...struck in the head by a ball he fell back amid the ranks. Instantly rising on one knee, he cried out, "march on ! carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column !" And those heroes put their brave arms around him, and bore him onward, taking the rapid vollies...

...every rock and every eminence. |, Wayne falls ; but supporting himself on one knee, he exclaims, " March on ! carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column." Snatching him in their arms, they bore him to the rampart, and leaped among the enemy. The artillery...

...gallantly through the works. Believing himself mortally wounded, the general exclaimed, as he arose, <£ March on ! carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column !" But the wound was not very severe, and he was able to join in the loud huzzas that arose when the two columns...

...recall another thing. In the attack you were shot down and fell on your knees — when you exclaimed ' March on ! — carry me into the fort! — for I will die at the head of my column !'" "My very words! — and you would have said the same, I'll make oath ! " Mad Anthony thereupon...

...from a musket-ball that grazed his head. Believing himself to be mortally wounded, he exclaimed : " March on ! carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column ! " He soon recovered, and at two o'clock in the morning, he wrote to Washington : " The fort and garrison,...

...struck him, which brought him to his knees. Believing himself to be mortally wounded, he exclaimed, " March on ! carry me into the fort ! for I will die at the head of my column." But the wound was not fatal, and " Mad Anthony " joined in the loud hurrah that arose when the two columns...

...down, and fell on his knees. But he sprung to his feet, exclaiming to his men, "March on, and take me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column !" These were the words of a brave soldier, and ought to have been cut on his tombstone. They will...

...bayonet, under a heavy lire of musketry and grape-shot. Wayne was shot in the head at the inner abatis, and shouted to his men, " March on ! carry me into...fort and garrison, with Col. Johnston, are ours. Our oflii/ers and men behaved liko men who are determined to be free." The British standard was struck...

..."Wayne, the brave Pennsylvanian, who had been shot down at Stony Point, but had exclaimed to his men, " Carry me into the fort, for I will die at the head of my column ! " He had also been joined by an additional force of militia under General Steuben, and cautiously...

...Wayne fell, shot in the head ; but he had time still to cry — ' On, my brave men — carry me to the fort, for I will die at the head of my column.' They bore him into the fort, where, still bleeding, he gave his orders till the garrison surrendered,...