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Show Emiu'mce «31" L o R D C 0 11 N w A L L r Evil/larva .3," I. o R o C o R N w A I. r. :. ‘havcf'n‘u‘ Q. "few the troops under the command of you r Lora'hliip in ‘- ""h" "h a condition to have marched loru'ard belore the ltxth ? Ferry. Q Has your Lordlhil) not heard as a fact, that Sir Henry AkedifsirELC. In". The troons would have ween {o undoubtedly. Q. At what hour on the {eventh did the King's troops roach Clinton declared that he did not believe fuch a movement as Sir "[35,?" film} I‘rince 'l‘ou‘n? .4'. The left column came an hour before filnfet, the fecond column between nine and re: at night. Iunderfiand, I cannot {peak with certainty, thorn detach- merit of the enemy quitted Prince Town that morning, what time 1 do not know. mm mil- I do not know what the number of the enemy was ; they were I ' ‘I. KS"- rcprefinrted to us to be without artillery or baggage. The num: VVillizlm Howc's carrying the army fouthward 35015515, and that ""6""‘l‘56d' he took the communication of it, when made to him, as a ti‘int to cover forne delign either to the eaflward or up the NUXCII River. her of the King's troops I do not recolleé‘t, it may eahly be ah tertnined if material. I cannot {peak as to the enemy's rear guard palling the Delav.'.ne on the 8th ; they kept a linall detachment in Trenton till our troops got near it. I do not apprehend the enemy's rear guard wus in any danger from our troops that day. V Q: What was the impediment to purfuing the match from Brunl‘wick, as your Lordlhip lays the troops were undoubtedly , {HINDU havetakcn pol: {o as to difcern what was pulling at Brooklyn table before the fixth P .4. As the enemy had {0 much the flart of us, Ido not fee there was any great objeél‘ for the march. \Ve wanted reinforcement in order to leave troops for the communication between I-Irunlivick and Amboy. It was likeways necellary to pay {ome attention to :1 conliderable body of troops then pulling the North River under General Lee. 1; Savor rim-m- I did not know of any offers or tiromifes of any of the Chiefs, xi-iil'thGEO-wc or men of conl‘iderahle interelt among the rebels in Pennl'ylvania, "0m hil‘l‘flv- made to General Howe on or nluout the 20th December 1776, for furnifliinq him with any aid or alillancc, in cafe of his enters int: Pennfylmnin with his'army. No {,gemnydm lltnew of no circumllunces exiflirzg on or about the 20th Dept-fitiorntlrEc to cember 1776, which could warrant a confidence of a peaceable GEM Bm‘fln- or {I iendly diliiolition in {my very confiderable part of the Penn'uns towards G rent Britai i. I :m only liij,'tl:ntAlIier'iC21is a very flrong country, very ", very hilly, and very woody. is delcription not equallv applicable to all parts of the untry In which I have ferved, but in lbme degree to all. I had very little opportunity of knowing;~ any thing about the rolling: the provincial troops. Sound .0... or Ibelieve the ln‘.zadth of the found between Lonir Illand and mo yards wide New Yorl; was about rt thoufand or twelve hundred yards. I can {peak with No accuracy. .4. I never heard that Sir ,William Howe allzed any publicl‘fill rot e‘rc opinion ol‘C-ir Henry Clinton, and I do not think this a proper 13""- ;,\:.~.;.:.«:. place to repeat private convcrl'ations in. I have been twice up and down the Delaware, but both times in the night. The army was Will fupplied with provilion-s an the march from the head of the Elk to Philadelphia, partly by what was carried in the provifion train, and partly by the cattle and flour we found in the country. we received no provilion from the Delaware till the army had reached Philadelphia. Q l‘r'hether the lines at Brooklyn on the left were brought down (0 near the no. er's edge as to preclude the paliuge of the troops between the lhore and the lines, lb as to com: on the back of the lines P A. I have raid I know {0 little of the lines at Brooklyn, thnt .‘a'o turning on I can fay nothing with accuracy about them; but I believe Ill'f' 91",: "5 Q" can with certainty fay, that there was no fuch opening as the Effigwflim at quellion fuppofes. A "‘5 As the order for the attack of Red Bank was given verbally. Orders roDonnp it is impollible to recollect all the words cxac'lly. I recollect per- mm In terrific: feet'ly well thntI began with telling Colonel Dollop that Sirll‘" "1:"er '3'," \Villiam Howe by no means wilhed him to {acrificc the troops E",- 1; 3"" under his command; that ifhe found the Red "Clank could no " A} Jim" eafily be carried, that he would give notice to Sir William Howe, and that proper mealures {hould be taken to fend him reinforctyments and artillery ; that if he found that Red Bank could be ealily carried by alliiult, that the General was very delirous or putting an end to that bulinefs, and wilhed him to lung/nan I'qfllzz're : I believe this was nearly what I told him, I told it t, Sir William Howe the fame evening. .Q. How near were the thirty third regiment and the grenze diets to the enemies lines at Brooklyn. -4. I have already faid Iwas on the left with the {econd buttalion of grenadicrs, and therefore cannot anfwcr that. Q Whether the grenadiers and the thirty third regiment did Dot-i ‘ , not purlue the enemy {o clofe to their redoubt, that it required :r ' _ The "army was encmnpdd a little out of cannon {hot of the lines alter the aftion. I know of no place where they coul have repeated orders to prevail on them to delill from taking it by "'35? from) r" .4. I have already {id clot I do not know. There is rm ho~ 1111111"?le |