The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-27

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- HE battle of Springfield had the ono of being fought partially or New
ark soil. The tow in those days embraced a portion Of what is 10
Springfield. To Jersey soldiers belongs most of the glory of that hard
fought battle. W compact divisions had moved from Enzabehtown that day
towards Springfield. They were commanded by Knyphausen. They were o-
every inch of he way by Major Lees dragons and Daytons Jersey
regiment The British force finally reached Springfield. Had they failed to.
the battle would have been called something else They destroyed the VII
lae and made a sta1d of several ours. The opposition he had met III thu
way hom Enzabethtovn to Springfield ws most embarrassing and discouras-
ing to Knyphausen. In the face of 1T, and considering his severe losses he
did lot feel justified in engaging a detachment of washngtons army under
Major-Genga Greene which had been sent out to meet him. He abandoned his
position a marched right back along the road he had come. Tho lesson which
had been administered to him by the dragons and the Jersey minutemeu
was so thorough that he did not stop in his retreat 1t Euzan.tntown. bs
crossed n over into Staten Island.
1t was during this engagement that Chaplain Caldwell seize his opportunity
to say one o. those things which look well fol several hundred years anerward
on ronze tablets In the thick of the engagement he turned over to thu. busy
minutemen a pile Of hymn books heh had secured from q nearby church when no
found some of n patriots were out of waddtns. As he tossed the books to the
ground he exclaimed: Now, put Watts into then. boys, Give EN- Watts" He
put a IL the vUr n fervor inot h exclamation that yon would under
similar circumstances tut into a similar n Even though a vigorous nrhg
and many other disturbing things incident to battle were going . n all around.
this saying of Parson cahwems struck every me within the sound of hi
voice al hnguary APT, and vas h subject of much favorable comment after
te snga gement.
Although taking N interesting and interested part In tn struggle for inde-
Newark had less han 1000 inhabitants at the time of h Revolution
War. There were not 100 houses In h town 1t was small tut drawn to
scale. as it lust be remembered that the thirteen original States were a long
way from ever suggesting these United States at that time. But in thu town
hamlet size n In the tiny nation were oak-accn possibilities, ant that
was sufficient As he wal approached Its end, the patriots In Newark were
put 10 desperate straits to live. Throughout the long years of the ar the
town had been subjected to repeated and continuous raids If tho British. Il
happened to b handy tic the English headquarters in New York. NJ whent they
were peevish overt h report of a battle lost in anotherp part of thu province
the rd coats we're accustomed to run over n take 1t nut or Newark A year
two before the end of the wr members of the First Church found it x
remey difficult to support their pastor He "a that san Rev Alexander
MacWhoter who had incurred the displeasure of the British before actual ho-
tiues began who had marched away with Washington. He had come
Jack from the wars and a brief pastoratem Charlotte; N. c, from which he had
been driven by hat same CORVALLIS h forced him to ieave Newark
The town ws just about exhausted when peace as proclaimed. April 49,
1888 n welcomed the good new feebly, but feenngy.