The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-08-26
From lIogg's Winter Evening Tales.
RENOWNED ADVENTURES OF
EAELI. yEE,

! GaZll Ice, was NavWard wight, VINO,
aftcr being engaged in man! different scenes
ia Scotland, arrive d in this country as a subal-
tern officer during our revolutionary war.
The description he gives of the first battle
! he was engaged in is probably more true to
nature than most heroes would be willing to
allow
1t took place at The foot Of Lake Cham
| plain, Immediately above, fort St. John.
The Americans were encampcd in some
| force on thelcight ofanairow fortified ridge
\ Of hills, from which it was necessary 10 dis
place them. We marched out to the attaciS
carly on morning. The air was calm and
still In going up the slantng ground, our
commander wisely led us bv route which
was completely sheltered by iisin'; cmi-
nencc, from the effects Of their cannon.
soon perceived, that on reaching the sum
NIT of this ridge VIC would be exposed to
| fire, that | had no doubt would Kill us every
man, while our enemies would fire in safety
| from behind their trenches. What would ]
have given to have been of OH some o.
ther service, or by SONIC means, iii going
up that hill : The calls were very
frequent with me. ] am not sire but that
looked for some opportunity of sliulking, but
tho thing was impossible. It was not even
possible for me to fall down among the dead,
foc as yet there was none fallen. | was in
the front ram, on the left wing, and very near
the outcrmost cornc:, and before VIC came
to the verge of the ridge, ] looked on each
side to sec how my associates looked, and
how they seemed afcctud thought thcv
were to a nan terribly a.i,igntcd, and cN-
pcctetl clean chase down thc hi!l. As soon
rs we set our heads ycrthc vcrgc, we began
a sharp fire, and were salutcd biz dcstruc-
tive one from their works: our men ir.l
thick. Thctwo men next tome, onmy right
hand, both fell at the same timc. made
ready for flight. A bullet struck up tlivot
of earth exactly between my fcct. gave Il
great jump in the air, and escaped unhuit.
Z" The devils in the men. :" though |, are
they not going to fly yet - the reverse was
the case. The word 2uick m0rch was given
and VIC rushed rapidly forward into a kind Of
level ground between the two ridges. Here
we halted and kept up a brisk fire, and
scarcely saw one Of or mcn Ealing. 1t was
the best conducted manuuyrc of any ! ever
saw but this discovered from after convor-
sation and reflection, for at that time did
not know in the least what ! was doing.
We were by this time completely covered
with smoke, and BIZ EurryinG Us thus fienl
the ridge into the hollow, the shct Of the
Americans pasr cican!y and inloccntly over
oiir heads, while at TIC same tinc we could
atiil perceive them busting oa,!.c verge be-
tween us ami the sky aud believe otl stot
t0ok etf'rct in no ordinary degree. Their
fire began to aiAcllcn, for they had taken
shelter behind their trenches. We now re-
ccivcd orders TO scale the last steep and
force their trcnthes at the point If the bay
onet. We had a company of pikeman Oh
each hank, but 10 horse The Americans
hTft small body OF horse, about sixty Oh
each wing. is We went Up tie hill, heard
AN cid grim sergeant, Who Was near ne say
ms, i is utter madness We are all sold to a
man. / he murmurranalong, w arc sold,
We arc sold 70 9 certainty NC are sold"
My cars caught tho sound. For NY part
knew littl, either Of selling or buy ing except
what ! had seen III the Marx ct at kcso but
said aloud, g think there can be little
doubt of that shameful thing for an oil
Ger to say and, looking roung, made as
though would turn again iio, devil a man
OF thcm would take the hint; they went thc
faster, and the old surly ll-natured sergeant,
though assured that he was Sold to dcstruc-
ton, and putting aid groaning with ill-humev
ON that accCInt, hurried ON iastcst or any.
The centre and right wing were engag-
cd before us, and terrible turmoil there
seemed to he; bit | did not see what
WAS going on, till the Yankee horse in u mo-
mcnt came and attacked us III huak. We had
been firing ofiat the right, and believe they
/ never got a Shot OF our FIVE na!il they were
amongst us thresliing Oh with their sa-
brcs. One tremenduous fellow came full
drive upon me. | did not know in the least
what was doing: and CHANGING to have ho,A
/ OF a AS-sta': with both my hanf,s, struck
4 ut nun with my colors, which, Tapping
round the horses head, blindfoldcd him
ana al the sanc moment the cavaliar struck
at me, butt by good luck hit the flag stai.,
| whlah ne cut IN two not a foot from my hand.
! ran !'r it, and leit my colors about his
horst head ur feet, did not stay to exam
INC winch; but, owing to the pixies end bay
oncfS OF our men, could only hy q very short
way. Nhca the old cmsty Sergeant saw
the colors down and abandoned, nc dashed
forward with a terrible oath, and seized
them, but was himself Cut down that mo-
mcnt. The dragons horse that left tho
i ranks, and came upon me, had been shot.
! ] deemed that he had come in desperate
yalor to seize my Standard, whereas his horse
was running with him in the agonies of death,
and knew not where he was going. There
is some thing here that do not perfectly
recollect, else declare would set it down.
] have forgot whether my joints failed NE,
and fell in consequence; whether threw
, myself down out of desperation Or if / was
ridden down by the wounded horse but the
tirst thing recollect was lying beneath the
dying horse, face to face with the dragon