The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-07-21
The Losses in the Battle
Torture of the Prisoners
A Terrible Scene-Dlsmay
at the Defeat,
Written for the CITIZEN by CHAs. L.
SHIPLEY, Pikesville, Md
ARTICLE FOURTH.

pany. At the first fire his horse
was shot down and he himself
severely wounded. Falling be
meath the animals body, all his
efforts to extricate himself would
have been in vain bad not his sol
diers "for the love they bore
him." rushed to his relief. and
while many of their number were
shot down in the attempt sue
ceeded finally in bearing him in
triumph from he spot. Snch Incl
dents as these are enough to
brighten a thousand darker
shades of character.
Among the most distinguished
of the dead was Sir Peter Hal
kett. of Pitferan, Colonel of the
Forty Fourth, and a gallant and
sagacious soldier, and one if
whose advice had been followed.
would have saved Braddock his
terrible defeat. His two sons
were lighting by his side when he
fell One of these, Lieutenant
James Halkett, of his own regi-
ment, fastened at the moment
to his aid, and with open arms
bent to raise the dying form of
his father, but pierced by an
Indian bullet, his body dropped
heavily across his leaders corpse.
and father and son lay III death
together.
THE LOSSES IN BATTLE.
So terminated the bloody en-.
gagement of the Monongahela,
a scene of carnage and butchery
which has truly been described
as being unparalleled in modern
warfare. OF the l, 400 men, of.
ficers and privates, who went
into the combat, 456 were slain
outright and AZ were wounded;
making a total of ST. men placed
hOrS al combat.
Of the SO commissioned officers.
So were killed and wounded-not
a solitary field officer escaping
unhurt. The summing up of the
losses in detail are as follows:
Killed, General, l; Secretary, l;
Colonels and Lieutenant Col.
onels, l; Captains I; Lieutenants:
IL; Sub-Lieutenants, and En-
signs, 3; MidShipmen, /; Sur.
geon's Mates, L; Sergeants, II,
Corporal, and Bombardiers. is;
Gunners, Boatswains Mates,
Drummers, Mattresses and pri.
Yates, 295, total, 456.
Wounded, Colonies and Lieu.
tenant-Colonels, ,; Major. l:
Captains, Z: Lieutenants. Is:
Sub Lieutenants. 5; Chaplain.
/; Quartermaster, /; Surgeons
Mates, .; SergeantS, 20; Corporals
and Bombardiers, %; Gunners.
DrummerS, Mattresses and pri-
Yates, 341, total, 42l.
The number of women and
servants killed cannot be ascer
tained as they were not entered
on the roster of the army; Ger
tain it is, however, but three of
the latter were spared.
As for the Pennsylvania wag
Oners, they escaped to man.
At the first onset each driver cut
loose his team, and selecting the
best horse, fled with headlong
precipitation. In fact of the
whole number who originally
set forth, but two only failed in
getting home, one died of dis
ease, and the other was scalped
on the march.
The battle was fought on the
afternoon of Wednesday, July
9th. yet such was their haste,
that at 5 A. NJ, of Thursday,
their leader, rushed into Dun
bars camp with the dismal It'd
Ings that the whole army was
destroyed and he himself the
only survivor.
The enemy's loss was inconsid
cradle, being but officers killed
and two wounded; also 2 cadets
wounded, and 25 soldiers and
savages slain and as many more
wounded. Besides the artillery
abandoned by the English to
their victors they lost everything
that they had with them save
the clothes that they had on
their backs and the arms in their
hands. One hundred oxen that
had just been brought up; all the
wagons, provisions, baggage and
stores; the military chest con-
tanning e25,00 in specie, and
the Generals cabinet with his
instructions and private papers.
These last were transmitted at
once to Canada, and their con-
tents soon made known by the
French government to every
court in Europe, as eternal mon
uments of perfidy to Great
RrItain.