An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . attack with three thousand men ; while the town of Charlestownbeing set on fire, added terrific grandeur to the approaching contest The Americans, who had been reinforced by a second detachmentunder Generals ^\arren and Puraeroy, permitted the enemy to appreach, till, according to the characteristic order of Putnam, theycould see the whiles of their eyes, and then poured in upon t
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . attack with three thousand men ; while the town of Charlestownbeing set on fire, added terrific grandeur to the approaching contest The Americans, who had been reinforced by a second detachmentunder Generals ^\arren and Puraeroy, permitted the enemy to appreach, till, according to the characteristic order of Putnam, theycould see the whiles of their eyes, and then poured in upon the ad-vancing columns a tremendous fire of musketry, which prostratedwhole platoons, and sent the enemy, broken and disordered, back totheir landing-place. By the exertions of the officers, they were again brought to theattack. The Americans again reserved their fire until the enemyt^ere within five or six reds, when they gave it with deadly preci-iion, and put them a second time to flight. General Chnton nowarrived from Bjston, and aided Howe m persuading the troops tomarch a third time to the attack. But by this time the powder of the Americans began to fail, and. BATTLE OP BUNKER HILL. 327 their fire slackened. The British brought some of their cannon tobear, which raked the inside of the breastwork from end to end; thefire from the ships, batteries, and field-artillery, was redoubled ; andthe redoubt, attacked on three sides at once, was carried at the pointof the bayonet. The Americans, though a retreat was ordered, de-layed, and made an obstinate resistance with the butts of their guns,until the assailants, who easily mounted the works, had half-fiiledthe redoubt. Meanwhile the breastwork had been bra\^ely defendedagainst the light-infantry, who were mowed down in ranks by theclose fire of the Americans; but the redoubt being lost, the breast-work was necessarily abandoned. The troops had now to maketheir way over Charlestown Neck, which was completely raked bythe Glasgow
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