, 1877-08-16

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slight put upon h!na III the Continental Con-
Eres*. was ser.ua'Ied t. accept the command as
duty which l.e owed lin soun,sy IT. AZ hour ..
great need. Cot. Warner, ;vhu .ya. stationed at
| Manchester. called far tEe 60 ooperatfon of the
inil!;ta sH Hampshire and Wo., est.r Counties,
',, s,ite ,:r:ey and ttuthtny ob;s:re i,
sufficient 10 ,tahd tle enemy" Stark .eh.
on w: troops which he. recruited to Man.
r'se.l there TO take command, he found aboa:
| 1.4p men, zoo Of w1,on, had been recruited by
t"' Marner. Warner left Ills regiment tn eon,.
| man,l y! Lsent.-Co; Stafford, and xcnt with
with forcr nf i.Uol Or i.2Jb men. co.nno.cs!
partly ut New HnnIpshsrc aau partly of
" Vermont 1' tFov2;. TI!s measure. undertaken
n!ent oscasianct by the proxlm',yo o: Burgoync's
army. aroused the country peopls. and recruits
came Il. daily, hume Ut thtra uniformed ami
:one u them unarsnc,l. but ali read; and eager
| y meet the snemy. Tn the l5.n Of Algu4t
ranted as far as Cambridge. zen. 4 force Ut
~ n,eu, under command oi Leut..Co:. Gregg.
| 10 attack them: and I'll the aan1e dar the Coun.
eii Of safety. being anpr'scl Of bausa's ap.
ot tic State militia to rally their men, At once,
IL Remington.
Meanwhile, .Baum's expedition was on the
:aafel!' on tue evening Of the 18th It was
joined by d!ty ehasscurs, sent forward hg Hur-
Eu5Ac a. reinforcement: OF the f3thEt reached
Cainb:l,lae, caI,tnrfng cattle and supplies, aud
tas1n3 shs guari prisoners; and on the 14th It
fsaehtd Van sehask.s Mill, finding there Cot.
baum, first learned VI tho formidable fosIe
assembled At Bennington to contest his
adYanec, aud IN rsspontc 10 lis represents
ttons IN this point Burgoync. on the 15th. ssar.-
eu out large fostc, consisting OF company 81
yat,ers and n battalion Of chaseeuss and grcna-
.lier. under col. Brcyman. to support the cx-
on Tic 14th Stark started out from Bennine.
ton With all the forces, At fis con,tnan.l, lIrst
ggntitng word to Manchester to bring up this
Warner regiment. Fire miles frous BennIng.
TN LIE met Col: uregg sesrea.iuE before Baum,
~ nnd ,,la Immediately G,,, hre~ UP hts forces
taek. lauE'. however, preferred to act oa the
defenstyct and hating bis troops on The heights
Of tue "alloomsa<:. devoted the whole ot the
next day, which was rasnv, 10 strengthening lis
dsleascs. This work lie continued late Into Tie
night, aud. feeling anxiety Us to the result os
the n'orrow's engagement, tie sent word 10
breyfan 10 hurry up his forcc. The Amer
iean>, meanwh!ic, were making their plans
!os the attack. Early In the morning u tie
ifth i sual! rctnfor. cment arrived consist
lug Of militia iron, BERKSHIRE County. l4i by
Col. Silnoads, aud continuing III its ranks
By. Thotnas Allen, the lighting parson from
| altogethcr n0uut 800 men. Thrce hundred
rucn, led b5 Col. Nichols. we're detailed to TAKE
wide circuit tbrouga tue woods norihwasl VI
the Dr.tIsl' retlosat ana gail, = position at the
Col: 1lcrrtck. were. detailed to laake
similar circuit southwark a,ll gain a position
In tEc rear ot Baatn's rlght-the two
diVistons to loiu and colnmcucc the attlck. TO
divert attcas!on frufn these movements the main
boly Of ths A'ngriean force took up positions In
| front of the Turr and Bri&Ist. trcastworl:s.
knowing weli every lnch Of tie ground. the
forces unter Nichols and 1err!ck had no trouble
In caEFyfE out their part vi the plats; mud they
reached the rcar oI thu euctny, willie Stark,
'sto asnuse The uerluaus," u tlu said, marched
a port[un Of his forec rounI and round a
slre..lar hlll, thereby irving an exaggerated
relwrts uf rife shots sese heard frosu the
rear of the Bsitftl, shuwin. that Nichols AMI
licrIlck Lad got tu work. alil immediately Gen.
Stark, pointing tlrst to thu brcastworlss aud *.
claiming, My men. those are your enemies,
the rcj-coats and the Tories; W. must conquer
them Of to-nsht Aiulllc Stark will be
widow" gave the woEl 10 advance, aud hts n,ea
iii. nsfriyk's force Lad driven IN thu
/ sion. and the vigorous attack IN tho trout
Euyc tic British TIC impression that they were
surrounded. Ilc indians soon slu'.k Mway In
spite OF Banm's rrt'onssranlcs, but Ills owu
.ticu fought With courage ant pluck, hoping
constantly for rctnforrctnents from Brcytnan.
at length tho tutnhr. which cortntucd their
Amertcans immediately dashed over tlle par
npct aud engaged Il hnnd-to-tland cs-
bayonst. naum's. forces waycrrl. ind gaYe
way; baum himself was tnortally rounded, and
ill the survivors OF the force were taken prison.
cfs, except y detachment OF about thirty, wh,rh
broxc through tho American ranks and lied into
tho fnrcst. Tic At.critnus, III this encounter,
1ouslt with desperate yalor hardly to be TX
pcrttd tc uniraiucu yeOnanry.-adsnnclng
Within few pnces OF thc loaded canuon, IN
lcststs.
uvcr tas q tae piane1iag tss
cncmy's camp, atd some IN Charge Of pFlso.s-
]unctutu Col. bteynan's large and frcsl, forcc.
Ss. 11I shsS :rfi 1sS, RaS h4a 20 apspns
learned u Baun's defeat, but lad co,nc III,
In response to his call for help. Tito Amcri.
can ranks were IN great confusion, and
sc with ea atay sa was atS as 9
treat. and his men were beginning to yield
ground bcfoTe tue enemy, when wur.l came that
Col. WaFnsr's REGIMENT, numbering lU men,
day before and half thu night, aud reaching
Bennington Il little after noou, starteo nj ones
for thu battlefield. The arrival Ut Warnesa
men inspired the Americans with trrsll
courage, but breymuu attacked with 80 ulueI,
yIgor and used hs ramon With such effect, tt,at
ut one time the battld seemed to be lost for the
patr,o,s: ,prcyman's ammunition, howsveE,gaye
out. and his eannon tcascd firing. Then tue
fctrcated, leaving behind their dead and many
OF their wounded. stark pursued them u TAI
as Sancoik Mill, anil then Withdrew bis 1ncn gu
account Of the darkness. Tho british loss In
Killed, wounded, aud prisoners. wa. 9al, while
The Americans lost only thirty Killed and forty
wounded. The British lost also four brass
teld.p!cces, with ammunition wagons, 100 stand
Of arms, atil other military arcontfrinents.
Thta Ii, In brlcf tue story VI tue battle which
IL to b. cognmemoralcA a. Bennington with
soug mud speech anl ,nany joyous aunons.ra.
lions this week. Tbs tite. was one IN every nay
worthy tie pon,p aud display which will al
tvud the celebration Of the ono hnndrcsi anut.
vrrsary. Although the Americans outuuln.
bpred the BritIrh anil had the advantage Ut
meeting the two fore.s opposed to then, sinEly
and beating then, In detail. it u not to be for.
gotten thai they we're untraincd yeoManry, aud
this cuemy iu their discipline, u heir equipment,
and Ia their position enjoyed superior
advantages. This WIZ tho urst time that tl,e
patriots had stor1uetl tntrrnchments in the {aes
II Iannon and nu6ket tftc 'rha e i nln,f VI a