The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-01-19

So be detailes Colonel smith Win
force Of eight hundred men 70 al it
But the patriots we're on the look.
Iout. They had men to watch the
British and tell them of very thing
THE British did. Among the yoIun-
teer committee to watch the British
were Ebenezer Dorr, Henry Knox,
Jaul Revere, Adjutant Deyens and
hr. Hall, who kept grog-shop.
On the evening of the eighteenth
woman came into Mr.. Halls eroe-
shop. She was drunk, and like All
drunken people, her tongue was
loose. Shewent up to Mr.. Hall and
said, ~Thc soldiers are going QUITO
Concord tonight" Mr.. Hall thought
Out to Concord! Why the cannon
and powder is there" Mr.. Hall
called his apprentice, William
Baker, and told him what he had
heard. William ran out and told
Adutant Deyiens. then rowed across
the river to Charlcstown, went and
told Deacon Larkin, who had fast
horse, and asked him for the horse.
The Deacon ran to the stable, sad
died and bridled the horse for him.
A friend Of Paul Revere came over
the river that evening and said to
Paul; Il have something to tell
you. The British are going to Con-
cord tonight, to destroy the stores
there Paul said: 'eThey win not
find US all asleep. If they go by
land hang a lantern in the tower o.
the Old North Church, and if they
60 by water, hang two. When | see
the light, | viii mount horse and
ride through the country and arouse
the people,
So he crossed the river thai night
into Charleston, and with deacon
Larkin's horse awaited the ignal.
The clock struck nine, ten, eleven,
and still not light. He said: Per
haps they are not coming tonight"
As he spoke he saw glimmer then
a CLEAN Of light shine from the
tower of the Old North Church. lie
put his foot in the storrups and
turned, and bright on his eyes fell
the second light. He sprang into
the saddle, and was off. He rode
through the country towards Con-
cord, following; up! Up! The
British are coming! Up! Up.
Defend your honest" He passed
Medford at twelve o'clock
reaching Lexington at one. He
was stopped here but a friend sue
reeded in reaching Concord.
General Gage tried to keep the
raid secret, and he was surprised at
it being found out so soon. When
Colonel Smith found out that the
people were informed Of his move
'nents, he sent back to- Gage for re
Inducements, and after sending
Major Pitcairn forward to capture
the bridges at Concern, he marched
on towards Lexington. The Major
obeyed his orders promptly, reaching
Lexington on the morning of the
nineteenth. He found seventy or
eighty men standing on the COM
mon. The men did not move. They
that the soldiers had come
to arrest John Hancock and Samuel
Adams. who had fled at the first
alarm. The soldiers marched up,
and Major Pitcairn. in his coarse
rough voice, said: "Dispesc, We
williams; ye rebels. disperse; lay
down your arms" But they stood
still, ''too few to resist, too brave to
run" Fire" said the Major. The
soldiers fired, killing seven and
vounding nine of the Minute Men.
Parker, the captain, seeing it would
be a massacre, ordered his men to
disperse. In little while Colonel
Smith arrived with the rest of his
command. and they resumed their
Journey towards Concord.
The alarm had already reached
Concord. and the Minute Men were
assembled on the common awaiting
the British. But seeing that the
British outnumbered them four to
one, they retired to hill above the
town. and waited for reinforcements.
Colonel Smith placed a force of
one hundred men to guard the bridge
while the rest hunted for the am
munition. The men on the hill
could look down and see the soldiers
plundering their homes and destroy
INC what stores they had. Between
nine and ten o'clock the patriot force
increased to four hundred and fifty.
The patroits decided to advance and
enter Concord. When the British
saw them coming they began to take
up the boards in the bridge, and to
prevent this, the patriots quickened
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