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��NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN AT BUNKER HILL.

��company as follows, viz : 6 killed — Na- than Blood, Thomas Wheat, Isaac Ho- bart, Peter Poor, Jacob Boynton, Phin- eas Nevins ; 5 wounded — Capt. Reu- ben Dow, Francis Powers, Wm. Wood, Eph. Blood, Thomas Pratt.

In Capt. Joseph Mann's company, private R. Ebenezer Youngman, killed ; Thomas Colburn, killed ; 4 in this company from Hollis. In Capt. Saw- yer's company, of Haverhill, Col. Frye's regiment, 4 men from Plaistow, N. H. Of these, Simeon Pike was killed ; his brother, James Pike, was wounded.

In this battle, Stark's regiment was op- posed to the British 23d regiment, well known as the Royal Welsh Fusileers Recently, on the 1 2th of July, a. d. i 849, the late Prince Albert presented to this regiment a new stand of colors, and made an interesting speech on that oc- casion. We present a short extract from it:

"In the American war, the Fusileers were engaged in the first unhappy col- lision, which took place at Lexington. It also fought at Bunker Hill and at Brandywine. At Bunker Hill, its loss was so great, that it was said only one officer remained to tell the story. In 1781, they fought at Guilford Court House. Prince Albert added, this was one of the hardest and best contested fields in the American war."

American historians support the above facts. The British troops landed on the Charlestown beach, and marched up the hill in three separate columns. The Fusileers formed on the British right, in front of Stark's regiment, which was stationed on the extreme left of the

��American forces. The late Capt. David Flanders, who was a private in Capt. Joshua Abbott's company, stated to the writer, that his company was lo- cated down on the Mystic beach, wholly unprotected by any defence in their front. That the column of the Fusileers did not deploy until they passed Abbott's company, therefore, they were outflanked by us, hence we had a good chance to pick off their of- ficers. This chance we improved, as we could distinguish the officers by ob- serving the swords in their hands, and that they had occasion to use them in urging their own men into the fight.

We recapitulate the whole number of the New Hampshire men engaged in Bunker Hill battle, and their loss, as follows, viz :

Col. John Stark's regiment, rank and file, 632 men ; deduct for the sick and those on guard, &c, 50 men ; balance of men engaged, 582. Col. James Reed's regiment, deducting sick, &c, as returned June 14, 488 men ; Capt. Reuben Dow's company of Hollis, men in Col. Prescott's Mass. regiment, 59 ; Capt. Mann's Hollis men, Prescott's regiment, 4 ; in Capt. Sawyer's com- pany, Frye's regiment, Plaistow men, 4 ; whole number in battle, 113 7; whole number killed as returned by Stark, 45 ; wounded, 15 ; whole number killed as returned by Reed, 5; wounded, 27; whole number killed as returned by Capt. Dow, 8 ; wounded, 5 ; whole number killed as returned by Plaistow men, 1 ; wounded, 1. Whole number of killed and wounded, 107.

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