Sentence:  ... I ordered the <WSD>forlorns</WSD> to advance and to march, at their open order, towards the upland, and by this time the tide was upon the ground wee ſtood on: The <WSD>forlorn</WSD> were no ſooner advanced a few rods, before there was firing on both ſides; ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A forlorn hope.