Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05

SAVANNAH.
| Up and down through Georgia he
roamcd. battling with loyalist or Brit
| on. fighting the good fight as best ne
knew. until what seemed 10 an To- bee
| the great occasion arose when in Oc-
| tober. 1913. French and Americans
combined 10 wrest Savannah from the
British. For two years the city had
| been I'm possession NJ the enemy. and
now n French fleet acting iu coniuuc-
ton with General Lincoln'- force. had
/ the British bottled up. The arrival of
the French fleet had been a surprise
10 the British, who were ill prepared
forsorious attack. Had Count d'Estaing
who commanded the French. been more
skilled in warfare and less In letter
Writing he could have forced the Brit
ish To surrender. But he wasted most
valuable time He wrote pompous
and grandiloqucut manifestos to Cen
eral Provost. which the British gem
eral read carefully digosted NJ his
leisure and did not answer until the
last minute. and then IN a spirit 90
hllng another communication from
the count
OF course the count wrote again. for
ne dearly loved tO use his pen and tell
OF his achievements ana predict what
ne was going TO do when he started the
works once more, but while the count
wrote the British general worked
Whereas the detenses of Savannah
had only 20 or 30 guns when the French
meet arrived, they had 100 or more
when Count d'Estaing thought il time
10 qult writing and begin fighting. The
city, from one that would have fallen
before we'll directed attack. had been
transformed into one that gave every
advantage TO the defenders
The assault was made on oct and
inc main storming party was directed
against redout on Spring HILL This
storming party was commanded by
- Eslaiug ln person, assisted hv Gen
Lincoln. Fog and darkness permitted
the allies Co get close To- the rpdout be-
fore they were discovered but as dav-
light dawned the, We're subjected TO
trightful fire Their ranks wore
decinated ana the whole force thrown
into confusion.
Twice the allies reached TN. p,r,rct
and planted their standards there ono
ni the banners was the Lily Of France. !
the other was the blue and crescent |
Flag Of Independence which Mrs Elliott /
had given 90 Moultrie's regiment three |
days after the battle of Charleston
ana which Moultrie and an his men
had sworn 10 defend 10 the end The
french standard had been raised bv
one OF DEstaiug's aids and ass ho
raised u he fell, pierced by "a mus<ct
hdu. The nag Of the Second Caroliu1
regiment had been planted by Iieuts
Hume and Bush. They too. fen
mortally wounded The banner drop-
ped and fell and Lieut. Gray. who next
took II upon himself 10 raise IL. met
e like fate.
Few officers OF the Carolina regiment
were left The attack had failed. but
the banner OF blue with the liberty
, ,i,,l"., was not To trail In the dust
when Gray fell. Jasper. who had been
sprcly wounded early i'm the aetion
struggled through the ditch. up 10 me- |
pdrapet ana replaced the flag where /
% had been planted by Lieut.. Bush To
tpuch that Tag seemed 20 mean death |
that Gay. for mo- sooner had Ja-par
set 10 ON the parapct than hc received |
second ana this time a fatal wound
suffering the most ugonizing main !
trom this second wound Jasper held
his banner steady for time. and then |
realizing that 10 would fan into mo |
euomys hands b. IL remained thcre. he |
summoned 1ll hls waning strength and |
carried the nag back 10 his company |
~ have got my urlough." he mur- |
INJURED as he was carried dying from |
the field
The banner De died IN saving WAS |
captured later iu Charleston. when |
thHt city surrendered 10 the British /
ana now is one OF The war trophies In /
De seen in the British museum
sergeant hC was ln hi. first b1ttle /
ana sergeant hc was in his last Like /
Lotour greater honor was shown to /
MN Than 60 many general officer Tn /
inc city OF savannah there ls "a noble
monument parpatuatng his ceods he
Us shown with the banner held ahlrh 1