The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-25
AN INCIDENT
AT THE BATTLE,OF THE THAMES.
Us reInted byIon Ola SoIelie.

AIS TCfQlGu OyftsL Otu OutGItET.
At the battle of the Thames, a laughaBle Incl
dent occurred, which Is thus related by onewhc
was in the engagement.
The British General had formed hissmen in
open order, with theircannon pointing down the
road by which the Americans were advancing.
GEN. HARRISON Immediately took advantage OF
this, andordered Colonel Johnson's mounted regi-
ment to-charge at speed by heads of companies
$50 as 20 expose the least possible 'front.' pass
through the open intervals, and form i'm the rear
of the. British forces This, movement was bril-
liantly executed by the battallions under the
command of Lieut. Col. James Johnson ;;his bro
Their, Col r. M. Johnson, the same time charg-
ing the Indians with the other battalion.
1t happened thai in one of the companies u1-
der James Johnson,s coremand, there was huge.
lorg-legged, braWney fellow, named Lamb he
weighed about PAD lbs; was brave man, and as
eoaod humored as big; brave men proyepbially are
Lamb had broken, down his Kentucky horse by
bis great weight, and was mounted, instead, up
ON short, stout, wild Canadian pony from
whose sides his long limbs depended almost tc
the ground, while his bulky frame rose high
above the beast-looking not unlike overgrowr
school boy astride of rough sheep,
When the charge was made, Lambs pony
took fright, and broke into a STRAIN. Lamb pull
led until the bit broke in the ANIMALS mouth, an6
all command Of him was lost. The little poney
stretched himself to the work. dashed out of the
ranks, soon out-stripped all his file leaders, and
pushed on in advance of the company.-Laml
was no longer master of his horse or himself, and
he was in quandary. If he rolled off, he would
be trampled to death by his own friends-if the
horse rushed upon the British lines with him, so
far ahead of the rest, he must be killed. Either
way, death seemed inevitable; and, to use his
own expression, he thought &C he'd list say some
thing they could tell his friends in Kentucky,
when they went home"
He stuck both heels into the pony's TANKS, and
urged him to the utmost speed. On they drove,
so yards in front of the leading file; Lambs
gigantic person swaying from side TO side, and
his legs swinging in most portentnns fashion
the little Canadian 'Fpulling foot" all he knew
how, his tail straight his nostrils distended, his
ears pinned back, and his shiny eyes flashing
from under his shaggy foretop, with all the spite
and spleen of a born devil. Just as he got with
in stride or two ofthe British, Lamb iourished
his rifle, and roared out in voice of thunder
&C Clear the acay, Cd G-r you! for I'm a
coming %
To his surprise, the line opened right and left,
and he passed through unhurt. So great was
their establishment at the strange apparition oil
such rider, and such horse, moving upon them
with such furious velocity, that they opened me-
chanically at his word of command, and let him
pass. So soon as he gained the rear of their po-
sition, Lamb rolled off on the grass and suffered
his pony to go his own road A few minutes
more, and he was with his comrades, securing
the prisoners Guincu Wbie