. The history of Boscawen and Webster [] from 1733 to 1878 . he 16th was calm and serene, the sky withouta cloud. The Boscawen soldiers dried their clothes, and preparedfor the battle. Stark, Warner, and Ashley reconnoitre Baums is a citizen of Bennington, and is familiar with everylocality. Noon comes. Stark is a mile or more east of Baums entrench-ment, on the east side of the Walloomsic river. He sends Stick-ney and Hobart with two hundred men to attack one hundredTories, entrenched on a hillock by the river to hold the bridgewhich crosses the stream. He sends Col. Herri
. The history of Boscawen and Webster [] from 1733 to 1878 . he 16th was calm and serene, the sky withouta cloud. The Boscawen soldiers dried their clothes, and preparedfor the battle. Stark, Warner, and Ashley reconnoitre Baums is a citizen of Bennington, and is familiar with everylocality. Noon comes. Stark is a mile or more east of Baums entrench-ment, on the east side of the Walloomsic river. He sends Stick-ney and Hobart with two hundred men to attack one hundredTories, entrenched on a hillock by the river to hold the bridgewhich crosses the stream. He sends Col. Herrick with three hundred men to the rear ofBaum, to attack from the west. Col. Nichols marches with threehundred men to attack from the north. Stickney and Hobartwill attack from the south, and Stark himself from the east. Three oclock. Herrick has made a long march through thewoods, but has reached his position. Stickney, with the Bos-cawen, Concord, Loudon, Salisbury, Hopkinton, and Henniker r: -^ r^-1; T s > S .C 5 I 5 ^0 S- r= fc. S ? g (o . S S s 11 ?.-§. ^:V •»«!>-^l ^?fy r ^???^?i»VvA;y:;;:¥l,:!i.;> . f ;-^-.^ ~f. , ? • o *. ? ? !* .? ,• ..o Jo ^•- - ..??.-. 353 -» ;,i . .P J V. 260 MILITARY HISTORY. [1777. troops, is emerging from the woods in front of the Tories. Eachman has a corn-husk in his hat, for the Tories, like themselves,are in citizens dress, and every man with a corn-husk in his hatis a friend; all others are foes. Beyond Stickney are the Plj^mouth, Bridgewater, and NewChester men, under Hobart. Then comes a rattle from Herricks guns. Nichols takes it Boscawen men, emerging from the cornfield, confront theTories behind the breastwork by the bridge. Stark, with themain body, comes out into an open field. We hear his laconicspeech: There are the red-coats. They must be ours beforenight, or Molly Stark sleeps a widow ! No need to repeat the household storj—how the battle waxedhot and fierce ; how Sticknev drove the Tories from t
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