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Show Euz'u'e/zce qf LORD CORNWALLIS. Evidence quortD CORNWALLXSa 3th to ambufimdcs, that hu an imperfeét knowledge of it can be ohtamed from reconnortering. I never {aw a ltronger country, or one better calculated for the dctenhve. 'l‘he tnovem nts of the king's army much cmharralli‘d and retarded by the difficulty of gutting provifions when in the field 1 and train the clofenefs of the country. t‘vmttewrmhs I did no: fee t is enemy's llllL‘S at Brooklyn duringr the arc/lion lm:.u;Bi-cal;lyn 27 h {X‘llgull'l 776 With any accuracy ; I was on the left with the fccono D'Jtt‘dllOll or grenadiers, and could form no judgment. ...1"i ‘t m». I newer uio hear‘n fuégtllcd by.... any one that thofe "llllL‘S could have men carried by allau t. It wastinix'erfltl‘ I i " 1l'~tenth "~_ try‘ fit p}) t )‘Ji‘d .t tlm‘ tth eencm)" sprmcrpal was at that time on X ork Illand. 1 do not know that any time was loft in making preparations for thejaiiding on ‘t ork lilantt: the preparations were of a complicateo nature, and depended, 1n lome degree, on the naval department. ',. l,,\... ;. 9'. T' " ' V ' 5" W") 3‘ We I end oriferve no avotduole delay .. e 0 ,_7 P rior t'0 tiee mounnnt . , ~ motwns oi the, 1 mm" tne army n‘om York lllzind; and from the particular eniplov " ment I had the works u ‘ ,. {it,. that time. in luperintending . -. thrown . up for the octennve army that was. to remain on York lhand, I think "V: ln" :1‘ ' there was no avoidable delay. m4 (." ,‘ r. 7. . n {Ali-Ilrlddfvi- I it...) acquainted mth 811‘ ll illiam Howe's rcalhns for not l1" 7. . 2 'ramnsfir *7" I. ‘ ..,, J. i «‘4 ‘ ‘ 1m "midt-nbm‘fi‘nmf‘ ‘t‘ne (tittmy‘b tnrttnenments at White Plains on the l . i : "' (1." . rt'lwl: ut it .me Plains. 20m ()ttotwr, :nter the deleat of the corps on the enemy's rin'ht -; .'.."_'. r ' 7°. FlO;hBOlILCE‘l ntotiyco it lo‘ impoihhle either for the General or Il})':ttll' to explain thofe rea‘ions. It they could he explained t, . ‘ 1L a. innit n .appear \ . ev1dently ' to the, LlULllC, that the attack was nnpolliblc. ' 1:. he coring) in the rear of the enemy did appear very llrong. on t el l, xrtlent occafion hwc am "fwd p , ftee .. to‘ lay, ' ' that ' I could} not .i 1 tit L - t it enemy from bruntwick With any profpect of manual advantage, or Without greatly difirefling the troops un- :[S to der my command. ' ‘i:ii‘lllblil 'INJN' that ‘1 ‘ .' w‘. T‘flt m. ml the) General :11' rived at Trenton, be detached int, 3». if," a LOD‘K‘ZLlCYllblC corps of troops from :Maidenhcad to Cor~ p113. itel a Ferry, where WC had fome hopes, from previous meafures Lint". h} the General, that we lhould have found boats to crofs with from the inhabitantq, tbree or fimr [awn/2w? of whom came Near4ooo take in and took the oaths [very z/cgy flew a! lag/2,2 {49.7 (did/l", the grcatthe 03"" advantage we lhould derive from obtaining forage and prori‘lions, made me think it advifezible to riflc that vita-ruled cantrnnnent. Human prudence could not loreiee the fatal event of the fur! render of Colonel Rhall's brigade. I apprehended no danger, hut the chance of having: our quarters heat up in the winter, and the object in my opinion, towards fitiiihing the war, was of greater confequcncc than two or three viotorics. In regard to that the General mentions of polling the Helliuns on the left of the cantonments, I mull fay, I ever had, and llill have the highcfi opinion of thoi‘e braVe troops. The misthrtnne at 'l‘rcn- tor. was owing entirely to the imprudence and negligence of the NeT‘rgzmm of commanding oilicer; on all other occalions the troops- cvcr have Rl‘all rahfc ul‘ hehared, and I dare fay ever will behave, with the greatel‘tthk‘ 4W". courage and intrepidity. The behaviour on the attack of Fort \‘Ialhington of this very litigude of Colonel Rhallss, 1» as the admiration or the whole army. Sir \‘v'illium Howe, in the beginning of the campaign 1777, Dgfmmwutg 4 took great pains to inform himl‘cll‘of the fituntion ol'the enemy's Enroll}~ trump at illiddle Brook, and the intelligence he. received war: by no means‘ encouraging. .. There were certainly many folid reafi‘vns azainll attempting C the pallilge of the Delaware through jcrfey at that time. I think "we embarked thre: or four days after We arrived, and we could not have embarked l‘ooncr. As any reference to anv private conferences or confult'rtionm‘ym mt ",3 that I was honoured witthy Sir \Villiam Howe, may inrolrc l:i€(‘r,".‘u."l "mm. me in matters of great intricacy, I mull decline giving any ri- Will" 0- limit. dencc to this hou‘fc concerning it. .22: Did not the expedition to l'ennfylvrtnia prove a powerful direrlion in favour of the Northern army. fl. Ilikewile apprehend that to be a matter of Opinion, and Not 51:: merit; decline anfwe 'ing it. fl. I apprehend the main army did ; that is, the army com- no Boats. greatclt part, if not the whole, did. 3 Fe w Ht Jerltys, the great encouragement we met with ‘9 I'm" a "1"" 2, Whether the rebel main army did not march into Penn-10h): 511‘"! "a" A" filmnia to oppofe the corps; on that ferrice E manded by General Ynlhington, and it was underflood the {O 1"1"l-‘ , ' ' lar're aaie't'i A "git :fintlagt tit-ft mull naturally arife from holding , I did not obl'erve any unnecelliuy delay in moving the army from the Jerfeys, for the embarkation from ‘itatcn lliand. "CVHWY; Our expeftations were difappointed, and we found rm v 't WAs‘e tnt Demonic r. 3C5 not tordable, and we could get no boats, are..." .t ., 'm 1 ' i \:‘1 :ttinnly ignpiachcabie to crofs at that time. Adair-iv. ultim- ‘ u .'u ow . .‘ ‘ _;;=:: at 'i‘rrntun. to Lh Gk 16‘ £1 tfn lit a: the petton that firll fuggefied the ldt‘fl c AC L1": \",‘ "‘' ' -f l :_ fur! a. Liking lienton and Burdenton into the chain ii) ,1" Criftlfomfn‘mb‘, I thlnk myfelf in honour bound to anfwer 11 I recollect hearing that a body of about two thoul‘and men marched from the high lands under the command of the rebel general l‘v'laxwell, to reinfor‘e General \V'alhington's army ink mediatelv a ter the battle ofBrnndywine. The mantruvre that brought on the notion at Brandywine,Hismmv- we certainly reflec‘ts the highell hon ur on the General ; as I hare a: the Brand";reacly rel‘ufcd to inform this Home whethcr"1~ concurred in C 2 other |