The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-12-07

have fallen to man, had not the ar.
rival of fresh troops at this critical
juncture turned the state OF an',irs
As it was, little more than 4 third
pant of our picket survived: the re,
! mainder being either killed or taken
and both Charlton and myself, though
not dangerously, were woun t.
Charlton had received heavy blow up
on the shoulder which almost disable |
him, whilst my meek bled freely from
thrust, which the Intervention of 4
| stout leathern stock alone hindcred
from being fatal. But the reinforce
ment gave us all, in spite Of wounds
and wearinest, fresh courage, and we
renewed the fight with alacrity.
In the course Of the struggle in
which we had been engaged, we had
borne considerably out of the line Of
our first position, and now found that
the main road, and the picket of the
rifles, were close in our rear. We
were still giving away for the troops
opposed to us could not amount to less
than fifteen hundred men, whilst the
whole force on our part came not up
to one hundred-whcn Captain Harris,
major of brigade to Colonel Thornton
came up with an additional company
to our support. Making way for them
to fall in between us and the rifles, we
took ground once more to the right,
and driving back body of the enemy
which occupied it, soon recovered the
position from which we had been eN-
PEELED. But we did 50 with the loss of
many brave men, and among others, OF
Captain Harris. He was shot in the
lower part of the belly at the same in
stant that musket ball struck the
hilt of his sword, and forced it into his
side. Once more established in onr
ditch, We paused, and from that mo
ment until the battle ceased to rage
we never changed our attitude.
1t might be about one o'clock in the
morning-the American force in our
front having fallen back; and we hav-
ing been left for full half hour to
breathe, when suddenly the head of a
small column showed itself in full all
vance towards u.s. We were at this
time amply supported by other troops,
as we'll in communication as in reserve;
and willing to annihilatc corps now ap-
preaching, we forbade the men to fire
till it should be mingled with us. We
did even more than this. Opening a
passage for them through our centre:
we permitted some hundred and twenty
men to march across our ditch, and
then wheeling up, with Il shout, we
completely encircle'l them. Never
have witnessed 4 panic more perfect
or more sudden than that which sciz .d
them. They no sooner saw the snare
into which they had fallen, than with
one loud voice they cried alond foI
quarter; and they were to man made
prisoners on the the spot. The read.
er will smile when he is informed that
til" 'i'fl" corps thus captured consisted!
en;!rr.v Vt III, .nbers of the legal pro
fession. The barristers attorneys, ,nota
res of New Orleans having formed
themselves into volunteer corps, ac
companied General Jackson in his op
erations this night; and they were all
without solitary exception, made
prisoners. 1t is probably needless tc
add, that the circumstance was pro
ductive of no trivial degree of m;rth
amongst us; and to do them Justice
the poor lawyers, as soon as they re
covered from their first alarm, joined
heartily in our laughter.
This was the last operation in which
we were engaged tonight. The enemy
rcpulsed on all sides, rctreated Will
the utmost disorder, and the whole o.
the advance, collecting at the sound OF
the bugle, drew up, for the first time
since the commencement of the affair
in continuous line. We took oul
ground in front of the bivouac, having
our right supported by the river, an(
our left covered by the. chateau ant
village of huts. Among these latter
the cannon were planted; whilst Other
divisions, as they came rapidly up, tool
post beyond them. In this position
we remained, eagerly desiring a renew
al of the attack, till dawn began to ap
pear, when, to avoid the fire of the YES
sci, the advance once more took shel
ter behind the bank The first bri
gade, on the contrary, and such por
tion of the second as had arrived, en-
camped upon the plain, SO rs to resi-
their right upon the wood; and a chair
Of pickets being planted along the en-
tire pathway, the day was passed in :
state of inaction.
| hardly recollect to have spen
fourteen or fifteen hours with less com
fort to myself than these. In the hun
ry and hustle OF last nights engage
ment, my servant, to whose care | ha'
entrusted my cloik and haversnck ,ha,
, disappeared; he returned not durin:
the entire morning; and as no prov
siOns were issued out to us, nor an,
opportunity given to light fires, wa