The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-12-26

was given and the column boldly enter
ed the channel. With musket poise,
over their heads, to keep them dry, an,
leaning against each other to stead,
their slippery footing, the grenadier
pushed forward. As they advanced th
water deepened, until it flowed a strong
s&ifs current up to their waists. Tn,
cavalry went plunging through, but tn
rapid stream bore many of them, boil
horses and riders, downward in tn,
darkness: e g yeA sa
The head of the column had already
reached the. centre Of the river, wher
the voices Of sentinels rang through the
darkness, the next moment their gun.
flashed through the storm. The Amer.
leans, Eve hundred in number, immedi.
ateiy poured in destructive volley, bul
the British troops pressed steadily for.
ward. Soldier after soldier rolled ever
IN the flood, and Corvallis horse was
shot from under him; but the noble an
imal, With desperate effort carried the
rider to the bank before he fell. The in.
tfepid troops at length reached the shore
and r5ated she militia CORVALLIS was
COW on the side with his antagonist, and
prepared 10 folfowhis advantage with Wig.
or. But the latter bad no sooner heard
that the enemy had crossed the Catawba
than ha ordered the retreat to the Yadkin.
through the drenching rain and deep
mud, scarcely halting to eat or rest, the
ragged troops dragged their weary way.
aud on the third day reached the river
and commenced crossing. In the mean
time the recent rims had swollen this
river also. SO by the tune Green had
safely .efected the passage the current
sas level with its banks. He urged ev-
erything forward with the utmost speed,
and at midnight just as the last Of the
rear.guard were embarking, they were
saluted with a volley from the advanced
guard of tbe British. When the morn
ing light broke over the scene, there lay
two armies within sight of each other,
and the blessed Yadkin surging and
roarine in threatening accents between as
if in purpose to daunt the invader from
its bosom. Stung to, madness at the Sc
cond escape of their enemy, the Euglish
lined the shore with their own artillery,
and opened a:6erce carnonade on the
American camp. But the army, pro-
tectcd by an elevated ridge, rested
quietly aud safely behind it. -
In little cabin just showing its roof
above the rocks, Greene took up, his
quarters, and while his troops were re-
posing commenced writing his dispatch
es. The enemy suspecting that the
American general bad established him.
self there, directed his artillery upon it.
and soon the rocks rang with the. balls
thai. smoked and bounded from their
sides 1t was not long befsre the roof
of the cabin was struck, and the shingles
and clapboards began to fly in every I'll
rection, yet the stern warrior within
never once looked up, but wrote on as
calmly as if in his peaceful home.
-Four days the British General tar
ried on the. shore of the YadkiD,-and
then as the waters subsidized again put
his army in motion Moving lower
down the river, he crossed over, and
started anew after his adversary But
the latter. ever vieilaut. was ,already on
b march for Guilford where he res. resolv.
ed to make a stand. and strike this
bold Briton 10 the heart. But on reach
inc Guilford he learned. to his dismay.
that the reipforcements prom;sed him
had mot arrived The English army
was nearly double that of his own. and
all we're tired disciplined soldiers. and
he knew. il would be madoess. to rive
hattie ON such dis advantageous terms.
There was therefore. no remedy but re-
treat. and this had now become a diff
cult matter. In the hone of being able
70 70. snstain himself at Guilford he had
suffered his efemy to approach, so rear
hat there was bnt one pos,ibls .wav 70
escane .c,, Cornvallis at last deemed his
nrey ,y.e sacure. m re-
On tho ir,.b Of Fay,rna,rv y,, ,b;s battle
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