The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-18
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- hsb jan, lSEa-
DEAF FArAap,
Il ;s now upwards OF 20 ,lx,s that w..
have hin ~fhia shot oil the most powerful
force Great brssr ever landed on our shor.spot less
than 1900 u The very flower OF her army. Durins
the wC4 q uns unss, lave been si.acs. cesssnt-
b shrmisfi,ng sud e, ehsRsng loiig skvt.
Besides the ass,on Oh tile SIT uitino IA which then
siss w's not less t,am 5uu thos s,e laae three AT
senpts TO drive ms from our .,csltIen by general
movement IN all cf which, after suiisinx severed.
they were compelled To retire. ghsr last and h,....
-, attempt was male TIC S;h inst wAsn the, en-
ces>ored 10 gam p, eSsion OF works by storm. e
actually aosaneed so lar as TO enter our
ihty were Nocised however vSt spirit which the,
!e expected, AM whieh tbay found 10 bo rresist,bi
>,.ser was there brisker severer ire than. that
.ca our inen poured aesn them Ion. upwards OF AN
tsut "s SQUAT! DIRK on their part but pr not
she same elects The action having commenced be-.
the ,sy mad islv twned, the whol.. almosnhsre
seemed 10 Be- en,esopetl IN lame scene uhich they
believed should fy from like fr gifted deer NM
~ithsanins tue terrible disappointment which they
met viii, justice obres ne to So, they eteu with The
most determined and obstinate bravery. ,,yicc
they were repulsed, and twice tey ralie, aa-in and
returned to The attack sn, those VINO had enter
sn IN, dteh' where they i"1st have discor red ths
utter sopeiessnesso OF their attempt continued ne,er
theless tor many minutes 10 resit. At Iens{b When
their couna'is we're cut 10 pieces and the whole field
Nrewed with their dead and wovsisies those vino could
escape, lied IN confusion frern it Their To-. ,y,s
dreGtu g,eatS Exceeding what we had at first sun
posedit. Fromthe most correct estimates ,yl,ah co.,
be made, 1t must on that day have been sfssl S;r
Edwar Paehiusha ,n, their commandment ,biet WAS
Killed in the acton; and Major Generals (,ibbs ma
kcan were both wonuded, The former of wnom died
tie cay aiter-th9 latter sIi lives but is gone IN H.
te.t Major General Lan.bert Ut present c,ud,,c,s
the army .
1t was fatal day to their 1Aiee7s q hundred Of
whom, including subateris, have been killed mr.
SaLen. Those OF them Who are prisoner. au.,sar IN no
very sensible oil the kirdIess which is show, ,n,r,
&ad -,sak oil AS thing which they little exp.r,.,-
having been taught to consider us as sembar baria,
They do us great credit too warriors by deen,i
that IN all the campaigns in Spain and ltajv thex ney.
encountered o. Witnessed severe and tes,r,c,;y a.
oppositioo. Such 600 the declarations of The FL
lovers OF Bcnapste aud More.;u, Of whom we hay.
uiaHy in oar army It would be needless thersf,ra
~ iie 10 attempt to describe II or 10 .ay tlt /, =,
seeded whateverl had Imagined Yet, what ia wen
deriul, and shews how much we have been snnnor,J
by Providence, Is that loss, on that day in KILL
and wounded WAS not more tiisn twenty ar tb,,v =
Snce The enemy landed, It has DOT in the Who'll. .~
cee'ied SJO-whi.e theirs nust have i.eo of lsas,
s0Vo Perha2s the Annals of war there ia mn narr
leIMstance.
Never I'D dis proud enemy find themselves On r,
fooled. They are reduced to a miserable t;;e,,,no =
10 advance they cannot to retreat is s,an,-Cj
Hyhet have no doubt however that thev viii ,,,,r.r
tie dr'see o. the later tn tie IN.
This = all lave time To say
our son,