Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-08-23
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BATTLE OF BALTIMORE.

1.-THE British feet, 10 the number OF about &c.
yenty sail, having arrived at the mouth of Pa.
tapsco river, the Subsltern thus describes the
Lnding at North Point, &c.1
Il 50 happened that The transport in which I
WIS embarked lay very near the shore. by
which means our division made good It's debar.
kation among the first; end shalt not readily
forget the nature of the scene which was thus
brought before me. When We gained the shore
only a single boat, containing about twenty
men, had reached it. He ieaped from the bow
one after another, and collecting close To the
water edge, proceeded at a quick pace. To
ascend The siopins Tank, al she summit of which
We found our companions. The officer IN com.
maud OF that parry alone stood upright: ne
men We're Hat upon their bellies. but at one
suggestion hey rose, and advanced about forty
yards inland; we all lay down again. Let the
reader recoliect, that we Knew nothing of the
preparations which had been made for our re-.
ception. For ought we could teii, a whole ar.
my might be IN position within a stones throw
Of our ground; and he viii not be surprised 10
learn, that we held our very breath, in anx.
ioGs expectation of what the mex instant mtsnt
bring forth fet was the expectation yerv Far
from being dlsagfeeabie. irue, we might be
called npol ~ SUSAN the first shock OF a force
sgreat deaitoo numerous 10 be Tong opposed
with success but we were aware that snccour
would not be slow in arriving; and we could
not for a moment doubt as 10 tie final issne
Then there was mich ia our very position aud
attitude in the highest degree imposing. Yon
could tell that troops were in li8e beside Won.
only by an occasional rustle IL the loar grass
among which they couched: for all kept close
10 the ground. and not a man spoke, even in q
Whisper, to his nearest neighbor.
As the day dawned, however, il became q.
hnnhlntiU manifest fha4 NJ, xn,,L
bsen quite Unnecessary: not & living creature
was IN sight, nor could the smallest trace that
even a p'qJet kept guard here, be observed.
Betore us iay 3 few open green fields, measur.
ing, perhaps some three hundred yards across
and thsn their C lndItion furnishe d proof enongh
that neither infantry or cavAiry had traversed
them. The grass waved in the breeze, unde.
hled by the horses tread or human tramp; no
track OF fOragers intersocted It; aud even upon
the road, which ran a lit lie to our right. the
dust lay wholly undisturbtd. In these fields
the army accordingly mus, cred. The different
regiments drew up according to their brigades,
the officers to k theiI stations, and the word
Eas gwen 10 advance. The following is the
order IN which the column moved.
N lor Browae, the off Ter WAC led the ad.
vance in the ,nrcad upon Washington, having
been severely wounded and left behind AT
E.adenSburg, General Ross saw fit to dissolve
the httle corps altogether Whether tGis a.
rose IRON the teeiug that there was NOT, in the
army, another man capable Of guiding it Alright
Knw not All hat / Know Is mai IN Browne
he reposed the most unnouaded confidence
that Browne idAy deserved tiat confidence
and tina; it he changed his pian from the an.
prehension that Tiers was no fit successor to
nm, his judgment was not very erroneous.
"heh l say that this advance was dissolved, /
mean no. 10 aihrn, thst The army began its
march with a front entirely uncovered Three
COMPANIES were, ss formerly, pushed tor
ward but instead of toFning q separafe divi-
sion, placed permanently under the csm aand
OF dIsunct leader, they fell for tue moment,
under the guidance OF the officer who CHANGED
nne senior IN rank among those attached to
tsem' II Wa to that IN ortunate arrangement
/ without doubt, that The country owed the death
VI our gallant ieader. Ignorant of The talents
VI uloAe on whose sagacIty the welfare of the
Naole column 81 much depended. the General
Gould no. keep behiaa: he would, in his own
Person, see that thiags, were gong on rs he
wished them to go:and he tellI the very fist
sklrnish.
III The rear OF three companies, leaving
noNeVer, a sufficient interval between, came
we lSht brigade. now under the Command of
MAJOR Jones. Next TO tina, corpse moved a biz
liz VIII HllhkCl. anQ a.
mounting to near a thousand men; then follow
gu the artillery, OF which eight pleces-six
guns and two ho~itZers; were ia the field; and
sufficient number ofhorses TO drag them had
peeh procured, they bid fair TO prove of mar
Aeu utiilty to the enterprise.-Imnediatey UP.
." the artillery came the second brigsde; and
Immediately upon The second brigade eane the
,iiru' VI The exact number Of combatants thus
brought together. | caa hardly venture 10 offer
|. saoplmnn I'VE had lost at Bladensburg about
i've nundred men IN all, but OF these many
ere a'fe'dy So tar convalescent as To lake the
neid a6AinS and our reinforce nents from the
neo' we're considerable Balancing he one a.
eAi'S' ue ot"er, therefore, | should be dispo.
seu 20 say tina somewhere about five thou.
s'hH "eh, or hive t"ousand five hundred, NOV.
rom me wa'~rs edge thus morning
We haa conunued our journey about an hour,
wien arriving suddenly al a space OF open
6'"unu' three troopers, dressed in dark green
a"'oEuhs were severed. They occupied a
ba"l'it ora gentle eminenee, and appeared tc
r1'Niousiy watching the movemeot OF the Co
I'm along the high road. Instantly the wore
-" passed Ia be attentive, and Instantly va
SS@h 10 seal round the height, ketplng JUS
,''''n cover OF the wood for the purpose o
F''-'Ag them But scarlet is an incauven
~ colour, IN places where concealolent hap
'"A 10 be undesirable, the Americans 500
N'eoNeied US, sad clappug spurs TO theii hor
- ba'oPed of. Concluding OF course, tbs
10y 0u-t be Wen acquainted with The EiiIel