Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-07-07

onera,ions could be performed. Whilst this
was proceeding Col. thornton received oal'
in the thigh and fell. The Americans raising
shout at the event, pressed; and our people,
little disheartcneJ, Standardization, myself
and several other officers who were IN the he'u'
did our best TO stay them, and we spceeeaea,
though not Till Col Thornton, IN order 10 aSoiu
falling into the hands OF The assailan's, haa pee"
obliged to roll himself down the slope. 10
considerable distance. We had retired III par'
as far as the ground where poor Williams Jay:
when one musket ball, hitting the scaooara OF
nv sword, broke il, and another al the same IN
slant slightly wounded my arm. Yet haru'y
felt the W ound, so latent was on raliying the
men: and Gen. Ross himself coming up al TINS
instant. with the better part of the 4th regiment
the fortune of the day was speedily decided
There was no more distant firing on our part.
charge. charged was the only word OF com
mand issued. Il was heard with repeated &C.
CARNATIONS; and the very music OF our cheers
acting like magic upon the Americans, They
dispe sed and fed in every direction
Ii were vain for me to attempt any descnp-
ton Of the state of feeling which pervadsa
man when after some hours hard lighting, he
first sees the line of the enemy become contus-
ed, and the manifestation Of fight exhibited.
His whole soul is engrossed with the desire OF
overtaking them; and if there be moment in
mans existence at whichohe would sincerely
thank Providence for the loan Of wings, il Is
surely then. For my own part, l strained my
throat till it became dry with cheering; and
running on, as well as exhaustion would per-
nit, made all effort to overtake the Americans,
who escaped from me, as persons who are iresh
will always escape from those that are weary
To do them Justice, however, their regulars, or
rather rigiars, as Jonathan himself calls them,
were not unmindful Of The lessons which they
had learned upon The parade. They covered
their rear with cloud OF rif'cmen, ct least
equal, in poin, of numbers, 10 the troops who
pursued them, and the riflemen very deliberate
~ and very judiciously, took up positions, from
time TO time, wherever the cover oil the bush
es or underwood invited them Nor was their
fire harmless. Several individuals, myself "a
mong The number, received wounds from them.
plainly saw the person who thus honored me;
he Law behind little copse, and took aim three
times before he hit me-, bur, at last, his ball
passed through the fleshy part OF my thigh, and
he escaped.
Too eager to be aware that was again
scratch he'd, pushed on with my companions as
long as the last Of the retreating force conii-
pued in sight; nor even dreamed of hating,
ill fatigue and loss Of blood together overpow-
cred me, and fell TO the ground. Happily Tor
me- | dropped beside pool OF water; 1t was
muddy and foul in no ordinary degree; yet my
thirst, violen, before, and doubly violent now,
from the exhaustion consequent upon pretty
considerable hemorrhage gave to II dellcacy
of flavor which had never perceived in water
before, and shall probably never perceive again.
I drank ill that thirst was appeased, and then
looking round, perceived that there were but
three British soldiers near me. They sat down
95He3t4nhstb; and having kindly assisted me to
wrap handkerchief round the bleeding limb,
| we crawled, rather than marched back TO rejoin
our regiment
found the brigade gathering together its
shattered remains, upon the summit Of high
ground, which the enemy's reserve had occu-
pied in the morning. say shattered remains,
for out of the twelve hundred men who bore the
brunt of the ba,,le, nearly one half had fallen;
whilst of those who survived, and were tit for
duty, many were absent, for the purpose Of at
tending to the wounded, and buryng the dead.
Here the "Subaltern" labors under mistake
The I'd line consisted of company of Marines Con,
Barney's Sailors, small detachments of the 36th and
S8h regiment of Infantry, and the volunteers and the
militia of Washington, Georgetown, and the adjacent
country Ed. Star.
ADDRESS,
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