Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-26
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were found crouching close under the para
pet, where the balls would go oyer their
heads. The poor fellows could not fight
without support and feared to run away.
They were taken into the fort.n (c
Won Eelking gives the following account
of the battle:
the two mortars on the right and in support
of Minnigerode's battalion and the Light In
fantry Won Mirbach' 8 regiment in thecenter
Won Llnsingen's battalion on the left, Won
Lengerke's battalion. and some Yagers on
the Delaware to guard against landing
and to protect his rear Before each battal-
ion there were sappers and hundred men
carrying hastily gathered fascines led by a
captain.
ssDonop at p. M. sent summons to
surrender with threat of no quarter, if it
was refused and received reply that the
fort would be held to the last man. AS
the report was shat very few men were seen
in the fort, Donop decided TO attack at
once, and made stirring address, to which
the men replied: ssWe'll change the name
from Fort Red Bank to Fort Donop," and
put himself with his officers, sword in hand
at the head.
'sThey charged CALAMITY, but soon found
their road broken by deep bitches, and
could move only singly; they were met
with sharp fire in front and flank from a.
covered battery and from two vessels in the
river. Still the troops pressed on; Won
Minnigerode had taken the outlying re-
doubt by storm; the Americans at first gave
way, but soon stood fast, and before their
fire Donop and Minnigerode and many
other officers fell, casting dismay on their
men.
Colonel V. Linsingen succeeded to the
command and did all he could to restore
order, but the Hessians fell back in disorder.
Dead and wounded were abandoned, and
Won Linsingen brought the little remnant
of under cover of the night, and on the
next afternoon reached Philadelphia.
''The fault lay with Howe who had re-
fused Donop's request for more artillery,
had not supplied the necessary utensils for
a siege-not even sending storming ladders
or any means of scaling the walls-had
taken no means to learn the nature Of the
position, and had as usual, shown too little
respect for the enemy . (a) Isl
Half an hour after sunset-the sun set at
eleven minutes after five o'clock that day
Lieutenant Colonel Linsingen, who by the
wounding Of Colonel Donop and Lieuten-
ant Colonel Minnigerode, became the senior
officer gathered his demoralized force, and
beat hasty retreat along the Hessian Run
Road, as it is called to this day.
When he arrived at the junction Of the
Kings highway and Park avenue in North
Woodbury., finding himself hampered with
the wounded, he sent the more seriously
wounded of them into Woodbury., where
they took possession of the Friend s Meeting
House on the crest of the hill and also Dept
ford School House on Delaware street, now
the Public Library building. The wounded
soldiers who died in Woodbury. were INTER-
cd less than hundred yards away in the
Strangers Burying grounds nearly opposite
Wood street. Some OF the wounded who
did not return to their battalions
but secured work with the farmers in the
county.
Linsingen's retreating force became con-
fused in the darkness when they reached
the Clements Bridge road, and some of
them continued on across that road at Yves
cottyille till they reached the Almonesson
road aud marched through Almonesson
and MechaniesYille, finally stopping at
Blackwoodtown. ~ Others took the
right hand road after crossing Timber Creek
at Clements Bridge and brought upat Chews
Landing, but the greater humber kept to
the left after crossing the creek and finally
got back to Haddonield, which they had so
proudly left in the morning. The next
day, October 23rd they made their way
back TO Philadelphia, footsore and weary,
thankful to escape from New Jersey.
Mickle says that the Hessians who re-
treated by way Of Chews Landing were met
by a company Of farmer boys near the Land
ing, and held at bay for some time. This
detaehment had with them a brass cam IN
which they are supposed to have thrown
into Timber Creek at Clements Bridge. ~
After the attack and repulse, M. du Pies
sis Manduis, the French engineer, who
served as an aide to Colonel Greene, wish
ing to replace some palisades which had
been torn up, sailed out with a few men
and was surprised to find about twenty
Hessians standing on the BERN which is