The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-08-04

the whole English army in full march upon
the camp He instantly rctreated, and APP
priced General Washington Of this alarm
ing circumstance; he was requested by the
commander in chief to express his opinion
in this emergency. He advised that de-
tachment of three hundred infantry, with
his cavalry, should be despatched against
them, which would be sufficient to hinder
their advance, until he had made the neces-
sary arrangements for their reception. nc
detachment under Major Gen. Scott, OF Vlr-
ginia, accordingly proceeded to attack the
enemy but they had scarcely become engag-
ed, when tremendous easterly storm Came
on, accompanied with a delugc OF rain,
which continued throughout the night,
thus preventing both parties from acting.
Pulaski was in the battle OF Germantown,
but there were only four regiments OF horse
raised, and none of them completed. loh-
siderable dctachments being made from
these to attend on the commanders -chiet
and other generals, he found himself COM
mander almost without troops, and was un-
able to achieve any thing worthy OF notice.
When Washington went into wlnterquar-
ters at Valley Forge, the cavalry were sent
over into Jersey, on account Of forage, and
for other service on that side of the Dcla-
ware. Pulaski took up his head quarters at
Trenton, whence he represented to Con"
press the situation in which he had been
placed at the battle of Germantown, as a
nominal commander, and proposed to that
body to give him the command OF an indie
pendent Legion, with which he might act as
a partisan.-On the 2Sth OF March, 1778,
Congress, after reading his letter, passed
resolution Empowering Count Pulaski TO
raise and take the command OF an independ-
ent corps of horse and foot, the horse to be
armed with lances, and the foot equipped III
the manner Of light infantry. This corps
was to be raised under the superintendent
of General Washington, and its commander
was authorized, in this instance, to dispense
with the resolution Of Congress against enlist
ing eleserters. In accordance with this re-
solve, the new legion was raised, organized,
ahd brought into the field with all possible
haste. 1t was recruited i'll PENNSYLVANIA
and MARYLAND, and disciplined in Baltimore,
the place appointed for the rendezvous.
| Socn after the enlistment had been COM
plctcti, the legion repaired to New Jersey,
/ then the theatre Of the war, where it was
! in short time actively employed. On the
5th of October, 177S, Pulaski, at the head
Of his legion, and body of Pennsylvania
and Jersey militia with a field piece from
! Colonel Proctor's regiment OF artillery, were
ordered TO Little Egg Harbour, to defend
that place from an expected attack by the
British. Here the legion lost its Lieutenant
| Colonel, Baron de Botzen German otncer
Of tried ourage and capacity. bot2en's dl-
vision was stationed at distance from the
other part of the legion, and a liesslan de-
scrtei, who was attached to the legion as q
second lieutenant, inccnSed at the severity
with which the German Colonel treated him
communicated with the enemy, whom he
induced to land a party OF men near the
place. Their attack was as sudden as II
was unexpected; short contest ensued,
in which the brave Botzen was pierced
through several times with bayonets, and
expired with both his pistols discharged m
his hands. Upon the termination ofthis cam
paign, the legion went into winter quarters
At MinisinS, on the Delaware.
eOn the I'd Of Feb. l779, Congress directed
the Count TO march with his legion to South
1 Carolina. to place himself under the conf
mand of G en-. Lincoln, or the commanding
officer of the southern department. In obc-
dience to this direction, as soon as the ne
cessary arrangements would permit, the le-
gion set OH; upon that tedious march ami
arrived at Charleston at the very time when
the British General Provost, having adyan-
ced by rapid movement from Savannah
appeared before that CITY, on the llth o
May, 1779, and summoned it to surrender
The governor and council were on the point
Of complying with that, demand, and had
agreed upon terms OF captulation, wher
Pulaski with Colonel Lanrcus repaired tt
the council chamber, and protested agains
a MISUNDERSTANDING that, as contlnen
tai officer, he would undertake the defence
! Of the city for the United States. In ordei
to raise the spirits of the inhabitants, dc
t pressed by repeated misfortune. Pulaski
made sortic with his legion which had jus
arrived. His troops were repuscd hy su
perior numbers, but the intrcpidity display
ed by their gallant commander, Ill persona
4 rcncontres with individuals Of the Britis'
/ cavalry, operated powerfully in doing ava
i the general panic. In this sally the legio
' lost its colonel commandant, Michael q
n Kowaz He was AN extremely meritoriou
: and experienced officer, who had passc
S his sixtieth wear; an Hungarian by brit
d and had been a colonel of hussars in tn
o Prussan service, under the Great Fredei
ick. from whom he had received the GRO,
e Of merit While engaged in this affair be
Z fore Charleston, he came in contact with tn
e British dragons, and received hrs dcat
e. from their sabres, fighting with undaunte
d bravery. General Provost, not relshr
/. this reception at Charleston, marched in
as mediately to Georgia.
+ While engaged in securing the countr
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