An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . tervalmust still elapse before surrender could be expected. DEs:aing thenrefused to adventure his fleet longer on this insecure coast, in a tem-pestuous season, and while liable to attack from the British squadronrefitted and reinforced ; yet before departing, he offered to concur inan attempt to carry the place by storm. This was agreed to; and ahollow way being observed, by whic
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . tervalmust still elapse before surrender could be expected. DEs:aing thenrefused to adventure his fleet longer on this insecure coast, in a tem-pestuous season, and while liable to attack from the British squadronrefitted and reinforced ; yet before departing, he offered to concur inan attempt to carry the place by storm. This was agreed to; and ahollow way being observed, by which troops could advance to withinfifty yards of the wall, four thousand five hundred men, the flowerof the combined army, undertook to penetrate it, while the restamused the garrison by feigned attacks. This party pushed on withgreat vigour; they had even crossed the ditch, mounted the parapet,and planted their standards on the wall. Being here exposed, however, to a tremendous fire from works well constructed and completely manned, they soon gave way; Count Pulaski was killed, anda brisk attack by Major Glaziers drove the whole back into the hol-low. They then renounced the ittack, having sustained the severe. 400 CAMPAIGN OF 1779.
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