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Bed Blankets, of all kinds at Levy's Negro Blankets, white and grey, at Levy's; great bargains in Cambn Collar Levy's. Bed Blankets, of all kinds at Levy's Negro Blankets, white and grey, at Levy's; great bargains in Cambn Collar Levy's. Bed Blankets, of all kinds at Levy's Negro Blankets, white and grey, at Levy's; great bargains in Cambn Collar Levy's.
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ington, and this day has been sanctified by one of the most glorious of them all. It was on this day, eighty-three years ago, that Washington, having extricated himself the night before from his perilous position in Trenton, made a flank march of twelve miles, fell upon the rear of the British army at Princeton, gained another glorious victory, and completely changed the face of affairs. It was a great exploit, worthy of any commander that ever lived, rivalled only by the march of the Consul Nero, when he left Hannibal in the lurch on the Vulturous, and fell upon and destroyed the recruits which his brother was bringing to his army. A flank march, in the face of an enemy in position, says Napoleon, is the most dangerous operation in war. Such a march brought on the rout of Frederick the Great at Kolin, of the Russians at Austerlitz, of Marmont at Salamanca. This operation, delicate as it is, Washington conducted with the most entire success, in the face of an enemy more than doubly
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has been sanctified by one of the most glorious of them all. It was on this day, eighty-three years ago, that Washington, having extricated himself the night before from his perilous position in Trenton, made a flank march of twelve miles, fell upon the rear of the British army at Princeton, gained another glorious victory, and completely changed the face of affairs. It was a great exploit, worthy of any commander that ever lived, rivalled only by the march of the Consul Nero, when he left Hannibal in the lurch on the Vulturous, and fell upon and destroyed the recruits which his brother was bringing to his army. A flank march, in the face of an enemy in position, says Napoleon, is the most dangerous operation in war. Such a march brought on the rout of Frederick the Great at Kolin, of the Russians at Austerlitz, of Marmont at Salamanca. This operation, delicate as it is, Washington conducted with the most entire success, in the face of an enemy more than doubly as strong as he was,
Napoleon (search for this): article 1
position in Trenton, made a flank march of twelve miles, fell upon the rear of the British army at Princeton, gained another glorious victory, and completely changed the face of affairs. It was a great exploit, worthy of any commander that ever lived, rivalled only by the march of the Consul Nero, when he left Hannibal in the lurch on the Vulturous, and fell upon and destroyed the recruits which his brother was bringing to his army. A flank march, in the face of an enemy in position, says Napoleon, is the most dangerous operation in war. Such a march brought on the rout of Frederick the Great at Kolin, of the Russians at Austerlitz, of Marmont at Salamanca. This operation, delicate as it is, Washington conducted with the most entire success, in the face of an enemy more than doubly as strong as he was, with raw, undisciplined troops in opposition to veterans that had never met their match in Europe, commanded by a man who had been specially selected for the service on account of the
Clinton (search for this): article 1
tance, he said that had be done so Washington would have been on his flank. He could neither beat his little army, nor get out of the way of it. In a word, Washington was master of the position, and had things all his own way. If the man who, with 8,000 half-trained soldiers under his command, could baffle and paralyze twenty-four thousand British veterans, was not a great captain, then history is a cheat, and wisdom has little to do with military affairs. Neither Howe, nor his successor, Clinton, ever forgot the lessons of Trenton and Princeton. The former, even after Brandywine and Germantown, suffered Washington to shut him up with nineteen thousand veterans, in Philadelphia, although the American army was perishing of hunger at Valley Forge; although it, at one time, did not exceed a few thousand men; although half of the men present were inoculated for the small-pox, and although, from the constant expiration of terms of enlistment, the whole army underwent an entire change —
Burgoyne (search for this): article 1
e whole winter.--Nay, when the spring came he had but 8,000 still, and when Howe crossed the river with his host of veterans, to force his way to Philadelphia, Washington with his handful of raw recruits, manœuvred in such a masterly manner that he did not dare to attack him, and so like the King of France mentioned in the ballad, he went back to where he came from.--Nay, when he defended himself in the House of Commons against the charge of neglect of duty, in not marching up the Hudson to Burgoyne's assistance, he said that had be done so Washington would have been on his flank. He could neither beat his little army, nor get out of the way of it. In a word, Washington was master of the position, and had things all his own way. If the man who, with 8,000 half-trained soldiers under his command, could baffle and paralyze twenty-four thousand British veterans, was not a great captain, then history is a cheat, and wisdom has little to do with military affairs. Neither Howe, nor his suc
January 3rd (search for this): article 1
Third of January. The gallant fleet of States, which has so long sailed together to the admiration of the world, is, we are told, about to part company forever. Their union is proclaimed to be a thing of the past, and to belong to history alone. "Troja fuit" must be written on the spot on which they stood. It cannot be amiss, then, to call to memory some of the things that they did together, under the eye of Washington, and this day has been sanctified by one of the most glorious of n on the night of the second. The morning came, and the first thing he heard, was not the noise of the huntsmen and the hounds summoning to the joyous revelry of the chase, but a heavy sound which be mistook for thunder, although it was the third of January, away off upon the rear of his left wing. "There goes Washington," exclaimed Sir Wm. Erskine, and there was Washington going sure enough. He had completely foiled his adversary. While the latter had been sleeping — indulging, probably, in
Marmont (search for this): article 1
pletely changed the face of affairs. It was a great exploit, worthy of any commander that ever lived, rivalled only by the march of the Consul Nero, when he left Hannibal in the lurch on the Vulturous, and fell upon and destroyed the recruits which his brother was bringing to his army. A flank march, in the face of an enemy in position, says Napoleon, is the most dangerous operation in war. Such a march brought on the rout of Frederick the Great at Kolin, of the Russians at Austerlitz, of Marmont at Salamanca. This operation, delicate as it is, Washington conducted with the most entire success, in the face of an enemy more than doubly as strong as he was, with raw, undisciplined troops in opposition to veterans that had never met their match in Europe, commanded by a man who had been specially selected for the service on account of the supposed superiority of his talents and enterprise. "I will bag my fox in the morning," said Cornwallis, in sportsman's phrase, when advised by Sir
Howe (search for this): article 1
en through the inlines, and defeated the detachment at Princeton, did not exceed a fourth of that number. Instead of following him, surrounding him, crushing him, Howe withdrew all his troops from Jersey, and shut them up in New York. And there Washington kept them shut up the whole winter.--Nay, when the spring came he had but 8,000 still, and when Howe crossed the river with his host of veterans, to force his way to Philadelphia, Washington with his handful of raw recruits, manœuvred in such a masterly manner that he did not dare to attack him, and so like the King of France mentioned in the ballad, he went back to where he came from.--Nay, when he defe and paralyze twenty-four thousand British veterans, was not a great captain, then history is a cheat, and wisdom has little to do with military affairs. Neither Howe, nor his successor, Clinton, ever forgot the lessons of Trenton and Princeton. The former, even after Brandywine and Germantown, suffered Washington to shut him u
Charles Scott (search for this): article 1
tention of the historian to him, than whom there was not a man of all that little hand who bore a nobler or a more gallant heart, who fell shot through the head as he was leading his troops to glory, yet whose name has been consecrated by no muse, whose memory has been preserved by no monument, whose death was only chronicled in the dispatch of the day. The officer to whom we allude was Major John Fluming, of the 4th Virginia Regiment of the line, commanded by Colonel, afterwards General, Chas. Scott, one of the bravest officers of the revolutionary army. He belonged to the old Virginia family of Flemings, who have been in the country, we believe, ever since the 17th century, and was a native of Chesterfield county. One of his brothers, Col. Chas. Fleming, served gallantly throughout the war, and survived it many years. Another was the venerable Judge Wm. Fleming, for many years President of the Court of Appeals. These Flemings, we believe, were descendants of Pocahontas, and there
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