Scontri di confine & fighters; storie di pionieri tra la Alleghenies e il Mississippi e il texano repubblica . d per alcuni timeand aveva forato e li esercitato con inesauribile zelanda successo fino a quando egli li nominale pari a British regularsoldiery. Le proprie truppe, ovviamente, erano providedwith baionette, e ha causato i coltelli da caccia di theTories in modo tale da essere disposti in modo tale che essi possano essere montati in posizionedi museruola delle pistole; così la milizia wassupplied contingenti con una formidabile arma per close quarters.il suo ricorso principale era su la baionetta, pertanto.Non vi erano baionette di qualsiasi tipo

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Border fights & fighters; stories of the pioneers between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi and in the Texan republic . d for some timeand had drilled and exercised them with unfailing zealand success until he rated them equal to British regularsoldiery. His own troops, of course, were providedwith bayonets, and he caused the hunting knives of theTories so to be arranged that they could be fitted intothe muzzles of the guns; thus the militia contingent wassupplied with a formidable weapon for close quarters.His main reliance was upon the bayonet, therefore.There were no bayonets of any sort in the Americanarmy, and it was to be rifle bullet against cold steel. The second in command on the mountain was Cap-tain de Peyster of New York, a brave, efficient officer.It is interesting to note that, with the exception of Fer- 86 Border Fights and Fighters guson himself, there were probably no men of Britishbirth in either of the two contending armies. Riding as near the hill as they dared without beingdiscovered, the men dismounted, with the exception ofa few of the ranking officers, and were formed up in four. O FERCUSONS HCAOQUARTtR». •f Place wMcne FcacusoN WA»Kikktb. H- PCACe WMCRC HORSCb WCKt LCFT. Plan of Battle of Kings Mountain. divisions; Campbell taking the command of the rightcentre division; Shelby the left centre; Sevier, withMcDowells and some of Winstons men under him, ledthe right wing; while Cleaveland with Williams, Lacey, and the others took charge of the left wing. A party of horse under Major Winston who knew the The Pioneers of East Tennessee 87 field of battle, were ordered to make a long detour andapproach the mountain from the northern end. Camp-bell and Shelby Vvere to attack the right and left sidesof the mountain at the narrow lower end, Sevier andCleaveland were to defile past them and range along theeast and west sides respectively, while Winston closedthe remaining gap. The attack was delivered aboutthree oclock. The rallying word was Buf

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