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

among the most substantial people in
Pennsylvania Like Washington, An
thony Wayne started life as surveyor.
When he was 20 years old he went as
the representative of a Philadelphia
syndicate to. survey a tract of 100000
acres in Nova Scotia, which was TO be
opened to settlement and its coal and
iron mines developed.
Two years before the revolutionary
war Isaac Wayne, father of Anthony,
died He was an ardent patriot, and
neither he nor his son had any doubt
as to the troubles with the mother
country leading to war. Anthony, in
anticipation of the coming conflict. be-
gan studying Marshal Saxe's Cam
paigns and the Commentaries of Caesar
on the Gallo War. After the battle of
Lexington he studied every Work on
military tactics that he could obtain.
He was elected to the committee of
safety along with Benjamin Franklin
Robert Morris and other prominent
men, and when Pennsylvania raised
troops Wayne was appointed colonel of
the Third battalion. There were few
men who went into the continental
army who saw more service than
Wayne or whose work was spread over
so wide a territory. From early in rs
until months after the surrender at
Yorktown he was engaged and he took
part in battles from Quebec, on the
north, to Savannah, on the south. He
got his share of wounds, too, being
wounded twice in the battle of Ger
mantown, once at Stony Point, once in
Georgia and once at Yorktown.
The ili-starred invasion of Canada
gave to Wayne his first employment in
the war. he and his regiment being sent
to reinforce Sullivan and Arnold. 1t
was folly to expect so small force 10
accomplish so much. butt to add to the
troubles of the invaders. nearly half the
force was stricken with smallpox. IN
its weakened state the small army met
BurgOyne in the battle of Three Rivers
That It was not captured was owing
to the splendid work of Wayne's bat
talon. 1t was Wayne who covered the
retreat not only at Three Rivers, but
all the way to Crown Point and TicOn-
der0ga.
At 5randywine.
In the spring Of II Wayne Joined
Washington. The British were plan
ming a descent upon Philadelphia, Lord
Howe and his army going from New
York to the Chesapeake by sea and ad
vancing on the federal capital by land.
In the battle of the Brandywine Wayne
commanded the American center.
Whatever Of credit there was in that
engagement belonged to Wayne, for he
held his position throughout and only
retreated at nightfall when CORVALLIS
had turned Washington right and was
preparing to attack Wayne in the rear.
But Wayne suffered severely a little
later and for a long time he was under
a cloud To his force had been assigned
the duty of hanging on the rear of
HOwe's army. cutting off its supplies
and constantly harassing 1t. So much
trouble did he give to the British that
Lord Howe planned TO check him ef
fectuallly. A Tory spy gave inforlna-
ton to the British regarding Wayne's
position and force and a night attack
on Wayne's camp was ordered. The
attack was made by General Grey.
Wayne was advised that the British in
tended to attack him and sent out extra
pickets to guard against a surprise.
Wayne expected to be reinforced by
General SmallwoOd, and it was his pur-
pose. when these achievements ar
rived to surprise the British by at
lacking them. But Smallwood's force
failed to arrive at the expected time
and on the night of Sept. 90 1777, Grey
swOOped down on the continental camp,
within the lines before being discov-
cred Many of Wayne's men were
asleep, but Wayne was not Getting
small force together Wayne engaged
the British, hoping to keep them busy
while the main body of the American
army escaped. He ordered Colonel
Richard Hampton, his second in COM
mand, to form the men in columns and
retire. But Hampton, anxious TO save
the artillery. delayed and frittered
away valuable time. At last when he
did move he led the column between
the campfres and the British force, Of
fering the best kind of a target to the
enemy. The British troops shot down
many of the Americans and then, get