St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-05-15

front Of the British works, il was de-
tern.ined Gu, the 14,h to carry them ty
storm. and accordingly two attacking
parties, Que Aue,ican. led by Lafayette.
with whom served Al,x. Hamilton as
Lieutenant Colonel, the other French led
by the Baron de Viotnenil, toward the
close Of the day ru>hed upon their works.
and, though receiving a hot and rapid
Ere. r-furiied n6f single shot, but car.
rird them at the pciLt of the bayonet.
Hamilton lesairg the American column
with his battalion Of light infantry. These
captured work Icing cow included in the
Second parallel, the fire upon he fort be-
came 81 6erce ;h.t surrender seemed un-
avoiiable. y vigorous sortie, led by
Lieut.. Col Abe. cr5i. be, was ma 10 On
tAe 10Th Of Oct, Der, but was t.iuuph:nt-
ly rcpulsrl. ami Lord Cornws!li> then
conceived the desperate plan If passing
his force ov,r TO Gluuchcstcr fc;nt, AID
thence, III uniting them as best he might,
by Impressed horses 20 {, rec his way
through Maryland to PHILADELPHIA. \
pa:: OF the army were actually thus trans
tcrrcd, " hrn violent storm arose, which
put All ei, to the transportation Of the
rest Of the army, aud as soon as possible
those sent over were brought back. Gu
the morning OF Toe IL The FIRE to the
Allies became 80 hot that the pla,;.: w-s no
.ouger tenable: ali. l. IL Coruwallis asked
cessation Of hostiiities for twenty -four
hours, aul the appointment of Commits
tp treat al surrrpI
Gen. Washington replied uhat only for
two hours cOu!d lie consent 10 suspend
hosti.ilic>, and transmitted at the tiuie
such articles of capitulation as he would
be willing to grant. Commissioners were
Appointed in conformity, on the 18Th Oh
both sides fiscount dc Mouilles and Col.
1.aurcus en- IL, side Of the Allies, Col.
Durdas aud MILO Ross, on behalf of tue
English They agreed upon certain arti-
Giles: of which rough copy only was
made, bu: this Gen. Washington trails
mittcd to Lord CORVALLIS early on the
18th, expressing his expectations that the
terms would be agreed to and signed u
IL o'clock and that the garrison would
march out by 2 ?. III. Accordingly al
that hour the posts Of Yorktown aud
GloucLe.tcr Point. with their garrison,
and the ships in their harbor with their
seaincn, w,re surrendered to the land aud
naval forces Of America aud France The
army, rt.llery arms, military chest, ali
public stores of every kind, were surrcn-
dcrcd te Gen Washington-the shirs and
s"anrcn to Count dc Grass; the total mum
ber of prisoners excluding seamfn, rather
exceeded I ,UGU men, among whom ", re
two gclcrals, thir'r-one ield-ufficers. three
hundtcd and twcnty-six captains and su-
baltcrns, &c.
The NEGOTIATION for surrender was open
Ell the el vcnlh day after breaking ground
and the caiitulatiou Was sigu.l on tic
thirteenth day.
The mi!itory and naval forces surrcn-
der as 'rri 1ers of war-tle artillery,
arms, accUutrt tm,n:s, AID nj iiary ch, ST
ard pull;c stores of every denomination,
to be delivered up u!,imp ircd the gar
riSon TO march nut at . o'clock, to !. place
ap; oi,i, d i'll front Of the post, with shuul-
dcrcd arms, colors ca>ed, and drums heat
ing-th"y 4rs then 10 ground ia r. ar...s,
ai.d return to their cncamIm..t oicers
and soldiers to keep their private proper
ty, AID 10 part Of .heir baggage or papers
- Lc sui.jecr 10 search or !rsp,e tiou.