Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-06-03

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Sixty.four, out Of eighty five officers,
and Que half Of the privates. were Kill
ed or wounded. Colonel Washington,
debilitated by previous sevcre illsess,
from his great and heroick exertions on
this memorable day, became so ex-
hausted, that when Bishop rushed thro'
the fire of, the enemy, and brought him
another horse, it was only BY the ex.
ertions Of this faithful follower, that he
lremohnted. His hat was shot through
10 two places, and to use Bishops own
words, the skirts Of his coat wei- cut
in ribbdnds.
The Rangers animatedby the pres
ence and example Of the Provincial COL
onel. made gallant fight, practising
the savage mode Of warfare. they held
the enemy 1T bay, and enabled the re-
mains ofthe Regulars to escape. This
fine band of woodsmsn suffered so Sc
verely that of three to four hundred
men who went into action, scarcely y
tenth surveyed.
Braddock with stern. u6y!elding as.
pect, beheld the ruin his ,rashness had
made. Col. Sir Peter Halket came up
to him and observed that the regular
troops, after firing upon an Invisible
enemy. were in great confusion, and
suffering a terrible carnage that most
of his officers were killed, or wounded,
| and praying that the General would be
pleased to change the order Of battle,
and permit him to fight the enemy more
in their own way. The veteran taci-
tician Indignantly growled out, " what,
Sir Peter. are you turning coward in
your old age." Halket, bowing, re-
piled, :" it is rather late in the day, may
| il please Your 'excelleucy, for me to
turn coward :" then retired to the
wreck Of his regiment, and was soon at
Ter 'mortally wounded. Looking aroune
for a spot, where he might lay hin
ldown TO die, he espied his nurse, (wht
had followed the regiment from Ireland
under the shade of tree, engaged g
lrelieving the wounded !: to her a
Icrawled, and resting his grey head upor
! the aged knees which had pillowed hi:
infiucy, expired.
! From female skeleton being found
Iunder the aforementioned tree, by per
sous who had been sent from Europe
I 10 search for the remains of Sir Peter
( it became evident li,at the nurse die
not abandon her foster child, ,evet
when his life had fled. end must have
beer engaged IN heI solemn and meter
nal duty, when the fatal tomahawk' sum-
moned her to worlds unknown No
long after his interview with Sir Peter
/ Braddock fell while DR.. Craik wa!
) endeavouring 10 staunch his wound, HI
called out "1'll know how to give it 4
them next time - cfcnching his fist to
ward the enemy. Ills critical inilitar!
, ear readily distinguished between th'
deep sounds Of the musquetry and th'
sharper report Of the rangers rifles
and Captain Stewart, of the staff, G,com
. | ine up at the time, the General observ
ed that the musquetry had ceased, an
] inquired what firing It was that he ha
!. heard. Stewart replied, I" it Is Wash
/ inpton, who, with the rangers, still
/ fights the regulars to escape" An
: said the now repentant Braddock, q
d the intervals Of relief from the ason
E of his wound, 20 TO him--bless him
). tell him from me, had have been gov
|erned by his advice we should neve
4 have come 10 this M UD
III These memorable words were th
,f last the dying General uttered on tn
J. field of battle. Indeed Washingto
+, would have been his protecting gem,
g before, as well as during the battl
d would he have listened to advice, FIR
t. given on the landing Of the troops
ID Alexandria, and repeated, trough wit
a. out effect, up to the morning OF Il
lie fatal 9th OF July. 1t is said that Il
"a Colonel advised the leaving, at lea'
one half of the regulars at the place
IL debarkation, and enlisting in their ste
=. n like number of woodsmen /; but not
;. ing could convince the Inflated Gene'
i. that European tactics would avail not
!, ing in a warfare Of the wilderness.
General Braddock died the day 81
as ceediog the battle, and was buried
Of the wagon road, the grave levells
70. and the wagons purposely driven ov
ss it, that il might be concealed from
ito Indians, whose trophies OF victc
ID. would have. been greatly enriched
,ut the addition fa Generals scalp.
in. n. A circumstance Of some momeat,
vt the medical world, occurred on the
he treat. Of the English forces from
.iv-1 MonougaheIa. The hospital stores h