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Excerpt from Anecdotes of the American Revolution, Vol. 2: Illustrative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes of the Revolution, Who Acted the Most Conspicuous Parts Therein
AT the siege of York, the young Baron de Carendeffez, now an inhabitant of our city, then about the age of fifteen, was sent into the magazine to distribute ammunition for the use of the French artillery, and while seated on a barrel of powder, saw a shell from the enemy fall within two feet of his position. The soldiers who were in the Battery, expecting immediate explo sion, ran off in every direction. The intrepid youth remained unmoved. The expected catastrophe, however, did not follow - the fuse of the shell was, in its ?ight, extinguished. This being perceived by the fugitives, the Battery was immediately re-occupied, when Captain Lem'ery the commanding officer, a'd dressing himself to the youth, who still retained his seat, said You young rogue, why did you not ?y the impending danger? Why not embrace a chance for life Q Because, Captain, he heroically replied, my duty required that I should make a distribution of ammunition, and not desert my post, and ?y like a poltroon I.
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