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Title: The American Revolution
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
Publisher: London : Macmillan and Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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in two col-umns. Greene, with his own brigade, supportedby Stephen and McDougal, was to march downthe Limekiln road, and assail the British rightwing in front and in flank ; while Small wood andForman, coming down the Old York road, wereto strike the same wing in the rear. The flankattack upon the British left, entrusted as it was tomilitia, was intended merely as a demonstration.The attack upon their right, conducted by morethan half of the American army, including its besttroops, was intended to crush that wing, and fold-ing back the whole British army upon the Schuyl-kill river, compel it to surrender. Considering that the Americans had not evenyet a superiority in numbers, this was a most auda-cious plan. No better instance could be given ofthe spirit of wild and venturous daring which wasas conspicuous in Washington as his cautious vigi-lance, whenever any fit occasion arose for display-ing it. The scheme came surprisingly near tosuccess; so near as to redeem it from the imputa-
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BATTLE OF GERWIANTOWN OCTOHP.R 4, 1777 SARATOGA. 321 tion of foolhardiness, and to show that here, as inall Washingtons military movements, cool judg-ment went along with fiery dash. At seven in theevening of the 3d of October, the night 1 r^ J. 1 -wr 1 Battle of Ger- march upon (jermantown began, VV ash- mantowu,ington accompanying Sullivans column.At sunrise a heavy fog came up, and the darknesswent on increasing. Soon after the hour of day-break the light infantry upon Mount Airy weresurprised and routed, and the battery was cap-tured. Musgrave was next overwhelmed by theheavy American column; but he, with a smallforce, took refuge in Judge Chews house, and setup a brisk fire from the windows. The Americansopened an artillery-fire upon the house, but itsstone walls were too solid to be beaten down by thethree-pound and six-pound field-pieces of that day;and so Maxwells brigade was left behind to besiegethe house, while the rest of the column rushed ondown the street. The chief effe

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