Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-24
The Battle OF Banker Isi.I.

Irs saianel Ns8 O !, IN Asrpei's hass-lhe Ter FJuiV'
| will not try to tell over again
the story of the battle, for it is in
every school history. 1t is enough
now to know that at one o'clock the
British army landed in good or
der at Moulton's Point. and immcdi-
ately formed in three lines, while
the barges returned to Boston for
more troops, who arrived at three
that the British, some three thous-
and strong, advanced upon tho
American works; that they were
driven bsok with terrible slaughter;
that they advanced again, with tho
flames oftfe burning town to vail
their movements, and We're again
repulsed; that they rallied again
with 'reiuforcemcnts against tho
Americans, who were not only worn
down with labor and faStiug, buf out
of ammunition and at about fve
o'clock, after the bloody conflict OF
an hour and n half with raw volun-
teers, These picked soldiers OF the
isriiiSh army took possession on tho
hill that served them for a retreat on
the famous 18Th uf April, with moro
than thousand dead and wounded
az the price of their victory, among
these 22G being among The killed.
Tho Americans had l0i killed, 27l
wounded and 30, captured or 4il In
all. in force probably not exceed
ing 800 men actually engaged.
The British, by the most truthful ac-
counts, had less than four thousand
engaged on the field, according 10
Mr.. Richard Frothlngham's exec.
lent history Of the battle, bat he APP
parently doesgnot enclude thc'saiiors
and gunners in the British ships who
were 80 active in the fight, and who
killed the first American in the fort.
That was q sad evening for Boston
and all the people around 1t. The
sun that went down in splendor be-
hind the ruins OF that burned town,
after that day of summer lovellnoss,
shonc upon a GoIgotha Of death.
British and Americans who had
been in arms against each other were
one now in the pain Of wounds, the
agony OF bereavement, and the ncrd
of the Divine Comforter. The
chimes Of Christ,s Church did not
probably ring out after the din OF
battle had ceased and night.came on,
but they must have tolled when
Major Pltcairn's body was brought
there for tho burial service and IN
tered under the church. He was Z
bravennd kindly man, who had APP
parently been misunderstood, and
identified with acts of atrocity which
he abliorroa. His name heads the
large list of British officers who vera
BILLED or wounded in the baltic
thirteen killed and seventy wounded
proportion 50 large as to put this
bottle on footing with the carnage
Of Quebec md Minden. The loses
an the american side were not 30
many or 40 conspicuous; but one
man fell whose death was life -
liis companions and his cause, and,
with All allowance for local and per-
sonal friendshipand patriotic exages-
atlon, there Is - doubt that when
Br joseph Warren died, New Ing
land lost iis martyr, and America
had hero who fought for her hence
with weapons that are not cafDai,
and with il yalor that knows no Wea-
rinesa, aud wants no food nor clothes
er arms. Warren was noble man,
and did great deal for the patriot
..anse, bnt his life aud his death
meant more than he or any body
else knew at the time. lie was, a..
az We shall see, text ont oi the
l,ook OF humanity and Of God thas
history Was then enrolling.