Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
FOrLOve of
Country
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Author Of The Grip Of Honor" ''The
Southerners," ''Sir Henry Monssn.
Buccsneer,' "a Doctor Of
Philosophy" Etc.
Z Copyright, 1925, bB Charles Seribner's Son


hlttI ioliON lHS tue TetlTllS anu uc-
moralized British for a few miles
Washington determined to abandon
b pursuit. The men were exhausted
by their long and f~atiguing marches
and We're in no condition to make the
long march to New Brunswick. Most
of them were still i'll equipped and en-
trely untitled for the fatigue and ex-
posture of a further winter campaign.
wen 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 a 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 Morris
town, officers and men thoroughly sat
isfed 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 it
were only ''quakers" and that the
whole camp was empty-the army had
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 m~orning-nor On any other morn
Ing, either! But where had he gone?
For a time the perplexed and chagrin-
ed commander could not ascertain.
The Americans had vanished-disap-
peared-leaving absolutely no trace be-
hind them, and II was not until he
heard the heavy booming of cannon
from the northeast, borne upon the
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, outmaneuvered, outf1anked
and outgeneraled! The Disguised Brit
ish were sent back over the familiar
road to Princeton, now In hotter haste
than before. His rear guard menaced,
perhaps overwhelmed. his stores and
supplies In danger, CORVALLIS pushed
on for life this time. The English
officer conceived a 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 yer
Stony brook was observed and driven
away by two fleldpieces, which had
been halted and unlimbered on a com
handing hill and which opened fire
while the troops advanced on a run:
but the damage had been done and the
bridge was already impossible. After
a futile attempt to repair 1t. in which
much time was lost, the indefatigable
earl sent his troops through the icy
water Of the turbulent stream, which
rose breast high upon the eager e
and the hasty pursuit was once more
resumed. A mile or so beyond the
bridge the whole army was brought to
a stand by a sudden discharge from a
heavy gun. which did some execution;
1t was mounted in a breastwork some
distance ahead.
The army was halted, men were sent
ahead to r~econnoiter and a strong col
deployed TO storm what was sup
posed to be a heavy battery. When
the storming party reached the works
there was no n there. A lone thirty
two FOUNDER, too unwieldly to accom-
pan the rapid march of the Ameri-
cans, had been left behind, and Philip
Wilton had volunteered to remain. aft
er Seymour's party had passed, and fur
ther dslay the British by firing 1t at
their army as soon as they came In
range. These delays had given Wash
ington so much of a start that Corn
wallis, despairing Of ever o%vertaking
him, finally gave up the pursuit and
pushed on in great anxiety to New
Brunswick, TO save, If possible, his
magazines, which he had the satisfac-
ton in the end Of finding intact.
To complete this brief resume Of n
Of the remarkable campaigns of his
tory, Washington strongly fortified
himself on Corvallis flank at Norris
town, menacing each Of the three de-
pots held by the British outside New
York: Putnam advanced from Phila-
delphia 10 Trenton with the militia.
and Heath moved down to the high
lands of the Hudson. The country
people Of New Jersey rose and cut Off
scattered detachments Of the British In
every direction, until the whole of the
field was eventually abandoned by
them. except Amboy, Newark and New
Brunswick. The world witnessed the
singular spectacle of q large, well ap-
pointed army Of veteran soldiery un-