, 1881-09-07
NEW LONDON, C0Sy
Celebrating the Centenn,o,
Battle Of the Revolu. VI
ton,
Sham Fights and Nnyo, n,,
Att'l to the Other Attruc.
tfOns,
Sixty Thousand People Partto,nst. !,
the Festivities Of the
Day.

Sefsfdt Dnpafta 10 The chi,4ao 7+t,,u.
NEW l"sNn0S. co,,n., Sept. n-Tbo . :.
Win thick fog, which a light wind ;.s opsaed
wcat partially clcarei bYsa. III, ,tota..i aon its
people ecaan to arrive. l.y to there wo.s naas
Rhthorc'I. which were further a,,c,,cn,", i'hM
ut .ioon Go,o wcrc In tho city. A, III, uaf
NeRltnent Connecticut National t,u,n,s 'alna
Go' rahbs acting M fIenetllct Arnb,d. S,,sn Sna
wv aslr"'sherst WHO represented TIM r,o''
hcnthl mlltt'a, stationed ut tho st.c Of rnr, w. @
WIS followed by the capturu Of rnr, "ru. n.y. I5l'
aud the city. The iirsuy waa In S.ua0oIl .'',1
ttsnc. 4 ahnm light on tho ,yc,, 'f'e''la s
following tho flrltIsh lluo ar n,,,a' nhk'
WIS extremely flnc. At 10 n. N. Inn nv. 'aEes'
0nd. aud Fnurth Regiments iande,1 hsto.. '.s,
FoFe Hrsswola and dcpiuycd to tho rn,,,r..a.l w.
tho cemetery, whcrt rep1sc tho lon.4 nj ~
yard and iEany of his fa!low.u,nrtyra ~ n.a'
they wcro greeted by dtschurgv If v,'n. ,.ets ,N
,tht fort. They e''s '''sa
FohMEp IN ATTACKING 1ISrR.
First. Coi. lHrbonr on tho rivlt. s.ro,,
9rahntn III tho centre; Fourth, t,p1, rrotnt .n.h.
loft. Tho ftlr,s. huy!nx finished OF, ,ha ....
bank. crnssc,1, ind formed IN tho e,trcin, ,'
At fa:aS. everything being rrnsly Tho oar,n" ,r''
began uver tho rcl'gh slopes runutnr vn.,,s.s.
to tho Tort. On can,o tho s,l,er, ,h.'.
guns Elc,t'ntug md ila9a stralght n I,'. ~.
wind. Tho rclonbt anti rms some yunl, ,rn,' NV
tho fort wore soon captured, Then I'M 'S. 1n.
swept OH over fes1ccs at,d ruuks ,ln,tl wtbIo tHs
fahHe' tlese boka'1 Il roll of nnl,skctsy, thop7e.
cisIoh belux such M veterans usually sbu,
Lieut.. l!lss+ OF tho regulars, Insisted byc,m
.'aslles H. l'atllatn; with volunteers from tleou
responded with II rapid discharge pf at,tJlstT
n1f{V fnIt4kittH nnd Tim tiI1 s1aFn
showed Il VIM mid determination that M,
worthy or the aay; hit tho forcc ayaiaz. them
WIS too hcnvy. Having Rhown the p,ytlcIpns,
Of his troops 't' s'n'Il-nrm nsc, Geu. s,nln
musscil tho1n for
4 r,,s,1 ~ r,,,, ,,,,r
A, ,,,o ,,,.o, % .,.,s'..'.,I',,. w. a.,. f.''si'
al tho order -"chur9e:" fur regiment
swept forWNri aud NlrHcd nert,ss tho ditch o,r,
tho xrass- grown yotls, their up,onrute r.o,' n
them yIth snirit nni ,lri,t,, n u,.s.'a
- tr, a "0"'''s 't'aHt"'y aalI
ovcrpowerot. Tho entire shaln lights aBs II.
saults wer1 etnincntIj' slIeccssful. rrtprtIr,
1uuur un Lieut., T. II. il,tss, U. n A.. whn rcnrs
scntea col. Ledy..rd: W. ii. T,lh.' Tho @ ArnSa 1S
VI uie uuy; zen ainlths ce'lhafer or the csa'
ncctiout National Guards, who ltes' The pIa,v
0f COL Eyre. The fort sap p;urcsl the rponI s,uvot
tbo TINT where snect,I nr.vnr rnr In 49,
dent was otforc,l By thu ltpy, DR.. Iaron n, NJ,
Huycn. 4 cbuu,a of FIN vn,c. Inn, xur, ..n.
.s,,ot,,,,,, ~: ;, t,".. ra'H tDs
tnl,tw,.1 rhon KrIir,,a An,rrl,,,,r, ti,n, ~ w.
.s' .". ~. ~, '.,' " 'ae
enor"s; ~ poesa " Mts. c"ok: "aly e"s'itry,
Ills uE Thee," W tho ehorus; tu'iatc by mitlts.t
.vrvo r,,,, ,,nr ~, ru nv NIT, ,,n,,,,.o
-eos" ~ W.. -, ~ ., .sn'H y" w m4otAa
Werc uesl; ". Il. saertaall. tf"S. l'stlefr'd, ot
len Ansm, a. Mst:oox ,n,',',t,cr or ss'mvrs,.,;
No,v y,rr n,,I mnnv ot,,or. :, H., 1ls,'on.I.
~" ao'A. ~" "''.'s "'n''s .',. ,'.u ",''urn
MINOR OF Ibis corps beltR Os,. \; Il. Hnta,dr
l1nIteL Stutrs Xeunttur. a. lin trnt wouj
,,ot hn,, al, .,r ~. ,,,o,,e nun. IN. ,,o,n.
us ".'a ~" -. o pS"s. ',4.'' '',s.'"ut ,s