The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-08

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ting into the camp, butchered the sick
and stragglers. Barefoot and half
clothed men were stuck like pigs.
Il was not a battle. but massacre
the massacre Of PaOh, IL was called by
the Americans. That such a surprise
should have been successful at such
place is astonishing, for PaOh was
within two miles of Wayne's home, and
he knew every foot of the land for
miles and miles around. So harsh was
the criticism TO which he was subjected
that Wayne asked for a cOurt-marttal.
Colonel Hampton was active IN sup
porting the charge that Wayne was
negligent, but the court decided that
Wayne had done everything a prudent
commander should do to prevent sur
prise, and he therefore was acquitted.
little later, at the battle Of Ger
mantown, Wayne retrieved himself no
blv. He led the attack on Howes CEN
ter. and if it had not been for the stupid
interference of Major General Knox he
would have routed the British. AS it
was. he drove Howe's best troops two
miles through Germantown and had the
enemy. in disorder when, by KnOx's or
der, he had to turn back to attack six
companies of British troops which had
been cut off and had taken refuge in
Chew's house.
Monmouth.
At Valley Forge the following winter,
while the furnishing and ragged army
of Washington suffered untold agonies,
Wayne devoted all his spare time to
study under that great drill master,
Steuben. and when in the early summer
the British ministry ordered Sir Henry
Clinton, who had succeeded Howe, to
eVacuate Philadelphia and take his
army TO New York, Washington held a
council of war to decide whether it was
advisable to risk a general engagement,
fifteen generals, among them Lafayette.
Steuben and Lord Stirling, voted NO"
and two, Wayne and Cadwalader, voted
Fight" France had recognized the in
dependence of the United States and
French fleet was coming to assist the
Continentals. The British feared the
force Of Clinton would be cOOped up in
Philadelphia and starved into surren-
der by the allies.
1t is said Wayne went into the cOun-
ell of war with a book in his hand and
took 10 part in the discussion, reading
calmly while the others argued that the
Continental army had no chance in
general engagement. It is said, too,
that when he was called upon to vote
he said, Flight, sir" and resumed his
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question, for Wayne was not the man
to show such contempt or discourtesy
TO others in such q crisis.
Whatever the facts are, Washington
voted with Wayne and Cadwalader and
fight It was at Monmouth. To General
Charles Lee, who as senior major gen
eral had been granted the right of
meeting the main body of the British
force, Wayne was assigned with his
command OF the Pennsylvania line.
How disgracefully Lee acted on the
field, ordering a retreat when his men
We're eager for battle, is a matter of
history. But Wayne had no thought of
retreat. He stationed his men in an
orchard and held the British until
Washington arrived. Charge after
charge was made on Wayne's force, but
the Pennsylvanians held their ground.
Not even Monckton's famous gTena-
diers could drive them back. The men
who had been drilled by Wayne on the
SHOWS Of Valley Forge showed them
selves the masters of the finest body of
troops Europe had produced, and they
saved the day at Monmouth.
In the light of the work of Wayne i'm
that battle, IT is strange. indeed, that
Wayne should be Inundated a few
months later. Perhaps his ouJspoken
criticisms of other officers and of var
ious politicians caused it, One of the
officers he was unsparing of was Cen
eral st. Clair. It was st. Clair who
had superseded him at Ticonderoga,
and Wayne charged that st. Clair, who
was 2 spectator only at Monmouth, had
interfered with him in that battle. To
the surprise and disgust of many per-
sons, st. Clair had evacuated Ticon-
deroga on the approach of Burgoyne.
and at the battle of Monmouth he was
without a command. But he had made
q suggestion to Washington regarding
the turning of the British left at Tren-
ton. which was a mastery bit of strate-