FWm ivb6nce rt; twriginated there was> little <dif^
fteAhy in gtiessing^not did many minutes ieidpire
bi6fbre sUrmise' was chaiiged itito certaintyi; ^rOA
turning 'a sudden* angle in the'road, and /passingi a
small pTahtdtion, ^it^hich obstructed the vdefiohrto*-
w^rds the left, the British and Americaa > annies



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tmnrJdf tbft Jroad, i wfeii^ .p^^^ . tjhiovigb^ ithe , yerji;^
oeotee^' of thei?» pqsitiion ;; ^(J >its ^igbfi tbwb . (the
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of which I must endeavour to give a mor^^^cj^
taikdl accpuatyjthi^t, mj5>4espriptiQi^. Q^ 1^^ jfeo^tfe
may be'hj>&Q»^i^(dfegtfi^iBltj^]iJi§[il?te.i'. bm.: . . ^ m
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I 2



116 BLADENSBi^RG.
byrew^s of high and sltrong ipalings,ii tAbonbtlM^
iniddle of the asceutyand in 4:he rtfelr o^/m6x^€\th^
rowsj* stood the first Hnaycoinpowdfbnttreiy^ofcfll*-
fantry; at b,' fv&ptt interval from this,! abdiiiiiflit
simiUt' situation j stood the? second .line ?. whHtefrtJfce
thitd, or reserve, was posted within tbesbiitei^^cft
llfoody 'Which cfowned the heights., i Tbe»toirtiMwJS
i^u^ of which they had twenty pieces in .ther field,
was tha«3' arranged : on the higl^ foasdi^ and /aomr
mindirigrthebridge, stbod two ^hj^vyi gunisi/ And
ftmc'indre^ ittwo^'on each- side' tyf tth< «dad(>^9i€ipt
^partly imthesaitie directioo^ amdffpapliliyt dgt^AiUhe
i»hoiei<»f t^e l»lop^m'tf> theatreeilS/o£rBla(kns(b^g.
