Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-06-09
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dered their success Impossible. then
the chivaIrods Sterlin9. N tba iofti.
ess spirit Of self.sacrifcing patriot
ism, ordered all but five 6 comDanies
of brave Marylanders to retreat to
their lines as they best could, while
he and his ferlorn hope few at the
advancing host with unparalleled
bravery. Washington, witnessing
this act of sublime courage from
within his lines, wiring his hands in
agony, and exclaimed. Sa7 iaazl
-stMy GodiagEV hat brave men must
| this day lose 9''es1o iasol tgd saoa
|sasFOr teno minutes Sterling main
tanned this hopeless conflict. At
length, when surrounded by the foe,
ne an and his noble band fed to the
woods, where they. were cut; 10 pieces
or captured. Among the latter was
Sterling. Only nine of the heroic
HIarylanders succeeded IN reaching
o,,. I;0oa s-iio1-Sli,II = st.t = sSt1
The victorious English now ap-
preached our works, but were met
with such fire of cannon and mus
kerry, however, that they took e6un-
sci of their discretiOn3 and thereby
escaped g repetitioRl Of their expe-
Fiencel at Bunker Hilk1r-T Thsy quick
ly retired beyond the rsngezof mus
kerry, and their generals set about
planning measures TO stack our
lines by means of gradual approach
es with artillery. . liai ~
lao Knowing that the British would
certainly invest his position With
their feet, and starye, If they could
not foree,g him to submission, Wash
ington wisely resolved to remove his
suffering, half-starved forces from
Bro0klyn as soon as aspessible. gd
Having formed this perilous pur-
pose, he executed il with eonsum-
mate skill. Providence favored, his
plans BY sending heavy winds and
drenehing rains for the next two
days. This bad weather, together
with The indoIent carelessness Of the
epicurean Lord Howe, prevented the
English from ehergetically pushing
their intended works, and kept their
feet at anchor. With wonderful Sc
creey Washington had eansed every
aFailsble vessel iRy1NeW 7 Yerkstea be
at the landing at Brook yhBafter
dark, on the evening 9iof the 29th.
Then, with prompt decision he made
regiment alter regiment march with
stealthY step and hushed. voices to
the shore The wind, which. was
high and contrary at first, soon died
down, and became favorable, after
eleven o'clock. His brave boatmeu
teiIed all night long, unbeard and
unseen by the English sentineIs.
About daybseak a dense fog spread
oket1the scene, as if sent BY ProYl-
1deEce to protect our cause, like S
pillar of cloud in, the rear Of che
hancientGIsFael's army and by seye9
O'Clock the last Of that army of
eight ofinine thousand men left she
shore. Not a serEiceable gun, not
a wagon-load, of ammunition, was
tleft behind. Not a man was lost,
except three vagaboads who had tar
ried in search of p1undeF. w ash
in gton himself was among the last
| to leave the landing stairs.
Great was the astonishment of
the British at about ten O'Clock, to
| find that their defeated prey had es-
capped from their grasp. No doubt
they counted themselves yietors.
Nevertheless, in view Of their i'm
mense superiority in nHmberss iq
supplies, in discipline, in everything
that contributes to conquest there
was little cause for boasting, either
| in. the lighting of the 97th OF the
retreat which followed II. ,r;-3ge..
They had killed and wounded 25e
Americans. They had captured $50
more. /, But their success had cost
them SAC killed and wounded men.
It had also taught them to respect
the courage of the Lien they bad to
conquer, and to comprehend the fact
that their trained generals had been
ontwitted by the eousummate skill
of Washington. General Greene
remarked with truth: Considering
the difficulties, tha retreat from Long
Island was the best effected retreat
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