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the upper stream. He met him abol
to cross into the plain, merely to Civ
| his men a little drill, for he had W
received no order toengage. As the
met, Gen. Brown simply said 10 hin
THE enemy is advancing-you wi
have fight" and passed on TO the rea
to order up Ripley's brigade.
| The few words just recited were al
the orders and all the instructions tha
ne thought it necessary (such' was hi
confidence in Scott 20 give him. TIL,
latter advanced to pass the bridge, nov
within pointbIank range of the enemy'
battery Of nine guns. His troops crossed
it steadily, though not without loss
under that sevare Gre, and, dopIuy IN :
as they advanced, marched coolly Or
to the encounter. The artillery ofCapl
Towson was thrown off to the right
flank, along the Chippewa road, to jus,
the point where the opposing columns
would meet in charge, so that it would
not only play upon the enemy all the
while, but, when the decisive shock
came, rake him dreadfully from the
flank. The enemy's artillery, on the
contrary, though stronger, was far less
judiciously posted, in such manner
that the advance of their ownginfantry
on their left flank soon threw them
between their batteries and our col
umes, and thus compelled their cannon
to become useless against our line
So much for the artillery POSITIONS
Those of the infantry were on our side
equally well disposed. The enemy
came on in an unbroken line. which
outfanked US and reached into the
wood on our left. To remedy this.
Leavenworth's battalion was obliQned
to the right, McNeil's to the left, with
an interval between them: while Jes-
ups battalion was obliqued still more
TO the left, so as to meet the enemy's
right wing in the wood, and there hold
it in check. At the point where this
was done the wood projected more iuto
the plain than in Jesnp's rear; SO that
the enemy's line out of the wood was
shorter than ours; and as their line in
the plain continued TO advance while
that in the wood could not, the former
was presently, at the critical moment
when it came into contact with our
centre under Mcneil, outflanked by it
IN turn. These advantages had been
1t once seen and seized by superiority
1f generalship and that rapidity and
precision of manGuvre to which his
men had now been brought, so as TO be
lble (as they should) to execute an I'M
,ortant movement almosI as soon as
heir general had conceived it. But
his was not all; still more decisive
evolution was al hand.
The movements just described had |
'rought the adverse lines TO exactly |
hat point al which that terrible strata |
rem called movement en- potencen ia |
ort of double sideloug attack can be /
Employed. In il, when you are within
harging distance of the enemy, your
lanks are suddenly pushed forward
nd your line thrown into the shape of
alters Of rather fiat-roofed house.
Fhile the enemy's line occupies, in
egard TO it, the position which the
feepers have to the rafters The effect
t this is to converge the fire of your
ne upon his centre and cut it in two:
} finish which operation, you then
barge upon him, lthe two angles,-oft /
our line moving upon the same point
q which their double fire was justin
cured, and the bayonet ends what
le balls began. This movement.
hen well executed, inevitably breaks
our adversary's line, and is fatal: no
oops can stand it Scott now put it
Practice The opposing lines had
ivaneed upon each other, firing. halt
g, re-loading, and advancing again
7 Turns, until now they were within
ghty yards of each other. Then
colt gave the. word for the evolution /
potence. To add to its effect, he had
moment before ridden over to Tow ,
MS artillery, (which he perceived j
as, from the smoke and the enemy's II
Vance, firing too much to the rightl / |
Id told that able gunner. " here next !,
pour his balls; and his, next raking Is
scharge was accordingly very de- t
ructive. A moment after, the infan- a
y made its manguvre. No sooner
as its double fire poured in than Scott
lied out to McNeiPs battalion, "The
lemy say we are only good at long S
OF, and can't stand the cold iron! I
call upon the Eleventh to give the
. to that sIander Chargew A like Il
der was given, at the same moment, Il
Leavenworth's battalion; and both I,
dies rushed upon the enemy's centre a
tn the bayonet tt was instantly S
and with it the whole
ain body of the British army broke, S,
dfed in total confusion. About the a
ne time Jesup, under heavy fire, c
yanced upon the enemy in the wood, c
ced them TO retire, and thus com t,
tied their defeat at all points. Such ot
S the masterly activity of Scott b
hers may boast of mastery mac III
lty") that before Ripley, whom Gen. b
,wn had gone TO order up, could el
i've, the battle had been won; and ii
'tt was hotly pursuing the routed In
1ersary back across Chippewa bridge 6
D their entrenchments. 1t was at of
moment when his terrific charge dt
srly broke them to pieces, and COW te
d the plain with their fallen and III