The life of George Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen : embellished with six engravings . ng, general Gage, whose force in Boston wasaugmented to 10,000 men, sent a detachment of 1000to destroy some military stores which the Americanshad collected in the town of Concord, near Lexing-ton. On coming to the place, they found the townmilitia assembled on the green near the road. Throwdown your arms, and disperse, you rebels, was the-ory of Pitcairn the British officer; which was imme-diate! y followed by a general discharge of
The life of George Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen : embellished with six engravings . ng, general Gage, whose force in Boston wasaugmented to 10,000 men, sent a detachment of 1000to destroy some military stores which the Americanshad collected in the town of Concord, near Lexing-ton. On coming to the place, they found the townmilitia assembled on the green near the road. Throwdown your arms, and disperse, you rebels, was the-ory of Pitcairn the British officer; which was imme-diate! y followed by a general discharge of the soldiers;whereby eight of the Americans were killed, andseveral wounded. The provincials retired. Butfinding that the British still continued their fire, theyreturned it with good interest; and soon strewed thegreen with the dead and wounded. Such fierce dis-charges of musketry produced the effect that mighthave been expected in a land of freemen, who sawtheir gallant brothers suddenly engaged m the strifeof death. Never before had the bosoms of the swainsexperienced such a tumult of heroic passions. Thenhrowing aside the implements of husbandry, and. BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 77 teaming their teams in the half-finished furrows, theyflew to their houses; snatched up their arms; andbursting from their wild shrieking wives and children,hasted to the glorious field, where liberty, heavenborn goddess, was to be bought for blood. Pouringin now from every quarter, were seen crowds ofsturdy peasants, with flushed cheeks and flamingeyes, eager for battle ! Even age itself forgot itswonted infirmities: and hands, long palsied withyears, threw aside the cushioned crutch, and graspedthe deadly firelock. Fast as they came up, theirready muskets began to pour the long red streamsof fiery vengeance. The enemy fell back, apalled !The shouting farmers, swift closing-on their rear,followed their steps with death, while the British, asfast as they could load, wheeling on their
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