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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 16: (search)
he attack with additional ardor. The two centre columns, with no aid but from a part of Sevier's regiment, kept up a furious and bloody battle Colonel Isaac Shelby, in the National Intelligencer of 6 May, 1823. This later account, written in old age, and from memory, is not equal in authority to the statement and letters of Oct., 1780. with the British for ten minutes, About five minutes, Protocol of the officers; about ten minutes, Colonel W. Campbell to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 20 Oct., 1780; about fifteen minutes, Colonel Isaac Shelby to Colonel Arthur Campbell, 12 Oct., 1780. when the right and left wings of the Americans, advancing upon their flank and rear, the fire became general all around. For fifty-five minutes longer the fire Chap. XVI.} 1780. Oct. on both sides was heavy and almost incessant. The regulars with bayonets could only make a momentary impression. At last, the right wing gained the summit of the eminence, and the position of the British was no longe