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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH English Regiment's Colors in a U. 5. Army Post Chapel Recalls Day When Briton and American Fought Side by Side to Win Historic Victory Americans which began to waver under the force of the savage onset. For a moment the issue himg in the balance with disaster just a hairsbreadth away. Then the Royal Americans stiffened their resistance just long enough. Out of the ravine came charging the Highlanders who poured a volley at point-blan- k range into the flank of the red By ELMO SCOTT WATSON Released by Western Newspaper Union. dispatches RECENT thepress Italian front recorded the fact that the Kings Royal Rifle corps was one of the Seventh Armored units which had served so Division, General Montunder brilliantly his in gomery victory over Rommel in the North African campaign and which was now a part of General Alexanders British Eighth army. To most American readers this reference to the Royal Rifles had no special significance, although they might have been as interested in its of-t- he mob. The Finishing Touch. Although greatly surprised, the Indians faced about and returned the fire. But before they could reload, progress in the campaign against Kesselrings Germans as in the fortunes of any regiment in Clarks American Fifth army. Gen.-'Mar- k For the fact is that the Royal Rifle corps is intimately associated with the history of this country. It is the lineal descendant of a regiment which helped gain one of the most brilliant victories ever won on the North American continent, thereby giving to American colonial history one of its greatest military heroes. Known originally as the 62nd Loyal American Provincials, the regiment was later christened the 60th Royal Americans and this was the name it bore when its leader, Col. Henry Bouquet, snatched victory from what seemed certain defeat at the Battle of Bushy Run, marched on to raise the siege of Fort Pitt and gave the deathblow to Pontiacs Conspiracy. A New Era in Military Science. ' One thing which distinguishes the Battle of Bushy Run from all other engagements in our history is that here Colonel Bouquet established an American tradition of tactical resiliency and readiness to adapt methods to new requirements which has culminated in the military innovations of World War II, such as the new techniques of jungle fighting against the Japs and of air combat against the German Luftwaffe. In a day when battles were fought strictly according to rule, Bouquet, a superb tactician, dared to disregard the rules and to improvise on the battlefield, thereby marking the beginning of a new era in military science. Bouquet was a soldier of fortune, born in Switzerland in 1719. In 1754, at the outbreak of the war France and Great Britain in America, he became lieutenant colonel of the newly organized 62nd Loyal American Provincials, which was to become the 60th Royal Americans three years later and eventually the Kings Royal Rifle corps. He came to America in 1756, and served under General Forbes in the capture of Fort Duquesne, the French post at the Forks of the Ohio which was rebuilt and named Fort Pitt. Five years later, in May, 1763, the conspiracy of Pontiac, the great Ottawa chieftain, broke like a storm along the frontier. One after an be-Iwe- en other the chain of British posts fell, either from treacherous attack or from assault by overwhelming forces of Indians. Only Detroit and Fort Pitt held out and if the latter post fell, Pontiac might well make good his threat to drive the English into the sea." In this crisis the Swiss adventurer was called upon to save the day by marching to the relief of Fort Pitt. It is no overstatement to call his expedition a forlorn hope, for when he arrived at Carlisle late in June, he found there neither adequate stores nor transport which he had ordered n only refugees from the west. He had a force of little more than 500 men, composed of a detachment of his panic-stricke- Colors of the 60th Royal Americans in the Chapel of Saint Cornelius the Centurion, Governors Island, New York. own regiment, the 60th Royal Americans, and portions of two regiments, the 42nd Highlanders (the famous Black Watch) and the 77th (Montgomerys) Highlanders, which had recently been invalided home from the West Indies. With this Bouquet army reached Fort Bedford, the first leg of his journey, on July 25. There a force of experienced rangers joined him and they proved invaluable as an advance guard against ambush. By August 5 he was nearing his goal. About noon of that day, after a forced march of 17 miles through the hot forests, he reached a place called Edge Hill, 25 miles from Fort Pitt. Suddenly there were rifle shots ahead and screaming The Indians had attacked his advance guard. The two light infantry companies of the Black Watch" went to their support and scattered the Indians. But they came swarming back immediately and within a short time his little army was surrounded and fighting for their lives behind a hastily constructed defense on top of the hill. By nightfall Bouquets losses, in killed and wounded, were more than 60 officers and men. A Desperate Situation. It was probably as desperate a situation as any military commander had ever faced. In the dark forest around him swarmed a force of savages three or four times the size of his. Flushed with their recent successes in capturing the British posts and remembering how they had overwhelmed Braddock who had more than three times as many soldiers as did Bouquet, the Indians were confident of another great victory. Outside the little circle of piled-u- p supplies, which formed the walls of his fort, lay the bodies of 25 soldiers, killed in the fighting that afternoon. Inside there was suffering from undressed wounds and heat and thirst. For there was little water to be had except for a few precious mouthfuls, brought in the hats of some of the rangers who risked their lives to creep down to a spring nearby to get it. The hot dawn of August 6, 1763, brought a renewal of the Indian attack. Slowly but surely their plunging fire cut down the number of defenders on the hill. At last, Bouquet, seeing that destruction of his command was inevitable if this unequal kind of fighting continued, resolved to attempt one risky maneuver and wager everything on one desperate chance. If he could get the enemy out into the open long enough to give his Highlanders an opportunity for a bayonet charge, one such decisive stroke might end the affair. Explaining clearly to his men what he wanted them to do, so there would be no mistake and no confusion when the crisis came, Bouquet ordered the two companies of Highlanders to withdraw suddenly from the line, retreat rapidly across the hill until they reached a little ravine which ran along one side of the eminence. They were then to advance down this ravine and be ready to attack from it when necessary. Meanwhile the Royal Americans were to extend their line across the hill to replace the Highlanders. As the kilted Scotsmen withdrew, the Indians, seeing this maneuver and believing it to be the beginning of a retreat, came screeching out from their hiding places like a pack of famished wolves. Charging out into the open they struck the thin and weakened line of the Royal 200-mi- le war-whoo- the Highlanders were bearing down upon them with their bayonetted guns and the red men realized that they were trapped. Then Bouquet put the finishing touch upon his daring maneuver. Once more taking a desperate chance, he again broke his line and threw two companies out of the circle on the other flank of the enemy. The flying Indians, retreating before the grim-face- d Highlapders, ran squarely into the Royal Americans and withered away before the volley which swept their line. A few moments later the savages had fled, leaving Bouquet and his men in full possession of the field. It had been a dearly bought victory. Fifty of his men had been killed, 60 wounded and five were missing, a total casualty list of 115, nearly a fourth of his entire force. But Bouquet had saved his army, Fort Pitt and Pennsylvania. It took him four long days to march the remaining 25 miles to Fort Pitt. But the Indians had had enough. They had suffered a loss of more than 60 killed and many more wounded. There was little opposition tc his advance and when he reached that outpost and raised the siege, it sounded the death knell to the high hopes of the great Pontiac. Within a year the Ottawas confederation of tribes had collapsed and the last threat to English occupation of North America was ended. The next year Bouquet scored an equally brilliant success in an expedition into the heart of the Indian country beyond the Ohio. With two Pennsylvania battalions he cut a road into the wilderness of the Muskingum valley. There he summoned the Indians to a council to demand, not merely ask, that they cease their raids upon the English settlements. Moreover, he demanded and secured the release of more than 300 white captives who were restored to their families. Bouquets brilliant campaigning brought him the thanks of the King and the colonial assemblies of VirHe was ginia and Pennsylvania. brigadier-generbut to promoted he did not live long to enjoy his honors. He died of the yellow fevei at Fort St. George (Pensacola, Fla.) al in 1766. The great commander of the 60th Royal Americans might die, but the regiment lived on. After Bouquet9 death, British troops in the South were commanded by Augustine Pre vost, another Swiss adventurer who had become lieutenant colonel in command of the 60th in 1761. During the Revolution the regiment was in the expedition led by Prevost which marched north to the conquest of Georgia and the first battalion took part in the successful defense of Savannah in 1779, against a combined French and American force. In the Revolution. Parts of the regiment fought with Lord Rawdon at Hobkirks Hill and were with Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Guildford Court House. It was also with that luckless commander when he laid down his arms and surrendered to Washington at Yorktown in 1781. But whatever enmities, growing out of the Revolution, there may have been between Briton and American they have long since been forgotten. Today there hangs in the Chape Saint Cornelius the Centurion on Governors island, New York, the colors of the 60th Royal Americans (pictured above). They were presented to the chapel in 1921 by Field Marshal Lord Grenfell on behalf of the officers and men of the Kings Royal Rifle corps, lineal descendant of the 60th Royal Americans. At that time they were the symbol of a tradition shared by the British army and the American army the tradition of Britons and Americans fighting and dying side by side while fighting a savage foe in the forests of western Pennsylvania one hot August day back in 1763. Today those colors are a symbol of the same tradition the tradition of Britons and Americans fighting and dying side by side in Tunisia, in Italy and in France. of Families Like Meals With a Relish (See Recipes Below) Bit of Spice Lynn Chambers Menus Point-Savin- Ive saved many a meal just by it with a good relish, home-nakeoften tell me. This is the season to put up those rs lerving small, precious jarfuls of sweetness and spice to go with meals. meat-thrift- y There aeednt be many 1 your sugar Stuffed Veal Roll Creamed Potatoes Parsleyed Carrots Blueberry Relish Cantaloupe Bread and Butter Beverage Recipe Given rat- ions are low, but io fit a few of diem in your canning budget and rlassify them as morale builders. First on the list is a tasty relish that goes with Bread and Butter Pickles. quarts sliced cucumbers 3 onions V cup salt 3 cups vinegar 1 cup water 3 cups brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Vi teaspoon ginger 2 tablespoons mustard seed v 1 teaspoon turmeric Vi tablespoon celery seed 1 pod hot red pepper 1 piece horseradish Mix cucumbers, onions (sliced) and salt. Let stand 5 hours. Drain. Boil vinegar, water, salt, sugar and seasonings 3 minutes. Add cucumbers and onions and simmer 10 to 20 minutes. Do not boil. Pack into hot, sterile jars and seal at once. Dill Pickles. 35 to 40 fresh cucumbers 2 tablespoons mixed spices Vi pound dill 2 cups salt 2 gallons water 2 cups vinegar Wash and dry cucumbers. Put layer of dill and Vz of the spices in a stone jar. Add the cucumbers. Put the remaining spices and dill on top of the cucumbers. Boil salt, water and 3 blue-jerr- y mild-lavor- ed meats like lamb or veal. Blueberry Relish. . 4 cups blueberries (prepared) 7 cups sugar Vz cup vinegar Vi bottle fruit pectin To prepare blueberries, crush thoroughly or grind 1 quarts fully ripe, cultivated blueberries. Add Vt to 1 teaspoon cinnamon, cloves, or any desired combination of , all-pi- ce spices. g Measure sugar, prepared blueberries and vinegar into a large kettle. Mix well and bring to a full rolling boil over hottest fire. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 1 minute. Remove from fire and stir in bottled fruit pectin. Skim; pour quickly. Paraffin hot relish at once. Chili sauce has carried a high point value since rationing came into effect. It would be a good idea to put it up at home so as to save points for other canned food. Chili Sauce. 1 gallon tomatoes 2 cups onions 2 cups sweet red pepper 1 pod hot red pepper 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons salt 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon celery seed 3 tablespoons mixed spices Vi cups vinegar Skin tomatoes before chopping. Chop all vegetables before measuring. Tie mixed spices in a bag. vinegar 2 min- utes. Cool to room temperature and pour over cucumbers. Cover with a plate weighted down to hold the cucumbers in the brine. Keep at an (80 to 85 degrees). Remove skum each day. The pickles are ready for canning when they are crisp, uniform in color and with dill. This usually re2 to 4' weeks. Pack the quires Mix all ingredients except spice cured pickles into hot jars, cover with hot brine and seal at once. If bag and vinegar. Add spice bag the pickles are to be stored a long after mixture has time, process them in water bath boiled 30 minutes. for 15 minutes at a simmering temCook until very perature. Peach Pickles. thick, then add vinegar and boil 1 gallon peaches until there seems to be no more 7 cups sugar free liquid. Taste and add more 1 piece ginger root seasoning, if necessary. Pour, while 2 sticks cinnamon boiling hot, into hot, sterile jars and 1 tablespoon whole allspice seal at once. 1 teaspoon whole cloves 2 cups water 3 cups vinegar Lynn Says Clingstone peaches are best for pickling, although freestones may be Pickles are Crisper: If you put used. Pare hard-rip- e fruit. Leave up your pickles this way: whole. Boil 3 cups sugar, the spices 1. Use a pure cider vinegar. Be (tied in a bag) and vinegar for 3 sure that you get a good product, minutes. Add 10 to 12 peaches at neither old nor adulterated. a time. Simmer until they are ten2. Follow every direction, every der. Let stand in syrup 12 to 24 measurement, and do every step hours. Pack peaches into hot jars. carefully. Cucumber pickles may Add remaining sugar to syrup and be made either by a long or short cook to desired thickness. Pour process, but the longer process over peaches. Process 5 minutes in yields a better pickle. hot water bath. 3. When slicing several kinds Get the most from your meat! Get your of fruit or vegetable for pickling, meat roasting chart from Miss Lynn Cham have all of them about the same bers by writing to her in care of Western thickness. Newspaper Union, 210 South Desplaines 4. Too much spice destroys both Street, Chicago 6, IlL Please send a flavor and color. Use the ingrestempedi envelope for your dients in tested recipes only. ; reply. ; even-temperat- ure well-flavore- d |