The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-04-17

and dust upon lis in every direction. hut did
MS very little ininrv. Capt. ii. Dearborn,
who commanded the first company sta,rsi that
he was marching by the side Of Col STARK.
when he suggested the rrnprictt of quicken.
ing the march, The veteran gave him a look
which he said he never could forget with this
answer dearborn. one fresh man in action
is worth ten tired ones"
Passing over Bunkrr's Hill. we soon reach
ed the scene of action \ halt was orirrni
The Colonel Went forward TO speak with Col
Prescott. who commanded at the work wLirl,
the men had thrown up Our detachment
which marched the night before here ioinc,'
us,somewhat tatigucd with their nights work.
bnt still in gnotl spirits. having many of them
been. for the first time under fire. withon:
much damage. 4 portion of Col.James Reed,
regiment accompanied Us. making onr force
nearly ono thousand muskets
4 portion o: the enemy had landed. anl
the boats of the >'Tralron wee all bu,ilv .n-
gagged IN bringing over more.
Our Colonel soon returned and gave
d"rs ~ take mp one II two fret, which ran
parallel towards III. river. forming lane in
our front, pass The rails through the otfr-.
er, and hang upon them the hay that lav in
cocks and winrowS before us This ,ham
hrcastwork gave confidence. 10 tlir ncr. al
though IN fac, 1t WIS no protection.
This arrangement was herllv completed.
and our line cxtr,jlrd to tl,. i,ca.h of the
Mystic River. when the Wrlrh FuSiiecrS.
distinguished rcgiment Of Ii. lat iriant,, al
vanced To turn our left Our or,l-ls were in
reserve our FIRE until the word ramc and
then take st'.,,;y ann a; their middle, AMI -ai-
tiers. arc"rlin. 10 The une,rnIr>. oi Il,
grnurd
The cncn., >rlr''};':. oq',igq.c'i s,..raa"s-'
IN columns an! DISPLAYED IN beautiful INIT,
about ciehtr ,ar'is IN orr front. uh"n tic
word 10 fire ramr. |, VAS iollow-,, lv rar-
III and confirmed discharge of lnu>k,trv q
long the whole front o; rlIr enemy. The ere
my CAV" their fire almost the same t.na, bu;
our aim was sure and fa', tia; they s.sl,
broke and fled liz contu~;,n i,ari ,n tx >i,n-c
and a the smoke cleared awa, W., u.-,,.is,
the ground thicklv covered with ,h,. lead
and wounded.
The 81 @ht. So mortiiying 10 British pride
fron.ht orrr Gems Howe and Clinton viii,
rcintorccmcnt>. Brt We had little time for
sight seeing. The enemy reinforced. a-ain
advanced and again put 10 flight 4
third attempt TO turn: the left also faiic.l We
had Int one charge of ammunition left: but
the enemy trouhlc'l us no more In these at
tark> We did not take the troubI" TO return
ramr"dS. but DROPPED them hr our sides as
we loaded.
The enemy now threw their whole force
upon the ri ah, and the re,loub,. which they
carried with the iavonct While they wrr.
atta"k king IN" rc'loI.ht, our troops flushed with
their success considered themselves conplet.-
" victorious; and were eager to leave their
position and attak k the rear Of the encmv.
But they had no hayonets aud were ordered
. to remain quiet.
! When the right was turned and the rc,ioult
carried. we had no choice hut 10 draw off IN
aS COOL order a> possible Passing, in our
retreat over the Ncrk. under the s,ne rall
ing fire whirh welcomed our advance. W.
reached Winter Hill, which was 10 be- tor,i-
cd and occupied as our POSITION for several
months very much fati gued with the labor
and excitement of our DAYS work. during the
hottest dav of the season
The loss Of the y, H. regiments was killed
Maj McClary, by a cannon ball while rass-
ing the Neck; Capt. Baldwin and Licn,.
Scott, by small arms whole number killed.
officers Included in both regiments, is; miss
ing. {; wounded II: total -.
The whole loss of the enemy was reported
in the official despatch of Gen. Gage. at In5.
killed and wounded. which WAS probably
something short of the true number.
The FusilrerS 10 our line mustered on tho
morning of the action 200 strong, and neat
day paraded So. The late Gen. Win>low of
Boston stated that he was on the ground at
ten o'clock next day. and he counted 90 men
lying on the beach opposite the position Of
Moorc's COMPANY lie saw no officers among
them. They had been removed Nearly
halt as many men as were engaged were
standing on Bunker Hill, but took no part in
the a~tion-
The stand upon this memorable cccn-;on
had. no doubt, a decisive effect upon the
whole future conduct of the war a veteran
army. supported by land batteries and a pow
erfui fleet. with loss of 1854, had with dif.
firul,y dislodsed party of not more than
26co countrymcn. badly armed and withou,
much discipline, from an ill-planned re,lonbt,
the work of a few hours iariay a sul,rr night
in June, A British opposition writer re-
marks that if His Maiesty's armies gain a J--s
more such ri"'or;es Meg wW he nn,tLRatsg-
great portion Of the cnemy's shot passed ~
yer our heads, while Uurs aimed low as thcr
were ascending, mostly told To the las, al
tack the officers pricked on their men with
their swords; the latter muttering that it Wa.
no better than murder, 10 force them to face
such IN internal stream of FIRE.