while a battery upon their left swept: the whole position. And two field-pieces commanded the road. Of artillery, the assailants possessed not a single piece; nor any means, beyond what nature gave, of scaling the rampart. Yet, nothing daunted by the obstacles before them, or by the immense odds to which they were opposed, dispositions for an immediate attack were made The 86th, extending its files, stretched across the entire line of the enemy; the sailors in column prepared to storm the battery, while the marines remained some little way behind the centre, as a reserve.
These arrangements being completed, the bugle sounded, and our brave fellows advanced. The sailors, raising a shout, rushed forward, but were met by so heavy a discharge of grape and cannister, that for an instant they paused. Recovering themselves, however, they again pushed on; and the 85th dashing forward to their aid, they received a heavy fire of musketry, and endeavoured to charge. A smart firing was now for a few minutes kept up on both sides; but the British had no time to waste in distant fighting, and accordingly hurried on to storm the works; upon which a panic seized the Yankees, they lost their order, and fled.
“I am much concerned,” adds Sir Alexander Cochrane, “to say, that Captain Money had both bones of his leg broken by a musket-shot, advancing under a heavy fire to the attack of a battery that was afterwards carried. The conduct of Captain Money at Washington and near Baltimore, where he was employed with the army, having before occasioned me to mention him to their Lordships, I beg leave now to recommend him most strongly to their protection. The wound that he has received not affording him any probability of his being able to return to his duty for a considerable time, I have given him leave of absence to go to England, and shall intrust to him my despatches.”
Captain Money’s post commission bears date Mar. 29, 1815: he obtained a pension of 250l. per annum, Feb. 16, 1816; and was appointed Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard, for the prevention of smuggling, in the Isle of Wight, about Mar. 1822.
This distinguished officer married, Sept. 13, 1805, Maria, daughter of the late William Money, of Walthamstow, Essex, Esq. and sister to William Taylor Money, Esq. his Majesty’s
