The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-07-07

ACIoSo buO ULOW vi TUE NIL laid
a large log, four feet in diamater
which Captain Wagner, of the
Virginia Rangers, resolved to taks
possession of, and with shoulder
ed rifles he marched a party Of
eighty men to the spot, leaving
only three men on the way. and
at once throwing themselves be.
hind it they opened hot fire upon
the enemy, but no sooner were the
flash and report of pieces perceiv.
ed by the frantic mob behind
than a general discharge was
poured upon the little band nv
which forty or fifty were killed
and wounded and the rest COMPEL.
ed to fee. By this time the after.
noon was we'll advanced, and the
whole English line surrounded
The ammunition began to fail
and the artillery to nearly cease
its fire. The baggage was warm.
ly attacked, and an Indian run.
ner was sent to the fort with the
tidings that by sun set, not an
English soldier would be left alive
upon the ground.
Still, gathering counsel from
despair, Braddock disdalned to
yield; still, strong only in this
point of discipline, his soldiers
died in scores by his side, palsied
with fear, yet without thought
of fight.
THE RETREAT
At last, when every aide but
Washington was struck down;
when vast majority of the officers
had been sacrificed with a reck.
lessness and sublime devotion
that surpasses the power of Ian.
guage to describe; when scarce a
third of the whole army remained
unscathed, and these incapable of
ought save remaining to die or till
the word to retire was given, at
last, Braddock abandoned all hope
of victory, and with mien I'm.
daunted as in his prOudest hour,
he ordered the drums to sound the
retreat. The instant their faces
were turned the frightened regu.
lars lost every trace of their suS.
tanning power, and the retreat be-
came headlong flight" Despite
the efforts of the officers to the
contrary, they RAM" says Wash.
ington "as sheep persued by
wolves, and it was impossible to
rally them"
WOUNDING OF BRADDOCK.
Beneath a large tree standing
between the heads of the northern.
most ravines, an while in the act
of giving and order, BraddOck re.
ceived a mortal wound; the ball
passing through his right arm into
his lungs. Falling from his horse,
he lay helpless OH the ground, sur
rounded by the dead, and aban.
doned by the living. Not one Of
his "trained regulars on whom be
could rely for all purposes" and
"who had served with the DUKE
of Cumberland" could be prevail
ed upon to stay his headlong flight
and help bear his wounded com
mander from the field. Col Orme
endeavored to tempt them with
purse of sixty guineas, but even
the offer of gold could not stay
their fight. and they rushed IN
needing on.
Disguised with such cowardice
and his heart swelling with de-
spair, Braddock refused to b
moved, and babe his faithful
friends who fingered at his side
to save themselves. He declared
that he would leave his body Oh
the field; the scene that had wit
messed his dishonor should bur!
his shame. With manly affection
Orme disregarded his commando
and a Capt. Stewart, of Virginia
(the commander of the Light Horse
with another American Officer
Fastening to Orme's aid, BraddOci
was placed first in a tumbril, and
afterwards upon fresh horse and
thus bore along in the midsto
his fugitive troops. Orme and
Stewart seem to have cherished
sense of duty towards their CON
mander which did not permit theI
to desert him for a moment Will
life lasted.
1t was about five O'Clock in u
afternoon when the English absn
doned the field. Pursued to ID
waters edge by about fifty s''
ages, the regular troops cast troI
them guns, accoutrements, az
even clothing that they might q
celerate their flight. Many wei
overtaken and tomahawked her
but when they crossed the rive
they were not followed.
| Soon turning from the chas
the glutted warriors made haste
their unparalleled harvest
scalps and plumber.
The proylncials, better acqualN
ad with Indian warfare were les