Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-07-25

! bn..y, was conducted In good ordcf. G-nstal
| Warren ordered a cessation " 1,iog. On acc6ttnt
Of The scarcity of ammunition. Thu ground a6c.
cupisd by the advancing columns was nesrly Gov.
cred with The dead and WOUNDED, ~ho tny Fl
heaps as they fell acsoss esch other. Theswuund
ed raised their heads ~inrimplorins attitudes, but
neither their friends nor foes could sfo1d them
felisf. But, few Of the .4h9.stianna q wsiSk illed. Of
wounJed in thi. attack. -
All uss still AZ Tie grave untilsihe from. Of
their columns hsd passed oysr 81 their dead, when
the American Gensfdi, without whiting FOR IN
FIRE Of hi. enemy, gage the word. thai ras 10 con.
sign hundreds to instant DEATH. This FIRE was
even more Destructive than before, sna the enc.
my rstiredin sotic confusion. The found tsa
nov literally covered With the dead. The Briti.h
fred hot fsw shots, and ,hoscxid bu, little cxecu-
ton.
The British nov received futihsf reinforce.
men,s, aud a general officer fiom.B ostoo, and ad;
| yanced a third time, not ir column, but in line.
.. They again marched over their dead. and 4 brick
firing commenced on both sides, which lssted
nearly On hour, until the firing Of the Americans
died . wtay fJr want Of ammunition. The British
then undertook to storm the fort. General War.
rem sent q reinforcement Of about sixty mon 70
Col Prescott, and sent Mr. Maynard 10 inform him
that be could send him more If he wanted them.
Col Prescott at first thought he had as many men
as could stand 10 advantage, but detained Mr.
Maynard until the result Of tisseneny's first at.
tack should be known. The enemy scaled The
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lean, had few bayone,s, but fell upon the foe with
the breeches of their guns, knocked them down
with cobhle stones, seized :, and wrested
their guns ftom Them, and turned their own
~bayonels against them. Prescott was every
where encouraging his men, and joining in the
general melee, and shouting with his hoarse
voice, down with them-seize their guns-knock
out their brains with ~stones-cobble stones are
our cannon shot &c, &c. The British wefe
driven out a second time with great loss a third
time they advanced to The attack, when Colonel
Prescott discovered that the Ptoyincisls had been
would soon be cot off, ordered q retreat. The
retrea. now became general, but was conducted 10
good order. Mr. Maynardswas no. with General
Warren when he fell, having been detained in the
fort with Col Prescott,
Soon after the retreat commenced, Mr. May
nard found his elder brother, John, (the fat1er Of
John Maynard. Of Syracuse, With . broken leg,
and a British musket for q scrutclb making the
best hcsdwpy he could from the enemy. He threw
his wounded brother across his shoulder. anl car.
RED him, amid showers Yof bullets, beyond the
reach Of the enemy's fire, wherein no tainted from
loss Of. blood; q bali had passed through his leg,
and the blood flowed profusely; tho bullet holes
were plugged with wads Of grass, The wounded
trethsf was again shoullered and carried 70 Bun.
kssfs Hil, nearly a mile from the battle ground on
Blesd's Hill. before help could be obtained. His
unfortunate brother was soon cured Of his wound,
and served through the war, and before its close
was, promoted 10 lhe. rank Of captain.