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line, amid a storm of bullets not one of which touched him, and placed in Colonel Cruger's hands a message to the effect that Lord Rawdon was in full march to raise the siege. When this good news was announced a shout went up from the defenders that reached the enemy's lines.

Greene, knowing he had no time to lose, stormed the fort next day. His "forlorn hope" gained the ditch followed by a strong attachment with grappling hooks to pull down the parapet. At this critical moment a party of Cruger's men, led by Captain French, and another of the New Jersey Volunteers, under Captain Campbell, dashed into the ditch at opposite ends, pushed forward with their bayonets till they met in the middle and cleared all before them. With astonishment and chagrin Greene saw his design foiled by the desperate valor of a mere handful of men. His soldiers could not be persuaded to make a second attempt. The next day he raised the siege and soon after Lord Rawdon arrived with the long expected succor.

The defence of a position so weak as "Ninety-Six" for more than thirty days with a force of only 350 Loyalist troops and 200 militia, is really remarkable in view of the strength of the besieging army. The little garrison had 1 lieutenant, 3 sergeants and 23 rank and file killed, while the besiegers lost 1 colonel, 3 captains, 5 lieutenants and 157 rank and file killed, besides the loss sustained by their militia, which was believed to have been much greater.

Just before the post was invested Lt.-Col. Cruger sent his wife to the house of a loyal Presbyterian minister, who lived about a mile from the fort. During the siege she heard nearly every gun that was fired, and her anxiety must have been extreme.

Lt.-Col. Cruger won fresh laurels at the battle of Eutaw Springs, where he commanded one wing of the British forces. His brave and devoted wife had barely time to quit the army ere the battle began. She sought refuge in