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Show Barres. 13f BUTTI-iERS Hut. 7} BATTLE rfConconb‘. On the 17th of June, at day break, we faw the rebels fltDefcription of ed by a body of armed men, who from fences, fired upon our advanced guard, but were foon difperfed. Arriving at Concord we executed the purpofe for which we were detached, throwmg into the river near an hundred barrels of powder, a quantity of falted provilions, flour, c. and deftroyed fume gun carriages, three guns, Ste. Capt. Parfons fent forwardw troin the bridge with three companies, on his return foundtaot. ljanrie who had been left to poflbls it, driven off; luckily for him and his party the rebels did not break up the bridge, or he and his men would have been cut off. On this fpot they found three or Lau« rie's men who had been wounded, dreadfully mangled by the fcalpodmndeycs1‘CbClS; they were fcalped, their cars cut off, and gouged, this put out. laft is pulliing the eyes out of their fockets, and yet there mite. table men were llill alive. From Concord back to Lexington, we full-aimed a conflant Our wounded fire from every fence, houfe, hollow ray, and height as we Pulled along. Here Lord Percy joined us with the flrll‘ brigade. He had left Bolton at 9 o'clock that morning. It was a necellary reinforcement, for the whole country was in arms, and all the picked men for forty miles round. We got back to Bolton With the lofs of upwards of fifty men, and many more wounded. This finilhed our excurfions after rebel Magazines. I cannot ‘, t€ll the rebel lofs. Our fecret had been ill kept, the rebels knew our intention and were prepared for us. Lieut. Col. Smith's party would have Two (hung: blunders. been det‘troyed had not Lord Percy joined him, and even he was almoit too late from two ftupid blunders we committed. The General ordered the firll brigade under arms at four in the morning ; thefc orders the evening before were carried to the Brigade Major's; he was not at home; the 0rd rs were left; no t'll‘ quiry was made after him ; he came home late ; his fervant for‘ get to tell him there was aietter on his table ; four o'clock came: no brigade appeared ; at five o'clock an expiefs from Smith de~' firing a reinlorceinent produced an enquiry ,- the above diicovery was made ; at fix o'clock part of the brigade got on the pat rade; there. they wai ed expecting the marines; at {even no marines appearing, another enquiry commenced; they had received no orders; it was afferted they had; in' the altercation terval filled with bullies, hay, and grafs, which they found on the fpot ready cut. Early in the afternoon, from a battery in the corner of the redoubt, they fired feven or eight fliot into the nortli‘ end of the town ; one {hot went through an old houfe, another through a fence, and the I‘Cll {tuck in the face of Cobb's hill. At this time their lines were attacked by lVIajor General Howe Prm of amok, at the head of 1600 men, compofed of 20 companies or grena- dich and light infantry, 40 men each, with the gth, 38th,- 43d, and 52d regiment. General. Howe commanded on the right with the light infantry, Brigadier General l'igot on the left 3 while l'igot attacked the redoubt, Howe was to force the graft; fence, gain the rebel's left flank and rear, and fur-round the redoubt. Our troops advanced With great confidence, expecting an ea» Twelve Pmm'd {y Victory. As they were marching up to attack, our artillery ball to fix youn- llopped fitting, the General on enquiring the renfon was told 'l'l‘isthey had got twelve pound balls to lix pounders, but that tLrgy had grape lllot; on this he ordered them forward and to fire grape. As we approached, an incefliint dream of tire poured from the rebel lines, it feeined a continued flieet ofiire for near thirty minutes. Our light infantry were ferved up in companies againft the grafs fence, without being able to penetrate ; indeed how could we penetrate, mott of our grenadiers and light infantry the moment of prefenting theinfelves, loft 3-9mrths, and many g-tenths of their men. Some had only. eight and nine men a company left, form only three, four, and five. On the left Pigot was ilagg'ered and actually retreated; obfcrve our men were not driven back, they actually retreated by orders: great pains has been talten to huddle up this matter: however, they almoft infiantly came. on again and mounted the redoubt. The rebels then run without tiring another firm, and our men Who firft mounted gave them a fire or two on their backs. At this time Warren their commander fell: he was a Phyfician,\Varrmtlw up. it came out that the order had been addrefl‘ed to Major Pitcairn little more than thirty years of age ; he died in his belt cloaths; be} Cummmm' who commanded the h'lariiies and left at his quarters, though the gentleman concerned in this bufinefs ought to have recol- ey'ci-y bOdy remembered his fine {ilk fringed wailtcoat. The right letfted he had been difpatched the evening before with the gr?nadiers and light infantry under Lieut. Colonel Smith. '1:h15 double inifiake loft us from four till nine o'clock, the time 0 we marched ofl‘to fupport Lieut. Colonel Smith. W21}; intended, their whole body ran along the neck to Cam- n flank of the rebel lines beingr now gained, and not the left as br‘dge- N0 purfuit was made. "76 have loft 1000 men killed and wounded. lVe burned Charleflown during the eiigaeeiizmx, as the rebels from it ex- " ceedingly A. LIL‘. ; 5-352"- 2.4, their route early next morning at Lexmgton, they were opport- Work throwing up intreiichments on Bunkers hill ; by mid-duythe rebel lines tlier had completed a redoubt of earth about thirty yards forum at Bunkers h‘n‘ on the height; and from the left of that, a line of about halfa mile in length dorm to Myltic river: of this line 100 yards next the redoubt was alfo earth, about five feet high, all the relt down to the water confifted of two rows of fence rails, the in- -.‘~-;\‘~_~. "‘1' Ga ‘1 s3," A530" at Con- rebel magazine at Concord about twenty miles diftant. |
