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ever, lie formed his troo ops. and pre-
pared to charge thn Anne ricans who

were Calmly awaiting his ATTACK.
81 With ashout which rang and echoed
through The surround ing! forests l,rs, I,
1 1.-THE British troops sprang &c forward
I at the command to charge. II was was
i a beautiful sight; and the sun, as It
shonea out bright and clear upon
d their brilliant, Informs, and was re-
4 fected from their FURNISHED arms,
4 leptsits aid to enliyen and beautiify
4 the scene. With, determined, bra,
! very, they received the fire. OF the
/ rifleinen, pushed forward foSthe sec
onds line, upon which they delivered
/. a mnrderous disc harge of muslxet;rr,y5.
and driving them back, attacked
A the main body, under Col. Howard,
7. and the contest became severe and
sanguinary. mistaken order
caused the Americans so9fall back,
and Tarleton, believing that victory
was his own, ordered a charge with
the bayonet The movement Of the
Americans was SO far under control,
/ however, that, upon an order from
Howard, his men wheeled, and
poured in 4 destructive FIRE upon
their pursuers, which laid many a
Briton!l low, and caused their line to
wayer and recoil. This was the pro-
pitious moment, and Howard, fol-
lowing up his success with the bay
onet, drove the enemy iii confusion
before him. In the meantime, a
Epo1tion of Tarleton' S cavalry had
got sofar in the rear as to fall in
with, and engage, a part of the
American reserve, composed Of Nc
Calls mounted militia. That officer
gave a good account Of them, and
Washington coming to his aid, they
drove them back in the most mex
tricable confusion. The defeat be-s
came rout, and the British, who,
SO short y time before had anticipat-
ed q complete victory, were now fly
ing III dismay before the victorious
Americans. Down the Mill.gaplo. road
they fled horse, foot, ana Dragons
each and all anxious to avoid the
descending blow from0t the yenaeful
arm of their pursuers. Five hun.
Edred prisoners, with all their bag i
gage, artillery, and other arms, they
left in the hands OF the victorious
Americans, who were not slow II IN
following UP their advantage. Cor
Washington, at The head Of his ca
yalry (who were mounted upon no.
bic Virginia horses, far surprising
Those Of Tar]eton's troopers fol-
lowed hard upon their footsteps, de-, !.
termined not to give them an oppor-
tunity to rally or reorganize their
shattered forces The Colonel
was mounted upon asplendid blood
horse, which had borne him on many
a holly contested field, which ell-
tered with as much enthusiasm into
the exciting chase as his rider, and
he soon ontstripped his squadron,
who were some hundred yards or
more in the rear when lie overlook
the rearniost Of the fugitiyes. Wash
in gton was too muchts interested III
the pursuit, however, to notice the
fact that he was unsupported and al.
most alone, but dashed forward into
the thickest Of the melee. carleton
and two of Ills aids, at the head Of a
troop Of Dragons who where among
the crowd ofretreating Brito5ns, took
advantage of his impetuosity to
turn upon him, hoping, doubtless, to
take him prisoner or, at least, to
make him pay dearl y for his temeli-
ty. The Colonel did not hesitate ey.
en- for. a moment, notwithstanding
the fearful odds against him, but,
confident that his men would sup
port him, he singled out Tarleton,
and charged boldly, nay, rashly, III.
to the group, surrounded him.
In a moment he was engaged in a
hand to hand conflict withTarleton
and his aids, and Il few seconds MUST
have decided SO unequal contest
against him. Meantime, however,
his men began to LONE mp, and his
orderly, engaging the officer Oh his
left, disabled his sword arm. and
freed the Colonel from one of his en-
enies. His little bugler, coming up
on his right, wounded the. other aid
severely with a pistol shot--the lit e
fellow was unable to WELD 4 sword
andthus left him only Tarleton to con
tend with. Like enraged tigers. the
respective chiefs now engaged, and
rapid as lightning from the noun
tain cloud, the cnt and thrust, par
~ and guard were interchanged. At
lenght the British Colonel receiyedl
a severe cut across the back Of his
right hand, which disabled him, and |
he wheeled his horse and fled, and
as he did 50, drew a pistol, which he
discharged at Col. Washington,
wounding him in the knee. Here
the conflict closed. and the pursuit
ended. ,s#.a 4; ..ss l;st
Tarleton was twice rallied on the
subject. Of the wound received at the |
.Cowpens, by two sisters, Mrs. Ashe,
and Mrs. Jones. In the presence Of
the first, he. sneeringly remarked,
81 should like to see this Col. Wash
sington. ~ Mrs. Il. instantly replied,
"Had you looked behind you, Col.
Tarleton, at the battle#of the Cow.
pens, might have enjoyedt that
pleasure. Tin company, where
Mrs. Jones was one ofthe party, he
was expressing his contempt for the
Colonel, BY calling him !; low, bred
illiterate fellow, when Mrs. ]. re-
piled to him b. saying, s Oh ought
to know better, Col. Tarleton, for
you bear on your person proof that
he knoWsVery we'll how to make his
marx. Z He was highlyaincensed at
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