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LAFAY ETTE
By Bernard Vincent McMahon
THE PONCHATOULA TIMES. AUGUST 1, 1985, PAGE TI
into Hampton Road, the British army (over a half of their total forces in America)
will, I think, be ours."
At the end of the Southern campaign we had traveled eleven hundred miles
forcing Cornwallis up to the tip of the penninsula, penned up as in a bottle. And I
"The story of America's French friend as Lafayette might have told it" • Copyrighted 19'5.\\; was the cork.
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i got there first on March 20, 1781. The French f]eet was right behind them. The The P ore Is
LAFAYE'rI'E CONTINUED ensuing naval battle was a draw with the French fleet retreating.The English c - - - c - = ..... • -c ............ "
picked up Arnold's army. rescuing him from the trap we set. r SS I 0 r a
Years later l realized what a pest I was toward General Washington and Rocham- My men were in rags so l marched them to Baltimore where the Patriotic
beau, prodding them into attacking Clinton in New York City. Washington told ition n,tfittoH thorn ,,,ith no, .... if .... lli,-,- h ,-, th .... ncl noun#l nl nn
me that the individual colonies would not send sufficient supplies to wage a ........ 7"'., ""' "T" .',"' "','-:" .... ",. ........ C"'-, m--i'-- " "":' n o : = = : c = : - -'
. . money pao mere. n ffpru o ]./tJ. Jenera Jreene oroereo e o advance
campmgn and the short-sighted French government was equally to blame. Finally ' .... ' " t " _ -. 4j=_
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batery that killed my tather at Mlnden You can ma me my joy • e Lamyette
l wrote an apotog,, to Rochambeau and he answered with a letter dated August " g "
• :' • . . honor was to be avenged by the dead hero's son
27, 1780: "lt s always fine, my dear Marqms, to think that the French are • ....
invincible: but l will tell you a reat secret taught by forty years exlerience no Wereach.ed Alex anda, Virginia on April 25..continued on to l-re, en, csurg£
,, ' , , , , . , , ., , .., .., . . and thence to owdng reen wnere I was met by an aide ot yon teuoen wlm
soloiers can more easily De aeeaed wnen mey nave ost meir cont|oence n [near
............... n re" throu h a orders to head off Arnold at Richmond. It was almost a dead heat when we got to
maoers and mey lose it me moment mey nave been enoa ge o g
• " ........... mmediatel that the warmth of " our Richmond on April 29 1781 for Arnold the next day reached Manchester, across
paniuclar and personal amDlllOn., .i reanzeo i y y . '
......... h -oolne-s and balance of "our the river Rchmond was saved. Washington wrote me" "For my own part my
! sOut anO yOur nearI nan sOmewhat OvercOme I e c sActinO ,. a intemreter I iourneyed Y " "express anc " ' I Plastic S urgeYy
judgment. Keep this latter quality in council and reserve the former for the time of dear Marqms,, although { stood in need of no new proofs of your exert,ons, and
action " sacrifices in the cause ot America: l will confess to you I sla not be aoe to
to Hartford, Connecticut with Washinqton thetPleasing sensations I have experienced at your unparalleled and :
and his stall officers, Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox tot a summit meeting epeated ins a ces of generosity and zeal for services, on every occasion.'"
with Rochambeau. Both sides agreed more money was needed, plus manpower, Now revenge was complete, General Philips charged across the river .and [,
and they decided to petition the French government, for a financial assistance and leading my troops, hurled hime back. "Vive lex Talionis Alter a g.rancl rewew m
until aid was forthcoming no attack could be made on Clinton in New York. Richmond with the whole town turning out. I marched my division to the ll
Returning with Benedict Arnold, I accepted his invitation to West Point to have Chikahominy River.
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breakfast with him and his wife. While crossing the Hudson River I mentioned Enter English General Cornwallis with his veteran redcoats and a plethora of
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to Arnold that a certain English officer, a Major John Andre, had been captured supplies. Thomas Jefferson was governor of Virginia and a more inept administrat New Orleans, Louisiana 70127
with very compromising papers. Arnold said. "I just remembered some pressing l have never seen. The planters refused to furnish us with supplies so I
business. You go ahead and start breakfast with my wife and l will join you later." requisitioned them. Luckily for Jefferson I did not get my hands on him or I would (504) 241-9201
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He never showed up and we later found he had boarded an English ship and have hungthat weak kneed liberal statesman.. ....
disappeared useo moian tactics against ornwams, not daring to engage nim in open Dame
The winter of 1780-1781 was the most lively social season Philadelphia orb w "' ,1 17R1 c, ..... I phitl,, rliorl" D lph H
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enjoyed up to that time, my fellow French officers nicknamed me "Bishop" for while encamped on tropical Virginia marshes. He was succeeded by the traitor
lecturm them on debaslng the morals of Phdadelph,a grls The peace was
'g .... ' Arnold who sent me a letter asking for an exchange of prisoners, l did not answer r. Rando owes
broken by Clinton sending the traitor Arnold to Portsmouth. Virginia with 12,000 it and neither did General Washington, to whom I sent a copy. Arnold intercepted
English Red Coats to reconquer the colony Unfortunately for Arnold a mighty M D Ph D
gale blew up, badly damaging his troop transports. While they were overhauling a letter from General Washington to me, and reading it interpreted the message as
their fleet Washington, seeing the opportunity, returned me my division and a plan,for a joint attack on New York City. He hastily transported many of his • • • •
ordered a march of Arn61d February 19, 1781 Then the rains came down and troops to reinforce Clinton-one of our best breaks of the whole war.
• The other was the expiraton of Jefferson's term of office succeeded by one of IIIIII
General Mud stopped us in our tracks. We found shipping and set sail from
Trenton, New Jersey down the Delaware River to the head of Elk (Elktown),
Maryland. Here we boarded French transports to sail the length of Chesapeake
Bay to Portsmouth, Virginia. Benedict Arnold got there first, hotly pursued by
Von Steuben. The cry was, "Capture and hang that traitor." The third group to
ardve was my government's naval force under Admiral Destouches with 1100
soldiers under General Viomenil. This news made me angry as I wanted part of
the action so 1 marched my division to Anapolis and continued on with my staff to
Yorktown At Yorktown while we were awaitinq the French fleet the English navy
my officers. William Nelson, who now poured men and supplies into my camp,
Cornwallis retreated from Williamsburg to Yorktown after shipping many of his en
out of Portsmouth to New York City.
Both Cornwallis and [ were anticipating the final battles would be in New York
so I begged General Washington tO transfer me there. He answered (in part):
"Our views must now be turned toward endeavoring (the enemy) totally from (the
Southern states)" Although he couldn't write it directly he implied Admiral
Degrasse and his fleet was on the way. I wrote: "'Should a French l[eet now come
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FROM PAGE ONE
injured by a Hammond runner who had
just been-tagged out at home by Chris.
He was toppled over by the runner and
sneering Hammond coaches somehow
found humor in the incident. Parents
and coaches alike protested Hammond's
actions. The injured catcher was examined
by officials while the umpires settled the
matter with the coaches.
For Ponchatoula, the game started
off with a bang Thursday night. As the
first batter in the first inning Jason
McMorris drew back on the first pitch
and on his first swing Jason cracked off
the game's first home run! Jason
proudly ran home as the ecstatic fans"
leaped from their seats in amazement.
"What a way to get started," quipped
coach Ragan.
Jason's homer proved to be an
indication as to how the game would
turn out. However, Hammond sponsor
Vincent Cefalu thought otherwise.
"You really never know until the sixth
inning. It was like this against Poncha-
toula in the Bush tournament. They
beat Ponchatoula. Ponchatoula had a
six run lead and blew it up in the last
inning. In fact. l still don't know how
they did that."
Following Jason's homer. Jefferey
Berthelot struck out,Tommy Ha qan was
put out at first and Bobby put
Hammond at bat on a fly out.
At bat, Hammond sent three up and
returned them to the field just as quick.
It then seemed that Hammond really
wanted to settle a grudge•
Trey Harris was the only player to
pick up a hit for Ponchatoula in the
second inning but when Hammond
took the plate, Danny Middleton,
Randall Smith and Alfred Lee were all
put out before reaching third base.
In fact, while Hammond was at bat,
Ponchatoula shortstop Tommy Ragan
and third baseman Ronnie Corbin set
up a spectacular double play that
astounded the Hammond players.
In the third inning, Tommy Ragan
scored on a triple and Jefferey Berthelot
scored on a double that tipped the
scales in Ponchatoula's favor 3-0.
Hammond's crew reared up to bat in
the bottom of the third and left
Ponchatoula scoring unanswered.
Jason McMorris, Jefferey Berthelot
and Gene Malone all scored on singles
in the fourth inning, which proved to be
Ponchatoula's longest scoring drive.
Hammond's coaches again rose to
protest a call at third base. Gene Malone
was declared safe upon landing at third
base, The opposition protested, but the
call remained unchanged and Gene
later scored.
Danny Middleton and Randall Smith
finally put scoring digits on Hammond's
side and that was the only offensive
fireworks ]it by Hammond in the fourth
frame. Danny and Randall both scored
on singles but the score remained in
Ponchatoula's favor 6-2 going into the
fifth inning.
For Ponchatoula, the fifth frame
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