Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic . S!l, —? »l/* w-/oil. It Large /5WAMP ^//nft^WTiNl^. BATTALION fiANCCRS. 5. CATTLE. 6. OF «!«Uto,\l)//^ Bags fo« wounded^ ,v^»i*>% ^^ # .•/ ..vi^ .^ 9. CRAVeS ON MILLOCH. 3 i i ? # 0^ 9- C« AVe5 ON MILLOCH. V 5 ^ h^^^MX^^ ii^*t. ^?llW//(\\<^ Plan of the Battle of Bushy Run. ing more recklessly. At last the colonel determined thatthe moment for striking had arrived. Fortunately one side of the hill
Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic . S!l, —? »l/* w-/oil. It Large /5WAMP ^//nft^WTiNl^. BATTALION fiANCCRS. 5. CATTLE. 6. OF «!«Uto,\l)//^ Bags fo« wounded^ ,v^»i*>% ^^ # .•/ ..vi^ .^ 9. CRAVeS ON MILLOCH. 3 i i ? # 0^ 9- C« AVe5 ON MILLOCH. V 5 ^ h^^^MX^^ ii^*t. ^?llW//(\\<^ Plan of the Battle of Bushy Run. ing more recklessly. At last the colonel determined thatthe moment for striking had arrived. Fortunately one side of the hill was cleft by a ravinewhich gave entrance upon the surrounding valley. Thefront of the English line where the main attack was 16 Border Fights and Fighters being made, was held by two companies of the High-landers. Explaining clearly to all his men what he pro-posed doing, and why, so there would be no panic andthey would cany out his orders intelligently, Bouquetordered these two companies suddenly to withdraw fromthe line and retreat rapidly across the hill until theyreached the ravine, which they were to enter, advancedown it, and hold themselves in readiness to attack fromit. At the same time the companies on either side ofthe gap they left were ordered to extend across it inopen order to keep the circle intact. At the word, the Highlanders immediately ran to therear and plunged into the ravine, where their
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