He puts the loss at twenty-nine officers and men, and
fixes upon the 18th of April as the day of the fight.
His statement is sustained by the evidence I have gathered. Some
writers have put the loss at fifty, and others as high as seventy men,
but these numbers exceed the truth. Wadsworth had fifty men;
Brocklebank may have had as many more. We can account for about
ninety-six. On the 24th of April, Lieutenant Jacobs acknowledges the
receipt of his charge as Captain, in place of Captain Brocklebank, and
informs the Governor and his Council that his company consists of
about forty-six men, a portion of whom were left at Marlboro' by
Captain Wadsworth.
Hubbard says, that of Wadsworth's company, not above twenty escaped,
and Daniel Warren and Joseph Pierce, who buried the dead, say that
fourteen or fifteen of Captain Wadsworth's men were concealed at Mr.
Noist's mill. Taking the statements of Hubbard and Jacobs, we
account for ninety-six officers and men, viz.: forty-seven left at
Marlboro', twenty-nine killed, and twenty escaped.
Some writer has stated that the battle was fought on the 21st, instead
of the 18th of April. It may not be proved that the battle was fought
on the 18th, but it is determined that it was fought previous to the
21st.
On the 21st of April, the Massachusetts Council communicated the fact
in writing to the Plymouth Colony.
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