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Title: The life of George Washington : with curious anecdotes, equally honourable to himself, and exemplary to his young countrymen : embellished with six engravings
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Weems, M. L. (Mason Locke), 1759-1825
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Presidents Generals
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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ruinous effect. The British instantlycame to a halt—still keeping up their fire—but alto-gether at random and ineffectual, like men in a panic.While full exposed, within point-blank shot, rankson ranks fell before the American marksmen, as theheavy-eared corn before the devouring hail storm,when with whirlwind rage it smites the tremblingearth, and rushes on, smoking and roaring throughthe desolated fields. The enemy still maintainedtheir ground like.Britons, though all in front wasnothing but one wide destructive flash ; and noughtaround but heaps of their shrieking, dying comrades.But in a few minutes the slaughter became sogeneral, that they could stand it no ionger, but brokeand tied in the utmost disorder, to the shore side; andsome even took refuge in their boats ! Their officerswith some difficulty brought them back to a secondcharge, when the Americans, waiting till they hadcome up within a few rods of the fort, recommencedtheir fire, with a mortality which broke and drove
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BATTLE OF BUNKERS HILL. LIFE OF WASHINGTON. 85 them again. Some of the officers attempted to bringtr\em en a third time , but others cried out, that itwas no better than murder ! It is probable theywould hardly have made another effort, had not thegenerals Clinton and Burgoyne, spectators of theirdefeat, hastened over from Boston with fresh troopsto their aid. The Americans, being nearly destitute of ammuni-tion, and attacked by such superior force, wereobliged to retreat, which they did in tolerable order,but not till they had given the enemy, as theymounted the works, their last cartridges, and to someof them the buts of their guns—for want of bayonets.The British, tis true, by such great advantage ofnumbers and weapons, gained the day; but sung nore deum. To have given 1350 men killed andwounded, for a poor ditch of 12 hours labour,seemed to them a bargain hardly worth thankingGod for. Among the Heroes whom this day immolated onthe altar of Patriotism, was Dr. Joseph Warren,whose

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