Deseret Evening News | 1907-09-12 | Page 7 | Baltimore Celebrates Old Defenders' Day

BALTIMORE CELEBRATES OLD DEFENDERS DAY DAYML ML M 11 1 Sept U U ill UIn tI In al a OW I it l the Ih of at North In InI I thy illy 1 against it the Brit BrIe Hv liv B of Ih the i tin tI mayor mAur It u 1 a 0 legal Ial iI h illy and nd state stat II and ad al 1 hinges and other public I ben Cost Com eo eoIN n Tea u IN partially upA Voil I l tt 1 celebration wr w I 1 u ill u parks park t 1 10 lilt Ull that u a 1 Hi hilt 1111 hiltS It ItI S ot I at t I th Ih mouth of t th thi the i 4 Hi m n aft afterward a allum hum num numMI MI I pit c RI i others Ih went wt over ovir to ton tol 0 1 l n I 1 tn b gup the ih dIsembark Elan An of 0 troops under len Gen Rose ROM on OD Sept hilt 11 About soldiers 2000 sail sailors saIlor II ors 0 or and marines were re landed May Many of r C the troop had bad been ben with lh Ih he Duke of ot Wellington In hi hIs hll victories over the t eo armies of ot the grent riat RI Napoleon In Spain and were styled Wellington Invincible They TIley wore turned back from however on Sept BellI It 12 after atter a desperate defense deren of th the city It by bl the th Old Defenders t The nit total Iota low Icee to the Invincible army arm of On lr ROM ROIl woe was TM 7 Including the th o command commander er while whilo of ot th lb American Antrican tore forces there were but M U killed kill und and 10 to O wounded und 4 It U woe was thio victory and th the sIght ht of ot th the Uis stars etaro and nd stripes floating over Fort after atter the terrific bombard bombardment mont ment to tit U which It II wan waft the fbi fol following t l lowing night that Inspired Francis Beott goote Key Xay of ot Maryland then a ft pris prisoner oner of or war on board the Ih British fyi fri frigate gate pt Surprise to compose e the can national anthem The Star Spang led Banner