Index Entry | Drummers, in Newbern, beat parley, citizens did not recognize meaning |
Location | Newbern |
Citation | VGW(RI.771.021 15 Aug 1771:22 (275) [Report of battle between troop under Governor [of North Carolina] Tryon and citizens from whom he was plundering supplies.] About 300 stood and returned the fire for three quarters of an hour, in which time the Governor struck his colours twice, hoisted a white flag, and beat a parley, but the country, being quite ignorant of any signals or terms of war, kept a constant firing, as long as their ammunition lasted, and then left the ground. . . |
Generic Title | Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Ri) |
Date | 1771.08.15 |
Publisher | Rind, William |
City, State | Williamsburg, VA |
Year | 1771 |
Bibliography | B0049428 |