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Show LIFE-OF GEN. JACKSON. CHAP. number left with him, did not exceed fifty. It was IV· fmtunate, ·u'u"'l t the 1'o' rce of the enemy he had fir•s t to ~attack, was not greater. He found th~m occupymg a 1814. .d f ·1I1e timb~r covered w1th low under- Secoml battle of Emuck· faw. Jan. 22. ngeoopenp ~, .. od h. h afforded them many opportumtles.for con· WO , W IC . h' h ceaI ment. To deprive them of th1s advantage, w IhC' they are very dexterous in taking, Coffee. ordered I,s men to di smount and charge t11em. .T h1s .o rd. er was promptly obeyed, and some loss sustained m Its execution ; tile general himself was wound~d through the body, and his aid, major Donelson, killed by a ball tlrrough the head ;-three of his men also fell. The enemy driven back by the charge, took refuge on the margi; of a creek, covered with reeds, where t11ey lay concealed. th · ht The savages having intended t11e attack_ on e ng as a feint, now, witll their main force, whic~ had b:en cealed made a violent onset on our left !me, which cthoeny hope'd to find weakened, and . d. d Gene m Isor er. . . ral Jackson, however' who had a~pre~lended their de· sign, was prepared to ~eet it.' , tlus !me had bee~l or· dered to remain firm in Its position ; arld w~en the_ first gun was heard in that quarter' he had rep_arred thither .m person, arld strengthened it by additiOnal forcesd. The first advance of the enemy, though sudden~ violent, was sustained with firmn;ss, and o~po~ed With II tr The battle was ,.ow mamtmned by great ga an Y· . I fi . from be· the assailants, by quick and rrregu ar nng, fli rd hind logs trees, shrubbery, and whatever could a o concealm'e nt : beil.m d t h esc, prost raf11 1 g them• selveds after firing and rc-I oad i ng, thc y would nse. an •a gain discha' rge th' eir guns. After susta·m ·m g t1l e rrfi~ LIFE OF GEN. JACKSON. 129 in this way for some time, a charge, to dislodge them CH~P. from their position, was ordered: and the whole line~ under colonel Carroll, by a most brilliant and steady 1814• movement, broke in upon them, threw them into con-fusion, md they fled precipitately away. The pursuit commenced, and they were overtaken and destroyed in considerable numbers : their loss was great, but not certainly known. In the mean time, general Coffee had been endeavouring, as far as prudence would permit him to make the attempt, to drive the savages on the right from the fastnesses into ivhich they had retired ; but finding tlmt this could not be done, without much hazard, and considerable loss, he began to retire, towards the place where he had first dismounted. This expedient, designed for stratagem, produced the desired end. The enemy, presuming it a retreat, and to have been adopt· ed in consequence of the severe ~ring they had heard .. on ~e left wing, now forsook their hiding places, and'{' rap1dly advar1ced upon him. That officer immediate- t ly availed himself of the opportunity thus afforded, of contending with them again on equal terms : and a severe conflict commenced, and continued about an hour, in which the loss on botl1 sides was nearly equal. At this critical juncture, when several of the de_ tachment had been killed, many wounded, and the '~hole greatly exhausted with fatigue ; the disper- SIOn of the enemy being effected on the left, a reinforcement was despatched by general Jackson, which, making its appearance on the enemy's left flar1k, put an end to the contest. General Coffee, although severely wounded, still continued the fight, and aveiling himself R |