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conquered very formidable adversaries, resounded with
oes of their exploitL; that now they had to combat slavee.
not daring to look them in the face, were flying on all
and that they had not come thousands of miles from h
be overcome by a rebelliou slave. !.
 As soon as the day broke, Tounaints advanced
pa-ning a ri.er, encounteretd the advanced guard of
beau, wli,.h wa, cn its mar h. Then the action began.
imnpLtuNi'ty oI' tl,.: atta'.k was '.hei ked by the bravery of'
r siPtanc.e. The trops in ambuiih pres,".d Iorwa.rd on the
anil ii the rear ci' thll r,:n i h,-b ho everywheree presen
bold front to thI. ;-jliljrnt. The retrtn-r him.-n having
opened, thi contliIt Iel',ame I..loods and o'jbrinate. Now'
victory in'.lined to thlls ide. rnyw to that. The uni:ertainty"
but inflame the courage of both. Tlussa;nt wa_ then see
brave a thousand per;il. Some of' hi g enadli.rid yielding a
tie before the Fren,.h imp..tui,:,sy, a yo.ing odiic.'r called
their power by the',-r word-, -\ ht' .\u -desert your
eral!" That umomnmit ihe put him 3ll' at th l head of a pla
of grenadier,. anil ascendlin: an eminenei- ; hir h tom
Ro.bhamhean', right wing, ann.i.. ''l him. iirik n dc.trurtive
At this mrucint an i..ti.e r Iof dragorn- having inlbrmed
saint that hi, wife and I'nmly wrr- I6 h;nd a mountain not'
from th.- place o.f a tlirn, he replied. Do o n u sec that
take the road to Etheir; I muitt here prrlorm my duty."
dutn he d.1i perlbrm. R.eardlesr of b;m1ll', he enCou
hi men Ivlwhn they ar illated, and ever again led them i
the fiht. With su..h fur'y did the rontlict rage that arms
thrown aside, and combaiant.,, seizing each other, struggled`|
ilit and death. The field of battle wan en've'red with the
A de.-igite etf rt was ne..er"ary. Putting himself at the
of his grenadier', Touiaint rushed to the attack, and d
Ro. hambean over the river, where, in the morning, the fight
begun. I-He tbhn r.lturned, anid tcik tip a po:,iti.,n on his side
the L strea' i.
 The issue remained undecided; but Toussaint had rescued