The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-22

| thing would happen to indicate that some OK.
cited minds had forgotten the orders Men
order TO move on had been given. some would
continue to fire at Will when orders were given
on as near to the programme as could be ex-
pected.
AN ORDERLY RETREAT.
Troop A was the first to give way AS tho at
tack Ing force came up the troop marched off
70 the right IN nnd r9d9 e., eaek and around the
here until ther ture TO- enter nto Se
mannuvres again. Naturally of course the
other men In front would have fallen back
overcame the defence. but. il this course had
been BE-. ni f9llowedia the retreat which had been
than a rout, in which ali the '' regiments nts
mould hfSs fnss EisbtS
Twen.y, second and Twsifth ioowed. III" ro,
treat very SLOW The men would rush
on the ground and pour volley after yolley Into
the advanSins ranks b OF the enemy The latter
would start of again. This movement was Ssy re-,
peated until tho reserves were all back at the
northern end Of the Geld. and part Of the line
across f the e Sf from T hs
foot Of the bill on the left side to tho extreme
In the mean time the seventy first and the
Second battery had been playing part which
ns t. be H the
ond battery had begun firing as soon as the
the tS rs iRlewn snt
o the s 1t %h. had ,hs me
fantry began to retreat the battery began to
fie again quite rapidly In order to cover the
retreRt. There was great excitement on the
hill op. Capt. W ilson kept running from one
gun to the other. instructing the cannoneers.
BLOWN FROM HIS SADDLE
'See that officer on the white horse ?" he
n n n N off haE nn
ern force. blow that cuss out OF his saddle"
The cannoneer took careful sight and pres
wasn't unseated. hut there was no doubt 10
the ne, mind q "a, any one present that he would
THE sEvKNTY-FIRsr BRAVES THE SWAMP.
work q anybody on the aeId, In spite Of the I
Ale. p In the general orders Of the day
IT, s T Sewn n's and %r sHy OF =,
their stomachs while they banged away at the
pna w'h and R Al rs q
They fired by patoons. by voIey. and at VIII
One man was endorsed ana another let his
horse get away but both animals were quickly
About the time that the retreat Of the North
Seventh, Regime nt was seen approachinG with
laak; istashmsnt Of he rive i'm was ' har.
and a Iietachment OF the Twenty second m owed
os ito the
active. and II could be seen that many OF tho
men handled their pieces gingerly, as though
they were getting hot
The seventh seemed to be closing in. and.
over under the hili. where the Second battery
was 81 a;ioned, the enemy's battery had adj
yanced Tho Scycnty-irSt came down the
Hill in hurry and restei on tho railroad ON.
hankment and to the right OF 1t, Then the
Northern force began to assume the defensive.
To the mn nstrnctcd 1t looked as though they
had been forced into corner and were fight
Ing with grim desperation: 1t looked. too. as
though the result OF it and the result
OF their fierce showing was tho cool
ing OF the ardOr OF the attacking force.
aud when the latter gave way and began
slowly to retreat every non-military person
look ing on was ready to wager that the North
ern force had frightened them or and com
PEELED them to go back. Once the advance OF
the Northern force was begun. it pressed so
hard upon tho enemy that the latter was soon
on its way back across the field.
THR TRIUMPHANT ADVANCE.
The section OF the Seventy-nr first which had
gone into the swamp and had been forced
back. now rushed under tho railroad bridge
again. crossed the swamp and followed the
fleeing enemy to the very end OF tho field The
Twenty second. Twelfth. and Seventy first
regiments We're formed In two lines with one |
battalion Of zach regiment In tho 1rst line and |
one OF each regiment In the second line in the /
march back asross the neld, The Eighth Reg