. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. nst the shelvings of the parapet, under andout of the way of the guns, whence they wereafraid to move. These Hessians were capturedby M. du Plessis Mauduit, a French engineer, whohad sallied from the fort to repair some brave Frenchman, making another sortie afew minutes afterward to repair the southernabatis, heard a voice from among the heaps ofdead and dying exclaim in broken English: Whoever you are, draw me hence. This wasColonel Donop. The Frenchman caused his braveantagonist to be carried into the for
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. nst the shelvings of the parapet, under andout of the way of the guns, whence they wereafraid to move. These Hessians were capturedby M. du Plessis Mauduit, a French engineer, whohad sallied from the fort to repair some brave Frenchman, making another sortie afew minutes afterward to repair the southernabatis, heard a voice from among the heaps ofdead and dying exclaim in broken English: Whoever you are, draw me hence. This wasColonel Donop. The Frenchman caused his braveantagonist to be carried into the fort, where itwas found that his hip was broken, from whichwound Colonel Donop died three days later inthe house of one Lowe on Woodbury told that his end was near he said: It isfinishing a noble career early, but I die the victimof ambition and the avarice of my Colonel Clymer he said: See in me the vanityof all human pride. I have shone in all thecourts of Europe, and now I am dying on thebanks of the Delaware, in the house of an SECTIONAL PLAN OF A HESSIAN HUT. ONY AND AS A STATE 197 The death of Colonel Donop and of Mingerode,second in command, utterly demoralized the Hes-sians, who retreated toward Coopers Creek, beg-ging food, shelter, and transportation for theirwounded. In retributive justice, upon the defeatof the Hessians, the Americans hung two prison-ers, w^ho had voluntarily acted as guides to theKings troops from Haddonfleld to Red Bank. Although the battle lasted but three-quartersof an hour the loss was heavy. Accounts differ,as in the case of most military engagements,but a correct summary probably shows Hes-sians: eighty-seven killed, one hundred wounded,and twenty prisoners; Americans: fourteen killed,twenty-two wounded, one prisoner. The day following the attack upon the fort theBritish fleet in the river renewed the Augusta, having grounded, was set on fire,and, according to a Diary of the Revolution,blew
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