. History of the late war between the United States and Great Britain: comprising a minute account of the various military and naval operations. ps having now landed, they were formedin the order contemplated in the plan of attack. The differentbodies of troops under majors Lewis and Eustis, and colonelsMClure and Ripley, were disposed in the most judiciousmanner, while Forsythe and his riflemen were to act on theflanks. The column then moved forward with the utmost pre-cision, and with as much regularity as the nature of the groundwould permit, until they emerged from the wood, when atwenty-f
. History of the late war between the United States and Great Britain: comprising a minute account of the various military and naval operations. ps having now landed, they were formedin the order contemplated in the plan of attack. The differentbodies of troops under majors Lewis and Eustis, and colonelsMClure and Ripley, were disposed in the most judiciousmanner, while Forsythe and his riflemen were to act on theflanks. The column then moved forward with the utmost pre-cision, and with as much regularity as the nature of the groundwould permit, until they emerged from the wood, when atwenty-four pounder opened upon them from one of the enemysbatteries. The battery was soon cleared, and the columnmoved on to the second, which was abandoned on the approachof the Americans, the enemy retreating to the garrison. Gen-eral Pike here ordered the column to halt, for the purpose of learn-ing the strength of the garrison, and obtaining further informa-tion : as the barracks appeared to have been evacuated, he sus-pected a stratagem, to draw him within the reach of some secretforce. Lieutenant Riddle was sent forward to learn the situa-. TAKING OF YORK, AND DEATH OF GENERAL PIKE.
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