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Excerpt from The Life and Times of Gen. Francis Marion: With an Appendix, Containing Biographical Notices of Greene, Morgan, Pickens, Sumpter, Washington, Lee, Davie, and Other Distinguished Officers of the Southern Campaign, During the American Revolution The combined forces under Colonels Grant and Mid dleton advanced (in June 1761) into the Indian.country. The approach was Of course, from the kind of warfare carried on by the enemy, conducted with caution, and finding that the adversary was advantageously posted behind the thick wood crowning a mountain, through a dark defile of which the road lay. This, it was re solved, should be forced rapidly by a small body Of soldiers, whilst the main army passed. For this peril ous enterprise a forlorn hope Of thirty men, headed by Francis Marion, was chosen. Marion, with a heart undaunted by the almost certain death that awaited him, took' the lead of his chosen band, and advanced with courageous rapidity, whilst the main army followed to support him and effect their passage. No sooner had Marion and his men entered the dark defile, than the loud war-whoop resounded from all sides, and a de structive fire blazed forth from behind the trees. Twenty one of the forlorn hope instantly were killed, and the hideously painted savages rushed forth in pursuit, with demonical yells and brandished tomahawks. Marion and his remnant of men fell back to the main army. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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