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60 ỌRỤ AṄARỤ Ṅ’ỊHỤ WASHINGTON


rue elekere otu abalị. McCausland, na-aga n'ihu n'ụbọchị tliis, chụpụrụ otu ìgwè ndị agha ịnyịnya n'ihu ya, ma nwee njikọ aka siri ike na Rockville, bụ ebe ọ mara ụlọikwuu mgbe o meriri ma chụpụ onye iro ahụ.

Anyị gara n’ehihie n’abalị iri na otu; McCausland na-aga n'ihu na pike Georgetown, ebe ndị agha, ndị agha ịnyịnya Imboden bu ụzọ n'okpuru Colonel Smith, tụgharịrị gaa n'aka ekpe na Rockville, ka o wee ruo pike okporo ụzọ nke asaa nke Silver Spring na-aga na Washington. Ndị agha ịnyịnya Jackson kwagara n'akụkụ aka ekpe. Ụbọchị gara aga na-ekpo ọkụ nke ukwuu, okporo ụzọ ndị ahụ dịkwa uzuzu nke ukwuu, n'ihi na enweghị mmiri ozuzo kemgbe ọtụtụ izu. Okpomọkụ a na-enwe n'abalị na-akpagbu nnọọ onwe ya, ma e nwetabeghị izu ike. Ụbọchị a bụ ụbọchị na-ekpo ọkụ nke ukwuu, ọ dịghịkwa ikuku na-akpali akpali. Ka ha na-eme njem, ígwé ojii nke na-echi ọnụ kpuchiri ndị ikom ahụ, ọtụtụ n’ime ha dakwara n’ihi ike ọgwụgwụ. Ya mere, a kpachibidoro ọganihu anyị nke ukwuu, mana m gara n'ihu ngwa ngwa dị ka o kwere mee, na-atụ anya ịbanye na mgbidi siri ike na gburugburu Washington tupu enwee ike ijide ha. Smith chụpụrụ obere ndị agha ịnyịnya n'ihu ya n'ọrụ n'okporo ụzọ 7th pike, ma kwatuo ndị ikom ya ma tinye ha dị ka ndị agha. Agoro m n'ihu ndị agha ahụ, wee rute n'ihu Fort Stevens n'okporo ụzọ a obere oge ka ehihie gachara, mgbe m chọpụtara na ọrụ ahụ bụ mana enweghị ike.

Rodes, onye nkewa ya dị n'ihu, nyere iwu ozugbo ka o webata ya n'ahịrị ngwa ngwa dị ka o kwere mee, chụpụ ndị na-ese okwu, ma banye n'ọrụ ma ọ bụrụ na o nwere ike. Kọlụm m niile na-agbagharị site n'akụkụ, nke bụ naanị omume. USB mode nke ije n'okporo ụzọ anyị na-aga, na tupu e nwee ike ibulite nkewa Rodes, anyị hụrụ igwe ojii nke uzuzu n'azụ ọrụ ahụ kwupụta Washington, n'oge na-adịghị anya kọlụm ndị iro tinyere n'ime ha n'aka nri na n'aka ekpe, a chụpụkwara ndị agha n'ihu, ebe e si n'ọtụtụ batrị meghere anyị ngwa agha. Nke a meriri olileanya anyị nke inweta ihe onwunwe nke ọrụ na mberede, na ọ dị mkpa ka reconnoitre.

A tụbara ndị mgba Rodc n'ihu, na-anya ndị nke