The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-05-20

result of that shot Major ncttutk,
order ran along the line Of mtliti,
anl minute men. the word "t'ire!'
Fire - ctno fIon Il hun lie ! lips
anl gen ral di,chtrga Instantly fpl
lowe | from the \mcrirIn5. They
fred as they stood, AMI over cacl
others heads Tdo rusillllo eJniin
ued fox few minutes only when tn.
British broke and i,l in gre,t rlaru
md confusion. Noah parabust
one Of tao Lincoln mal, stil t. on,
Of his comrades. NOW tno wax ha.
( begun, aud no one knows when il
w,ii cnl
The ire OF the Americans Was l.,
structiye Two Buj-h soldiers wcr,
Instantly hil.cL Four officers Lieu
I tenants Gould, Hll sunderland
aud Kelly, aud sergeant anl si>
'priyatcs. were repJ tot to have bocu
wounded ut the slme time. Il hl-
never bocn utciuuuiy a5e.itiur
how many priyatc5 sultaroi ia tu!s
engagement More than u dozen
hal their wounds drcssa in thn vi
lngo hy DIS Miu)t api Cummings.
ali. OF cJUrso, tAelU WsIe Surgeons
with tLc cypaiitilWuy fltc3. L,ut
OF the troops were c,Scro with blood
~ They passed the Luts.s ON then
retreat b tAr village, aui wlrl seen
in tins condition FROM tine windows.
The 81 lien Hight OF such veteran
soldiers showed that tho li.c Of tn
Americans must have been very so
vorr.
Over the remain ter or the ron | the
British were driven baf1rr iIe
Americans liz" sheep, api hld 10
ran the gun;Iaj.' 1t w.ru lt'a
for life with tncm Tho highway
WIS lined with Americans. wh 80 ne
curatc aimed generally produced the
desired rc-nlt. Thoy were accus,
tpmai rs inllyilIlli, tn the hand
ling Of guns they were shprp.shuot.
crs they ha been taught IRON clr.
ly youth f. hit an Indian, or II wolf
or wild cat. on q plrtrlr re. nj si.,'i'.
they cpull hit higher game warn
necessity AMI patriotism forced il
upon thcn. They umlo up in cpur.
u 90 an accurate sip ting whit th.v
lacked IN military organization ami
discipline Most of them wor, with 4
III, curtridrc9 and clrtriig go boxes :
they had To- rolv uppn muslnt- and
'pw.irr horns. With thir mi.it,rv
lriiI. the British could prrhpus. luni .
mi ire more rIpi ily thuu the Ameri
ANS, but { with the SAM cX,c ltion.
~ the British soldiers fired from the
)r'ast and not from tho shoulder
WIN this experience as mark-men,
he Americans intercepted the enemy
u every point aud ut every tiYn on
hn,highwNY, Shots were ire from
,)stion the Americans would fall :,
,lck run forward across the folds,
AT repent the mauRdvre q. q lower
,,int ON the roaj. Their Knowledge
II the country gave tham this i'm
nonse advantage, while the British
yerc compelled to koap together ON
ho highway, which made the retreat
mJro dispstrDu5 one t. them. T.,
,uy one can imagine how terribly
hey suffered in all these engage,
ncots, ambasctles, and akilmi,hoS
N that bright AMI glorious day for
imcrica. Several of the enemy We're
.illcl near Viles tavern Colonel
smith was wounded in tho leg at
'iskc's lin, AMI Mai Or Pitcairn hit
n the arm AMI unhorsel there. His
h1rger, a iiaa animal, mr over the
i.lls, ridarloss, till captured by an
AMI with the acroutre.
nants, was subsequently sold ut auc-
ion ia Concord Captain Nathan .
}lrrctt bought the hosllers anl pis-
obs, mukol with P,tiliyn's name, .
nd gave them to General Israel
'utuau.