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Title: Memoir of the life and times of General John Lamb : an officer of the Revolution, who commanded the post at West Point at the time of Arnold's defection, and his correspondence with Washington, Clinton, Patrick Henry, and other distinguished men of his time
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Leake, Isaac Q
Subjects: Lamb, John, 1735-1800 United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
Publisher: Albany : Joel Munsell
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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res, he forgets that the darkness was such, that the posi-tion of those embrazures could only be known by the fire ofthe artillery; and that the transient flashes which issuedfrom the guns, could not afford time for deliberate aim. Thebattery was well defended; and close under the muzzles ofthe guns the assailants received a discharge of grape shot;miraculously escaping with the loss of one man only. Theremains of the forlorn hope, under Oswald,;; now joinedLambs company; and the whole force mounting the para-pet, they carried the place with the bayonet, taking the cap-tain of the guard and the garrison prisoners.TI An hour now elapsed since the first fire was opened fromthe walls and the battery; and it beginning to grow lighter,the invaders who were pressing on to the second barrier,were exposed to a galling fire from the walls of the city,which constantly thinned their ranks; but as each brave fel- * Family tradition. t Idem. t Idem. § Marshall. li Family tradition. t Holts paper.
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LIFE OF JOHN LAMB. 131 low fell, if any life remained in him, he cheered on his com-rades to the attack.* The second barrier was soon reachedand assaulted with great resolution. The defence was abrave one, and the enemy maintained it as long as possible;but all advancing to the charge, the defenders broke fromtheir guns, and the battery was gained: one of the gunners,more resolute than the rest, ran back, linstock in hand, togive the last shot.f Captain Lamb, within a few yards dis-tance, discovered him as he advanced, and twice snappedhis fusee at him as he made the attempt; but the primingbeing wetted with the snow, failed to explode; and in theact of priming for the third effort, the cannon was dis-charged.! A grape shot hit Lamb on the left cheek, nearthe eye, and carried away part of the bone; the force of theblow and the concussion of the shot, stunned him, and threwhim senseless upon the snow. Some of his faithful fellowscarried him into a coopers shop near at hand, and laid hi

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