Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-07-26

speaking in French, : j die in the hands Of
honour itself (g) After his wound had
been dressed, he was carried from the fort
to the Whitall house, and placed in the
room now occupied BY Ann WhitaH Chap
ter D. A. R., but he was much disturbed
by the, noise and groans of the wounded
soldiers who were all over the house. Ann
Whitall who had been tenderly caring for
these wounded soldiers, came in this room,
and seeing Donop's condition, advised his
removal to Lows house, three-quarters Of a
mile distant, beyond the Woodbury. dam,
where there would be more room and less
confusion. He was carried there, and was
faithfully attended BY M de Manduit,
with whom he conversed frequently. =
= He asked for paper, and wrote a letter
which he delivered to de Manduit. req uiring
Of him, as the LASS favor, to acqualnt him
when he was about to die. M. de Manduit
was soon under the necessity Of acquitting
himself of this sad duty. 1t is finishing a
noble career early, said the colonel, hut
die the victim Of my ambition, and Of the
avarice Of my sovereign" (g)
Colonel Donop had been an aide-de- camp
Of the Landgrave of Hesse- Cassel, his
sovereign, with whom he was a fayorite.
(c) He was sent to America in 1776, in
command of two companies of Field Yagers
(h). According to she records, detach-
ments of the Yagers Corps were concerned
in every engagement in which the Hessians
took part. (i) In the attack on the fort
at Red Bank, Donop commanded in person
the centre division, which was composed Of
Mirbach's regiment, and at the head OF his
men attacked Fort Mercer on the south
side, and crossed the abatis before he was
shot down. When the Hessians retreated,
the Yagers wanted to carry their wounded
commander with them, but according to
the journal of the Yagers Corps, Donop re-
fused to be carried off the field (c) After
the battle was oyer, he was carried wound
ed and helpless, into the fort he had so set
his heart on capturing. He died October
Doth Zone week after the attack in his
thirty seventh year, and was buried with
military honors. His death was greatly
mourned both in the army and at home. y
(k) Other writers say Donop died three
days after the battle.
Lieut. Colonel Minnigerode who COM
commanded the right flank, and whose
troops were the first to enter the abandoned
Notifications, was wounded, and not killed
as narrated by some writers. According to
the Hessian records, he was wounded at
Red Bank, and Gaines New York Gazette
of October 25, 1879, says he died at New
York October is, 1879, two years after the
battle of Red Bank Captain Wachs and
Captain Stendorff of his battalion were also
wounded at Red Bank. %
Lieut. Colonel Scbieck was killed, and
Lieut.. Ruffer of Mirbach's regiment was
wounded where Colonel Donop FELL (m)
Lieut.. Colonel Linsingen who command
ded the left flank, and who assumed COM
mand when Donop and Minnigerode were
wounded, lost Lieut.. DuBuy of his bat
TALON killed, and Captains Von STANFORD
Won. Eschwege and Leutenants Prcde-
mann and Won Eschen wounded (n). Fif-
teen of the wounded officers, found like Do
mop, upon the field of battle, were conducted
by DeManduit to Philadelphia, where he was
very well received by General Howe ca
The following officers belonging to Do
nop's troops were also killed: Captains Won
Brogatzky and Wagner, Lieutenants RE
mann, Won Wurmb, Hille, Won Offenbach
and Heymel (o)
The American force consisted Of four
hundred men, and their loss was fourteen
killed-one captain, five sergeants, one
ffer and seven privates, and twenty three
wounded-one ensign, two sergeants and
twenty privates. One captain who went
out to reoonnoitre was captured by the
Hessians and carried off as prisoner.
This is the only victory the Hessians Sc
cured that day. (p)
The Hesslan force has been variously esti-
mated. Colonel Bradford reported to
Presidents Wharton their number as fifteen
hundred. The Hessians claimed they had
twenty five hundred, but this number
probably was used to overawe the Ameri-
loans, and scare them into surrendering.
The Hessian authorities admit their loss in
killed, wounded and missing to be six hun
bred and fifty. (q)
In conclusion it may not be uninterest-
ing TO record that the journal Of the Grena-
dier Battalion Yon Minnigerode asserts
that Donop had received orders not TO at
tack the fors until the 23d. in order to give
the English frigates an opportunity to en-
gage the American galleys. (r) But as the
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