The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . SnnRrvnrR of Fiac,^ \t Yorktown. WYOMING. 705 Who can imagine the anxiety of that groupwithin Fort Forty ? What tongue can tell ofthe prayers which ascended that day for thesafety of those gallant men, who went forthto battle for the lives of beloved and lovingwives and children ? The quivering hps andtearful eyes of wives and mothers pressingtheir babes to their breasts, and sending forthentreaties to the Most High, that their hus-bands and sons might be returned in
The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . SnnRrvnrR of Fiac,^ \t Yorktown. WYOMING. 705 Who can imagine the anxiety of that groupwithin Fort Forty ? What tongue can tell ofthe prayers which ascended that day for thesafety of those gallant men, who went forthto battle for the lives of beloved and lovingwives and children ? The quivering hps andtearful eyes of wives and mothers pressingtheir babes to their breasts, and sending forthentreaties to the Most High, that their hus-bands and sons might be returned in safetyto them; all, all, fills the mind, even now,with sorrow, and sends a throb of the deepestsympathy for those unfortunate ones to thebreasts of all who have listened to the taleof their sufferings. Colonel Zebulon Butlerhad hoped to take the enemy by surprise;but the Tories were on the alert, andwhen the news of the approach of the enemyreached Fort Wintermoot, they were readyto meet them. The left wing of the Toryarmy was composed of the Rangers underthe command of Colonel John Butler, andrested upon the bank of the
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