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Show Emume of C A p ‘r A I it Mo N E Y. EqviJencc cf CAPTAYN Rebel camp "3- previous to the battle of the 7th Oe‘tober; there were thong en- Gates ; that knowing of this high ground, which opened to the " Rm"? lines already defcribed, he was aware it that ground had been Britifh lines, he had a full view of the whole tranfaetion ; the right under Arnold moved forward to meet the Britifli in the front of their lines, under the heavieil cannonadc of Artillery, grape lllOt, and rifle lire he ever beheld, and never gave way till they met the Britifli Grenadiers; in his whole knowledge of lbrvicc, it was the heavieil he ever recolleéled except in the affair of Fort Aime; he was alloniflicd, {till more allonifhed, when he heard the fire of the enemy's mufqucti‘y kept up with much vigour and conl‘tancy, after undergoing f0 heavy a fire of artillery, &c. as he had del‘eribed. The Britifh were not broke, but were in the atit of manoeuvering in fome dilbrder, in taking BruanECkerg a new pofition, which they at length efieeted. At this inllant he run,tho' not one obferved a battalion of Brunfivickers, who lhould have fufl'ained OHM-"m killed. them, on the tirft lire dii'perfe in confufion, without the lofs of would never occupied by the army, the rebels would have abandoned their And gallantry, lines, but by bringing them forward in the manner he did, he infpired them with a confidence that they were not only able to defend themi'elves, but to force the enemy, entrenched and defended as they were. The Captain'entcred into feveral other details, and his examination was leeiniiigtly over, when Colonel Onllow role and put a great variety of qucltions, which he cant. M. pinch W Ganfwered very much in favour ot: the General. At length,11131'ff":rvnr ln‘" "‘0 the of e conceiv rebels the did opinion what him by allied beingr condue} of Sir \Villiam Howe P He faid, he was not in of Gm. H, the confidence of the rebel chiefs, nor. did he think the opinions And of a rebel peafan‘try were proper evidence to be received refpeet. inq the conduct of to great and able a commander.opithe given has Money Capt. laid, iGovernor Iohnfione nion of the oflieers who {erred with him. refpecting the condutt of his Commander in Chief; of the rebel officers ; refpet‘iting the conduEt of lV'lr. Arnold, 81‘. He has been at New York, Aikcd, .what, then, was the general a man, for he, did not fee one man killed or wounded lying on the ground which they quittcd. Vihen the Britifli were taking the and feveral other places. new petition, he heard a cry ofil‘iamel fliame! but they foon . Sir lVilliam Howe P was Gen. H. ohiefts Captain the unlefs n, queifitio the to l ObjCEl'CC m Sir \Villia agalmfipafkmgped. converf admitted to name the oliicers with whom he 57:37:33 ""3 the d provide , quellion the wave to Lord North confented {Umbmrd' hIt-iiiey' _Capt. Does. one: ng followi the anfwer Witnefs would s meatiire military on mean to infer, that the opinions of oflicers are not entitled to credit, or ought to carry no particular weight got into order. When the Brunlivickers run, he did not fee General Reitliel rally them, but be perceived two Aids dc camp, threatening, endeavouring, &c. to bring them back to charge, but to no efi'et‘t. They were, after feveral exertions "me 0" aaam- collefied, but not in order, behind the artillery, and could ne~ ver be prevailed on afterwards to come forward in the line. His being made a prifoner, he believed, was not occafioncd by the flight ot‘the Bruntvick battalion, it was rather owing to the death of Sir ll'illiain Clarke, vho had a command in the artilv lery, and part of the troops forward being broke, they fell back upon the Artillery near where he was llationed, during which time a confuiion havingr enfued, he had no choice left him but to fly, or remain in his proper poll, as long as he faw it was his ' ' duty, al'iiding by the confequences. His opinion on the whole giflo‘iliiiiiijy rei'pef‘tin; tit: attiiir of the 7th October was, that the mifbehavi- " 'our ot the brunlWick battalion was the caulc of the lots ofa Vic- tory, if not of the whole army which was the conl‘equencc of that lots. . There was an high ground on the left of the rebels and the right of the Britifli. Had a polition been taken on that high ground, and heavy artillery planted there, it would have. commanded the left of the rebel lines, and they mull either have fought under very great (.11:Ltl"ilIltiiS{C, or have been compelled to abandon their camp. Their left would have been expofcd. Gen. Al'nulcl's thile he was a pl‘lli'mt't‘ he learned that General Arnold made mam- conduit. the attack on the Britilli lines without orders from General Gates ; opinion entertained of the expedition to the fouthward, under with them, in the courfc of the prefent enquiry? - . . C01. mm, Colonel Barre rofe, and faid, that molt certainly if opinions on excepti no be could there were to be received generally, ng taken againft any one opinion more than another, accordis, to their intrinfic i'alue ; but if the opinion refpet‘ling General d conof people at a diflance from the feene, was to be. receive Here ‘S: hilfllllCl ing: concern ought it to latter, the cerning the ng refpcéli , the Colonel launched forth on Adminiflration the home; at conduct military the ; whole of their conduct mg the fending troops on impracticable feryices; the. deceiv out a {nthcommanders in their promifes ; their not fending 560-1 Lucia, St. and a Georgi to ion cient force; their expedit grcatiy ned complai but , queftion the up gave North Lord of the Hon. Gentleman's unprovoked feverity. I . x ' _., ‘ L‘A - 35‘."9-5.4: non to a fwamp adjoining, where there was a flrong abbattis. Their left he had not teen. Rattle Oe‘t. 7th. On the morning General Arnold marched out to force the 33 .. trenchments on the right, on the top of a hill, defended by can- Mon-inn \l D}.‘. {.74 L ‘\. . .1. 32 |
