Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-07-08

j mgton was IN the thick or 1t. Sey-
/ moir. who had followed him closely
until the general broke away In the
smoke to lead the charge, lost sight of
him for moment enveIoped as he
/ was In the dust and smoke OF the bat
tie. When he saw him emerge from
the cloud, waving his sword, and be-
held the enemy giving way on every
side, he spurred up to him.
Thank Godv he said. "Your excel
/ lency is safe"
Away! Away, my dear Seymour"
he cried, land bring up the troopsl
1 The day is our own
10 the day of his death Seymour
never lost the splendid impression Of
that heroic figure, the rudy face
| streaked with smoke and dust, the
eyes blazing with the JOY of battle, the
excitement Of the charge, the mighty
sweep of the mighty arm. Mawhood's
men were indeed routed in every di-
rection. Most of them laid down their
arms. A small party only under that
intrepid leader succeeded in forcing
/ it's way through the American ranks
/ with the bayonet and ran at full speed
/ toward Trenton under the stimulus of
/ hot pursuit.
Meanwhile the Fifty-fifth regiment
had been vigorously attacked by st.
Clair's brigade, and after short ac7
ton those WHO could get away were in
/ full retreat toward New Brunswick
The last regiment, the Fortieth, had
not been able to get into action at all.
A part of it fed in panic with the re-
mains of the Fifty-fifth toward New
Brunswick, holly pursued by Washing
| ton with the PhiladeF ia City troop
/ and what cavalry he muster, and
the rest took refuge in the college
building in Princeton, from which they
were dislodged by artillery and com
i PEELED to surrender. The British loss
was about 500 in killed and wounded
/ and prisoners, the American less than
/ 100, but among the latter were many
valuable officers Colonies Haslet and
| Potter, Major Morris, Captains Ship
/ pen, Fleming, Talbot, Neal and Gen
| eral Mercer
After following the retiring and de-
moralized British for a few miles
| Washington determined to abandon
/ the pursuit. The men were exhausted
by their long and fatfguing marches
i and were in no condition to make the
/ long march to New Brunswick Most
of them were still iii equipped and en-
/ tirely untitled for the fatigue and ex-
posure of further winter campaign.
Even those iron men must have rest
/ at last The flying British must have
Informed Leslie's troops, six miles
away, of the situation They would
soon be upon them, and they might
expect CORVALLIS with his whole force
at any time. He drew off his troops,
therefore, and, leaving strong party
to break down the bridge over Stony
brook and impede the advance of the
English as much as possible, he push
ed on toward Pluckamin and Norris
town, officers and men thoroughly sat
fstied with their brilliant achievements.
Early in the morning the pickets of
Corvallis army discovered that
something was wrong in the American
camp. The guard had been with
drawn, the fires had been allowed to
die away and the place was as still as
death. A few adventurous spirits,
cautiously crossing the bridge, found
that the guns mounted in front of 1t
were only "quakers'' and that the
w
decamped silently and stolen away be-
fore their eyes! MY Lord CORVALLIS,
rudely disturbed from those rosy
dreams Of conquest with which a
hooking spirit had beguiled his slum-
Der, would not credit the first report
of his astonished officers, but investi-
| cation showed him that the "old fox
was gone and he would not be bagged
that morning NOR on any other morn
ing, either! But where had he gone?
For time the perplexed and chagrin-
ed commander could not ascertain,
The Americans had vanished disap-
peared-leaving absolutely no trace be-
hind them, and it was not until he
heard the heavy booming of cannon
from the northeast, borne upon the
i frosty air of the cold morning about
sunrise, that he OWNED the brilliant
plan Of his willy antagonist and dis
covered his whereabouts. He had been
outfought, outlnaneuvered, outfanked
and outgeneraled! The Disguised Brit
ish were sent back over the familiar
road to Princeton, now in hotter haste
than before. Els rear guard menaoed,
perhaps overwhelmed, his stores and
supplies in danger, CORVALLIS pushed
on for life this time. The English
officer conceived healthy respect for
Washington at this juncture which
did not leave him thereafter.
The little distance between Trenton
and Princeton on the direct road was
passed in a remarkably short time by
the now thoroughly aroused and
anxious British. A little party under
command Of Seymour and Kelly
which had been assiduously engaged
in breaking down the bridge over
Stony brook was observed and driven
| away by two fleldpieces, which had
been halted and unlimbered on COM
manding hill and which opened fire
while the troops advanced on run;
but the damage had been done and the
bridge was already impossible. After
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