The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-23
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fell first upon the charging line sweeping
in like Q hdal, WAYS Of red death to
crumple our skirmisherS before It.
'Lordr' says Richard; 'if Yeates and
! the Indian come alive out Of that s.
But the outliers closed upon our first
line in decent good order. firing as they
| could: and in less time than It takes to
| write It down the onsweeping wave Of red
| was upon the Carolinians. We looked to
see the militia ire and run. home-guard
fashion: but these men Of PickenSs were
made Of more soldierly stun. They took
the fire Of the assaulting line like veterans,
giving ground only when It came to the
bayonet push. 80
"That fetches It to u.s." said Richard,
most ccolly; drawing his claymore when
the Carolinians began to come home like
spindrift ahead Of the wave Of red. Then
he had a steadying word for the men of
his company. and hearty shout and .
curse for some Of the Georgians who had
cut around the tanks Of our main to come
at their horses in the rear.
But the lads assertion that our time
was como was only half prophecy. The
Marylanders, with the yirginians ON either
flank. stooG firm. giving the onrushing
wave a shock that went near to breaking
It. But the British were better bayonetted
than we. and when It came to tho iron
our lads must needs give ground sulienly.
fighting their way backward a. q stubborn
assault fights it, way inch by inch for
ward.
Here come their reserves" said Dick,
pointing with his blade to q second red
limo forming In tho farther vistas Of the
wood, "LordI shall we never get into Il ?''
Twas just hero that an order sent by
Colonel Howard to his first company,
directing It to charge by the flank. came
near costing us . rout. The order was
Observation-Disclosures received at the pre-
else moment Of < the upcoming Of the
British reserves-and the Maryianders fell
back. In the turning Of . leaf our entire
fighting front gave way and what Of tin
Georgians there were.left In the melIay
made a frantic dash for the horses.
At this crisis John Howard saved the
day for Us by shrewdly executing the
most difficult maneuver that IS ever es-
sayed by Q feld oflcer in the heat Of bat:
tie. Suffering his men to drift backward,
until the enemy, sure now Of success. were
rushing on In disorder to give the coup de
grace, he gave the quick commando:
About faceI F1rei Charge!'
saw the volley delivered In tho faces
Of the red-coats at pixies length range;
saw the Virginians on the TANKS bend to
encircle the enemy: saw tho rout transfer,
itself at the roar Of the muskets from our,
side to the recoilinE British. Then: I
heard Dicks shouted command. Charge.
them, ladsl they're sabering the Geor-i
giansr'
A section Of Tarleton's horse had. hewed
its way past our flank and was at work
on the militiamen scrambling Tor their.
mounts. At It We went. with our. BRAVE
Colonel . horses length ahead Of the best
rider In tho troop, pistols banging and
sword blades whistlins. and that other
curious sound you win hear only when.ths
cavalry sngages-the heavy dunch OF the
horses coming together like huge living
missiles hurled from catapults.
Twas soon over, and the enemy, horse
and foot. was flying in hopeless confusion
through the open wood. Our troop led NJ