOemy iuGeres very c,niderably
leaving abou' 50 dead and wou.dei on the
sioard, aud teides arvmber unk kaown, bu.
red. We had the misfortune OF
leoGa2 Lieut. Col. Gold, one fub,l,ern, and
kwra; rIiva;e, killed ard wounded. 1t wa.
icund mp fiols 20 rally our trcop,y and
Ger. Arnold ordered a fiand TO be made Al
Saxeuck bri!s', waefc it vas expected thc
eu-my ~ouia Pais.
Ata o'sjoek \. M. the asth, about { &C
IN wese tolTetsed at Sag biage, in.
Gliding Pan af t~e conranies G! Lo.sn.l
LsIah's $stsion Of s.,il'e-y, with .kres
6e!a- pieces, xacsr ccna:.d Of Lent. Co.
Cf.a's, = as.d-2iecr with pa, Of ,as sr.
tiXSsf eraapany f!om F.i, fsid, 90 CONT
natal rs:Ps. aad three campsniss cf vo-
las~:'s from Nav. Hsser, with whom Gs
ssa': AfSsifa and SiliEsA te:k poe ahou,
txc NJ; sc ABOVE Il, bridge. S,oa sfisr The
sce1y spressed in Gghe. :asi; rear vas s,.
rekea by CSl. Hlati.sto,. COMM snd;ng /.
Fs:.y Of 500 nss, who fat 20 Gen, A 60 d
tm ie&f. .dirp,, AID Lr & me officer ts a.iA
I'm. Ger. siiimsn gas ordered q siia
hie 5 shs s...y, 6sei,g osr .troops 40.
yiatssseua5 posed, nscc a'kr.,, sad' alter
:sas httis & ne, wheeled eff to ,Ss lel,, q,
fssdedfS. 6 ,ssck river. ihsse miles above tie
Bridge. <es. A'nslc, chfsrvins this no
coa, e,d.raa the whole to maseh dirs6 y
Il" tts 3 i'd. {, {: sss.;k che sacny ir R1lk.
Cav. S:Eiv 80, az ,h, fan: tins. 10 su,.k
h:i' ..:e7-; tse ese~y, BY suaaiss fall
te.a, ssd psh she 5 idgs On EsaG.ld Gis.
With ske', a,Aia ocoy, before nrr troops
sacld c'ca t. Gen. Gi!HsaaR, finding il
'sPsMbse q ats, k tie sxssy il ,nsir Issr,
pfeeressa 20 .S: Bidss; rh:a .hs xh lie
~crs iosrsS, ,hsJ marched in two so.umns,
wisa.t f.l.-Siee. on .hs right. tho ether
o. the le.sut ,hs sIspy, wasa . Irxsvt
" m'ih's saS 6cos Of Geld -sisee, esfsca,
shiet nhsa:d hbezs ,h.es kour,. Tha
sESay heyiss tao,d ,hs h,ss hiil Of Co m
PS' :er:ai s;;eiErss were Ea.s u. .tiloaes
tneSa, but wi,heut efftet. ThG easrny
nsced a,svno:r o: IN n noocs TO cove.