Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-10

themselves at the edges OF the
neighboring woods through the damp
mists Of that dreary morning. Wash.
ington drew his little force up outside
their works upon the open meadow.
lie thought, the French would
come up to him in open field" laugh
ed 2 willy Indian. who gave him coun-
sci freely. but no aid IN the fight; but
Villiers had no mind to meet the gal
liant young Virginian in that manly
fashion. once. indeed. they rushed 70
his trenches. but finding hot recep
ton there. kept their distance after
wards. Villiers brought them after
that only "as near as possible without
uselessly exposing the lives Of the
kings subjects" and poured his fire
In from the cover of the woods.
For nine hours the unequal fight
dragged on. the French and their In
dams hardly showing themselves out
side the shelter of the forest, the
English erouehing knee-deep in wa
ter in their rude trenches. while the
rain poured necessarily, reducing their
breastworks to mass Of Shiny mud,
and filling all the air with a chill and
pallid mist
The French Ask a Farley.
Day insensibly darkened into night
in such an air, and it was eight
o'clock when the firing ceased and the
French asked parley. Their men
were tired of the dreary fight, theiT
Indian allies threatened TO leave them
when morning should come. and they
were willing the English should with.
draw, if they would. without further
hurt OF molestation.
The terms they offered seemed very
acceptable to washingtou's officers as
the interpreter read them out, stand
ing there in the drenching doYnpouI
and the black night. 1T rained SC
hard we could hardly keep the candle
lighted to read them by" said an of
icer; but there was really no choice
what 10 do. More than fifty men lay
dead or wounded 10 the flooded camp;
the ammunition was ell but spent;
the French strength had hardly been
touched in the fight, and might at
any moment be increased Capitla
ton was inevitable, and Washington
did not hesitate.
A Sorry Return Home.
The next morning saw his wretched
force making their way back again
along the rude road they had cut
through the forests. They had Meth
er horses nor wagons to carry their
! ba ggage. What they could they burn
ed; and then set out. sore stricken in
| heart and body. their wounded com.
rades and their scant store OF food
slung upon their backs. and dragged
| themselves very YEARLY all the fifty
miles to the settlements at home.
Two OF the kings independent COM
| panies from New York ought to have
/ Joined them long ago. but had gotten
no further than Alexandria when the
fatal day came at the Great Meadows.
North Carolina had dispatched three
hundred and fifty OF her militiamen,
! under an experienced officer. to aid
: them, but they also came too late
II had been expected that Maryland
would raise two hundred and fifty
men. and Pennsylvania had at last
voted money, to be spent instead OF
blood. for she would levy no men;
but no succor had come from any
quarter when it should The English
we're driven in. and all their plans
we're worse than undone.
Bitter Medicine for Washington.
It was a bitter trial for the young
Yirginian commander TO have his
first campaign end 40 disastrously-
to be worsted in a petty fight. and
driven back hopelessly outdone.
No one he cared for in Virginia
blamed him. His ragged troops had
borne themselves like men in the
fight; his own galIantry no man could
doubt The house Of burgesses thank
ed him and voted money to his men
But it had been a rough apprentice
ship. and Washington felt to the
quick the lessons it had taught him.
The discouraging work of recruit
ing al Alexandria. the ragged idlers
to De governed there, the fruitless
drilling of Iistless and insolent men
the two months work with axe and
spade cutting a way through the for
ests. the whole disheartening work oil
making ready for the fight. Of seeking
the enemy, and Of choosing field ot
encounter. he had borne as a stalwar
young man can while mis- digestio
holds good.
RE had at least himself done ever
thing that was possible. and II ha
been no small relief to him to writ
plsin-spoken letters to the men VII
were supposed to be helping him j
Williamsburg, telling them eXactl
how things were going and who wa
to blame-letters which showed bot
how efficient and how proud he was.
Enjoyed the 5uIists.
He had even shown a sort Of DO!
ish zest In the affair when it came {
actual fighting with JumonviIle an
MS scouts hidden in the forest II
had pressed to the thick of that he
/, and sudden skirmish and had take
tire French volleys with a lads relisl
Of the danger Il heard the bullet
whistle he wrote his brother. ian
Leiieve me there is something charm