Haslet

In the Forth Worth suburb of Haslet, almost every family is getting a check.

CNN Transcript Feb 16, 2006 2006

Mercer's brigade which was headed by Col. Haslet of Delaware on foot and Gen. Mercer on horseback was to march straight on to Princeton without turning to the right or left.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

The news of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Haslet celebrated with "a turtle feast;" and he did more.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Haslet, gallantly fighting on foot, and also trying to form the broken brigade, fell dead with a bullet wound in his forehead.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Col. Haslet retired some small distance behind the buildings and endeavored to rally them, but receiving a bullet through his head, dropt dead on the spot and the whole brigade fled in confusion.

The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston

Early the next morning McDougall was ordered to reinforce Haslet with a small corps and two pieces of artillery under Hamilton, and to assume general command.

The Conqueror Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902

On the American side of the stream was an eminence called Chatterton's Hill, and on the evening of the 27th Colonel Haslet was stationed on this height, with sixteen hundred men, in order to prevent the enfilading of the right wing of the army.

The Conqueror Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902

The British, excellently led, returned the fire with great spirit, and with such good effect that, after a few volleys, Mercer's horse was wounded in the leg and his rider thrown violently to the ground, Talbot's was killed under him, and several of the officers and men fell, -- among them the brave Colonel Haslet, who was mortally wounded.

For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution Cyrus Townsend Brady 1890

The brave Mercer was mortally wounded, and that gallant son of Delaware, Colonel Haslet, killed fighting at his commander's side.

The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 Samuel Adams Drake 1869

Haslet was still standing, we searched the register, and another link of evidence was made clear by the finding of the looked-for entry.

A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu 1843