Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-02-16

North. did MT consider himself capable Of de
tending IL, and commenced a retreat by way o
the old military road which had been cut dur
ing the preceding wars from Number Foui
(now Charestown n. H. to Ticonderoea.-
This road passed through Rutland, bai whe,h
. er II crnssed the mountain a, Mt Holly or al
Shrewsbury and Plymouth, ! am not positive
ly Informed The larger portion Of The bag
gage of the army was sent by way Of Tue lake
TO Skenesboro, (now whitehalD where il wa,
overiaken and captured by the British. Col
Warmers regiment Of Green Mountain Boys
and Col. Haile's regiment Of Connecticut riv.
er men, occupied Mt. Independence, on the
Vermont side opposite Ticonderoea. snd with a
Massachusetts, regiment under Col. Francis,
were the last TO retreat, and formed in fact The
rear guard Of the retroatng army. Gen. ST.
Clair, with the main body reached Casteion on
the 9th OF July l777, but the three regiments
forming the rear guard encamped al Hubbard-
ton. A military man at this day, viewing the
haiiile ground, might be led TO inquire why il
was that the Americans encamped under the
soulherly brow ofihe hill--thus enabling their
enemies to take them at disadvantage. a part
Of the strategy of war in those days was 10
keep out of sight and as it is quite uncertain
how large portion Of the battle-ground was
then clear Of wood, il may not be well TO call
in question the military knowledge displayed
on the occasion. Suffice il TO say that, carly
the following morning, large British force
under the command Of Generals Phillips and
Reidsel came in sight. The meeting was ap-
parQuflu II II. r.
Halle surrendered his regiment without firing
gun; but Colonels Warner and Francis par
AIDED their men and gave the British warm
reception. The battle lasted nearly two hours
in one form and anoiher-ihe Of iect Of both
parties appearing 10 be the possession Of the
brow Of the hill. So well directed was the
fire Of Col. Warmers men who occupied the
right, that the British line broke and gave way,
but il soon reformed, and, receiving reinforce
menis. charged and broke the line Of Col.
francis's regimen, at the point Of the bayonet.
Sill, Warmers men were picking of the red
cnais, in the language Of veteran who used 10
tell me Of the battle in my boyhood days.
"abou, as fast as they wanted to-" when the
order io wheel 10 the left was understood to
retreat" and that line broke also. Had the
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Bureoyne were marching as prisoners to Bos-
ton.
The ground where the battle was fought a,
HubbardIon Is calculated By nature for a strong
defence. 10 tho comparatively unsettled state
Of the country at the time, il commanded al
most the only opening from Ticonderoea into
Western Vermont, through which an Invading
army could pass and had Gen. ST. Clair Ia
ken less council from his fears, he might have
maintained II against much larger force than
that under Philips and Reidsel.