The Romance of the Revolution Being True Stories of the Adventures Romantic I
The Romance of the Revolution Being True Stories of the Adventures Romantic I
Bunce, Oliver Bell, 1828-1890
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* A GALLANT ENTERPRISE. " On the river Ogechee, in the state of Georgia, was stationed Captain French, with a detachment of about forty British regu- lars. At the same place, lay five British vessels ; of these, four were armed, the largest mounting fourteen guns. " Col. John White, of the Georgia line, meditating the capture of this stati(jn, was able to call to his assistance but four indi- viduals, Captain Etholen, and three privates. Resolute in their * Garden. 234 A GALLANT ENTERPRISE. pur...pose, notwithstanding the disparity of force they would be obliged to encounter, these five soldiers of fortune boldly ad- vanced to the enemy's post. "Having arrived in the neighborhood of it at night, they kindled numerous fires, the light of which reached their adversa- ries, so arranging them, as to represent, by them, the lines of a considerable camp. To render their stratagem the more impo- sing, they then rode hastily about, in various directions, in imita- tion of the staff of an array, disposing their sentinels, and issuing their orders in a loud voice.
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