New Britain herald., 1918-07-27

many WOUNDED IN the Battle of HaW,
February 28,17SI. The Battle of Gull
/ ford Court House, March Is. 1881, was
won by the Americans. The Ameri-
cans, under Marion, captured Fort
Watson, April 23, 1881. The Ameri-
cans were defeated at the Battle of
Hobkirk's Hill. $. G.. April 25, 1881.
! Fort Ninety Six was the last strong
| hold of the British in South Carolina.
| It withstood an American attack un-
der Greene for % days, after which
! Greene retired. The British evacuated
! the fort on June 20, 1881. The Brit
ish, under the traitor Benedict Arnold,
attacked New London, September Z,
| 1881, burned the town and massacred
| the garrison at Fort GrisWold on the
| opposite side of the river. There were
| two engag ements in the Battle of Eu-
taW Springs, September s, 1891. In
the first, the Americans under Greene
| won brilliant victory, but in the sec
| ond Greene lost many of his best men.
The British under General Cornwall
| lis were defeated by the combined
forces of Washington and Lafayette
at yorktown, Va, October 9-17. 1881.
On the 18th 7,247 British soldiers and
$40 seamen were surrendered. This
utterly crippled the British and was
virtually the end of the war
Richmond, Va. was burned by Ar
! mold in 1881. Fort S. Joseph Mich,
q British fort, was captured by Indians
and Spanish militia in 1881. An I'M
seaworthy ship lying off the shore Of
Brooklyn N. Y. was used by the Brit
ish as a prison for captured American
sailors from 1776 to 1888.
The war was ended by the treaty at
Versailles, September g. 1888
Shay's Rebellion, f7S6--15S7.
One thousand armed men, under
Daniel Shay, took possession of
Worcester, Mass, December 5, 1886.
Springfield was also mobbed by these
men. General Lincoln, with 1000
militia, attacked and routed Shay's
entire force, near Springfield, January
IS. 1887.
The Whiskey Instruction.
An Instruction against the federal
| excise law arose in Western Pennsyl-
vania in August, 1894. IT was sup
pressed by 15,0 900 militia in October
1894. The Shawnees and Kickapoo
Indians became hostile and were not
fully suppressed until after Mad An
thony Waynes victory over the In
dams in 1875.
The u. S. Man-of-war "Constella-
tion,' commanded by Thomas Trux-
II
Insurgente" February 9, 1900
The TripoIitan War 1sO1-1so5.
War against the United States was
declared by Tripo1i, June 10, 1901. In
anticipation of this event the United
States had already sent q squadron
under Commodore Dale to the Medi-
terranean. Edward Preble COM
manded the naval expedition against
Morocco and Tripoli in 1904, and
made several captures. Captain Balm
bridge ran the 'PhiIadelphia" upon a
rock and she was taken by the Tri-
polians with all on board Stephen
Decatur ran up the harbor and
burned the "PhiladeIphia" in 1904
Tripoli was invested and bombarded
during the summer of 1904. General
William Eaton marched from Egypt
across the desert with Hamet, rightful
bashaw of Tripoli, in an attack upon
his usurping brother Joseph, early in
1905.
Peace and friendship were de-
clared June 4, 1905.
Gen. William Henry Harrison de-
feated the Indians at Tippecanoe, In
diana, November 7, 1911, and there
after was nicknamed Tippecanoe.
The War of tSf2-1Sf5.
Our second war with Great Britain. |
The United States declared war
against England in June, 1912. The |
famous American frigate "Constitu- |
tion,' under Captain Hull ran into a. |
British fleet of five frigates, near An
napolis, on July 5, 1912; played with |
them for three days, and escaped with |
out damage. The first aggressive |
movement of the British in this war |
was the capture of Mackinaw, Mich. |
July IT, 1912. The Notifications at |
Sackett's harbor. N Y, were bonn |
barded by a British fleet July 27, 1912. |
The British were repulsed Major |
Van Horn and 200 Americans were |
defeated by a body Of Indians at |
Brownstown, Mich, August 5, 1912
Colonel Miller attacked the British |
and Indians at Maguaga, Mich,
August 9, 1912. The u. S. frigate |
Essex" captured the British ship
"Elert" August IS. 1912. General
Hull, with 1900 men, made an in
glorious surrender to the British at
Detroit, August 16, 1912. The u. S.
frigate Constitution" wrecked the
British frigate "Guerrere' within
thirty minutes and killed or wounded
70 of her men August 10, 1912. The
Indians attacked and partly burned
Fort Harrison, Ind, Sept. 5, 1912.
One thousand Americans attacked
Queenstown, Canada, and were over
powered October 12 1912. The u. S.
sloop-of-war wasp sailed for the
West Indies and captured the ''F'rolic"
October IS, 1912. Within two hours
afterwards the Wasp and it's prize
were captured by the British frigate
"Poictiers' and the Americans taken !
to Bermuda, as prisoners.
St. Regis. hetWeen Nova Scotia and |