New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-17

Close y. Steady now u ana the step Is h.te
auckened. KuOx's twenty men the right coming
down to the beach hUd they must wade in two feet OF
Buffers column on the left cross the brook urn
10 the left straight toward the ferry and tne right flank
OF the enemy. Who will get The first shOti Knox gets II
before reaching the wafer sharp hdsn quick report
irom "A sergeanPs picket down near the Deach III Just
1920 Another slot and another. shout IN the hill
The RAPID roll OF drum, hundred cries on the hill,
Fall IN Fan III, men Fan IN Aud stun the Drum
rolls. TINS is surprIs Those scOundrely deserers
that left reconno tenR party last week told them
something. Aye aud Tue order DOCK lound In tine lori
tells The force to DC armed and equipped and ON the
works al 0, and Ne on tnelr arms NO mater we are
hill. d" In Battery |" Heavy wheels uundle up and
chuck against ne reyetment. grea, aish lights up
whole hill, = blast risnt down ID our faces And
another the twenty FOUNDER and shower of
grape AID canister fly nign. Yes, thank God little
nigh with whish l. and a rush right heads,
ping aud wnaekng down the Dech ana over III the
marshes.
The long suspense over the fight begun, and with
a veil OF relief officers shout their men 10 the
charge. through the wa'er and tne marsh mud, and
scIanbling up the rock and bushes. rapidly spatcr
ing musketry fire. deadly than tue NOISY CANNON
Bogus 90 whistle the balls AROUND our 1.
tremendous and lncessant hce, SAID wayne. There,
with Ihwack MS breast ike whip, a man falls;
ana another But nOt fact yet The darkness helps u.s.
their infantry also fire nigh ana via We are doing
wei men splendId, my OOys! Go on! GOoni II is
fact tell you: soldier iIuiPs command deliberately
stops aud Degins 10 load. Back to your place. Come
on saw" snouts lieutenant, with upifIed sword
don't understand fishYng without hring. says tue
scends the man falls dead. Look! those artI
lery men work well They have opened on
Butler on the rlgnt, and the nine guns play
their liveliest. Muriree has come up well Into
The marsh toward the foot OF the hill, ANA opens
vigorous fire upon tnr eeDire-tne only flashes tat
COME from side. Knox aud GlDDOAss i0rOfn hope,
have torn away pam through the HOsttis ANA rusn
forward second lne. DE FieuIy follows close
with hundred, and now the inpeuOus Wayne rushes
up 10 the front. And he Is Mad Anthony" But
with every aeri, in instant he balances AL
chances ana dulles while apparently Wild with tne
fierce Uutcry winch puts nre IN the veins OF has mon
the second abaltis Is passed Tnty reach the diieh
Just the fierce whirwind oil his JOY. as the certainty
victory hasnes on him, YcnJnOus bullet whistles
along aud rakes furrOw of Two inches IN Wayne'h
head and slnkes him down Ike sleuge hammer. IIo
thought y death, bit staggering % his Loot sup
ported ms $50 gallant boys ais aids fishDOurn AID
Archer he waves MS spOnOOn directing his olvetging
columns 10 tnen several points Of attack They pun
up pcketN, They pass around TO the
sally port the OF tie cnemys
tremc lett. and wlIirl the ehepnz de JTiSe
Mcgs comes next aud Hull strikes the brrasworR fur
fer to centre chambers up The fierce
hide FrenchmAn, The luture Field Marshal OF France,
leaps upon the paIapet. shouting Toe fort rs ours.
Close b. nm, but second, - Knox. 1nen Ser
goant Baker, OF Virginia, but tumDles over vita four
wounds. Tnrn the fourth man. Sergeant Spencer Of
Virginia mIls twice shot Then Sergeant DOnlOp OF
Pennsylyauia, counting himself nth falls twice
wounded. But they are IN. All tongues loose aud
thousand men repeal the cry. THE fort IL Ours" Oar
all along the parapeis aud rush in around
every corner; through every emDrasnre. The
shrd enemy fail back men, without "a HhO rush
on them with the bayonet fieary "a at the flagstaff.