Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Wurmb” in chapter 19 of George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10:
...nner been burned to the ground.
From Connecticut Farms, Maxwell, with the remnant of a brigade, retreated to strong ground near Springfield, where he awaited and repelled repeated attacks made by Colonel Wurmb with a Hessian regiment.
Thrice did the Americans charge with fixed bayonets; and they retired only on the arrival of a British brigade, the Hessian yagers alone having lost more than fifty killed ...
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