. The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, ed. by Eva March Tappan. dience. He was to go from North Caro-lina to either South Carolina or Virginia, conquering as hewent. He heard that the colonists were putting up somefortifications on Sullivans Island, and he decided to attackthese. It was written in the kings plan that the British landforces were to aid him; but they failed utterly, and the fleetwas shattered. The defense of the fort was steady and bril-liant, and the fort stood. The story of the illustration, the exploit of Sergeant Wil-liam Jasper, is told in the f
. The world's story; a history of the world in story, song and art, ed. by Eva March Tappan. dience. He was to go from North Caro-lina to either South Carolina or Virginia, conquering as hewent. He heard that the colonists were putting up somefortifications on Sullivans Island, and he decided to attackthese. It was written in the kings plan that the British landforces were to aid him; but they failed utterly, and the fleetwas shattered. The defense of the fort was steady and bril-liant, and the fort stood. The story of the illustration, the exploit of Sergeant Wil-liam Jasper, is told in the following selection. The value to the colonists of this repulse of the British wasvery great. As Bancroft says: It kept seven regimentsaway from New York for two months; it gave security toGeorgia, and three years peace to Carolina; it dispelledthroughout the South the dread of British superiority; itdrove the loyalists into shameful obscurity. It was an an-nouncement to the other colonies of the existence of SouthCarolina as a self-directing republic; a message of brother-hood and Oopjright bj c. W. Cirsch DEFENSE OF FORT MOULTRIE beach of Long Island, and the men-of-war loosing theirtopsails, Moultrie hurried back to his fort at full ordered the long roll to beat, and officers and mento their posts. His whole number, including himself andofficers, was four hundred and thirty-five; of whomtvNTenty-two were of the artillery, the rest of his ownregiment; men who were bound to each other, to theirofficers, and to him, by personal affection and to him in command was Isaac Motte; his majorwas the fearless and faultless Francis Marion. The fortwas a square, with a bastion at each angle; built ofpalmetto logs, dove-tailed and bolted together, and laidin parallel rows sixteen feet asunder, with sand filled inbetween the rows. On the eastern and northern sidesthe palmetto wall was only seven feet high, but it wassurmounted by thick plank, so as to
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