...every thing before them. A very singular and ex~. traordinary combat ensued: The sprawling Highlanders thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses...their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them ; others used their pistols, but few had sufficient space to handle their swords.*. The resistance...

...Highlanders, broke part of their ranks. A fierce and extraordinary struggle ensued. The Highlanders, sprawling on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by the clothes, and, pulling them down, despatched them with their dirks ; others used their pistols ;...

...bravery than this one was, and fewer still resisted with the same obstinacy. " The cavalry," says he, " closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge,...them had sufficient space to handle their swords." — Memoirs of the Rebellion, p. l22. whole front rank into disorder. So suddenly and so completely...

...he, " closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge, put spurs to their horses, anil mshed upon the Highlanders at a hard trot, breaking their...them had sufficient space to handle their swords." — Memoirs of the Rebellion, p. 122. whole front rank into disorder. So suddenly and so completely...

...extraordinary combat immediately followed. Such of the Highlanders as were thrown down and not quite disabled, thrust their dirks into the bellies of the horses;...dragged them down, and stabbed them with their dirks ; ••,.. il agatn used their pistols; but few of them h*4 lufficient space Of men that are their...

...cavalry had rushed on the rebels, broken their ranks, and were trampling them under the horses' feet. " The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their...their clothes, dragged them down and stabbed them ; several, again, used their pistols ; but few had sufficient space to handle their swords." The cavalry...

...hard trot, breaking their ranks, and throwing down everything before them. A most extraordinary combat followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground,...down, and stabbed them with their dirks ; several of them again used pistols ; but few of them had sufficient space to handle their swords." With the...

...hard trot, breaking their ranks, and throwing down everything before them. A most extraordinary combat followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground,...their clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed them wiih their dirks ; several of them again used pistols ; but few of them had sufficient space to handle...

...cavalry had rushed on the rebcls, broken their ranks, and were trampling them under the horses' feet. " The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their...their clothes, dragged them down and stabbed them; several, again, used their pistols; but few had sufficient space to handle their swords." The cavalry...

...The cavalry closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge," says the Chevalier Johnstone, " put spurs to their horses, and rushed upon the Highlanders...the bellies of the horses. Some seized the riders by About 400 fell, either man or horse being killed or wounded. The greater part went to the right in...