Show M MARK RK SCENE OF 1780 D BATTLEGROUND ROCK nOCK ISLAND ISLA m III July 16 16 Dy By The Associated The Press Press scene o of the western most mot fight of the Revolutionary war ar the old Indian village of Sauk-r- Sauk Sauk E Sauk E uk Illinois today bears a marker commemorating the stirring day days of nearly a century and a halt half ago In 1780 Colonel John Mont Mont- Montgomery Montgomery tont gomery one ono of the th members of the tho George Rogers Clark dark expedition expedition expedition tion razed the village by tire fire Records Indicate this tight fight marked the farthest point west ut that the troops of the Revolution Ro pene- pene penetrated pene penetrated The Tho marker was raised by the Colonel John Montgomery chap chap- chapter chapter ter of ot the Sons of o the American Revolution |