. Essex county, , illustrated . charm to the British—on some particularservice to which the word plunder clung closer than Littell, with his oddly-uniformed company, followed soonafter. He had been a close student of strategy and knew theart of ambushing as well as the savage. Well acquainted withthe country, he divided his little command, greatly inferior innumbers to the Waldeckers, and leaving one part behind andby a circuitous route with the other and a rapid march, soonplaced himself in front of the enemy and boldly demanded theirsurrender. Not being able, owing to the natur
. Essex county, , illustrated . charm to the British—on some particularservice to which the word plunder clung closer than Littell, with his oddly-uniformed company, followed soonafter. He had been a close student of strategy and knew theart of ambushing as well as the savage. Well acquainted withthe country, he divided his little command, greatly inferior innumbers to the Waldeckers, and leaving one part behind andby a circuitous route with the other and a rapid march, soonplaced himself in front of the enemy and boldly demanded theirsurrender. Not being able, owing to the nature of the groundand the approach of night, to determine the size of CaptainLittells force, the Waldeckers sought to make a retrogrademovement. Instantly they were assailed in front and flank andsoon becoming demoralized they surrendered, not having fireda shot. Thoroughly exasperated over the affair, the greatinferiority of Littells force becoming known, the British com-mander ordered out a large force of Hessians to wipe out the. VIEW ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NEWAKk, N. J. A dashing son of liberty, one Capt. Littell, was a centralfigure among the patriots. Bold, daring and honorable was thisson of and a stranger to fear. He is said to have been ahandsome man and a great favorite with the ladies. A volun-teer company which he commanded was presented by thefair daughters of Essex with a uniform of material for theappellation which time has thus far been unable to erase, withsuch marvellous appropriateness does it seem to have beenapplied ; and little wonder, since the uniform consisted of towfrocks and pantaloons dyed blue. Indeed it was not somuch the color of the pantaloons or the tow frocks the wore that fixed the appellation of Jersey Blue, but it wastheir noble deeds in flaxing the enemy that made the namehonorable and the color lasting. Two incidents, and this prettynarrative must give place to others. The very day Cornwallismoved out of Newark, a company
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