OCR Text |
Show Evidence ofLreur. Cot. Krucsrow. 41 livia'czzce ofergu'r. COL. KINGSTOI‘I. next morning, the 15th, to {upport Colonel Baume; but that no account liming: been received of them the next day (16th) on Sundav, the General put himfelfat the head of the 24th rec,mm5 mum giment ; but before he had got forward more than two miles, he met Brcyman's corps returning in great thiordcr, and was in. brukcn. formed of the difafier at Bennington. The Germans continued to return in {mall or broken parties the whole day. He hated the returns of the army on the Iii of September, Army 49cc. previous to the crolling Hudfons River. Britifh 2,600, Ger. mans 2,300. On the 3d, after palhng the River, there was ' ' very little difference. The General wilhed to keep a communication open by his ports with Fort Edward; but as that was impolhblc, and to be in force, in obedience to his inllructions item the Secretary of State, he refolved to make a movement forward. The artillery, iiores, baggage, and detachments on the other fide of the river being: all brought up and called in, he moved towards Stillwater. GemFi-azrr aP-l'revious to the pulling of Hudlbn's River, and after, he ll'rlll WW" Pamngfeveral confidential converfations with the late General Frazer, upon the propriety of that meal‘ure, who alwa 's exprefied the warmed approbation of it. He was preterit near the General the whole day in that aeotion, which was more obllinately dilputed than any a long lei-Vicerver gave him an opportunity of. leeing'. The Britilli line conFirmm‘fs 0Ftht‘fified of but four regiments, 20th, 21ft, 62d, and the 9th, a:Om' "(h 61d, mounting to I, 100 rank and file : the whole weight ofthe aétion fell on this body. On the laft charge, juft before dark, the 8‘ 91h "gm troops feemed to be greatly fatigued, and not in a conditionto make very Vigorous exertions; they retained their lpirit, firm. 'hc HU‘KOH' A1‘§3\"£3ttacl~"diiefs, and refolution, but not that alacrity they flieWed in the by "‘5‘" "WPS- beginningr of the day, which was very natural for troops that had now been nearly five hours firing and manmuvring, and Ye! vic‘torious. had almoft on every {relh charge a frelh enemy to contend with. He faw the line after the rebels had been difperfed; it had 9" "PM Of fudered greatly: the ranks had been thinned; the men wet $33322," and fatigued; the lots in killed was 76, wounded 247, milling Of priloners 28. The two field officers of the 62d were wound A ' ed, and the greater part of the Otficers of the regiment killer or wounded. The other regiments had likewil‘e fuflered great ly, and the officers and men on the next day (September 203 nor for feveral days after, were not in a fit condition to undaA: ,h;, pmod army 3890. planted down the fide of the hill to the fwamp adjoining the IIVCT. He faw a letter from Sir Henry Clinton, received September Gen. B. receives the 22d, informing General Burgoyne, that Gen. Vaughanalk'm‘YmeSir would be about that time in the Highlands, and was medita- Hen‘c'scl't'22' ting an attack on Fort Montgomery, which, tho' the roval ar~ my had been confiderably more in force, was a thong realon for not attacking the rebels in their intrenchments, till fome further account fhould be received of the operations of General Vaughan. He was prefent at the action of the 7th of Oé‘tober, and oc- gm], of new, canonally in every part of the line. When the retreat became monts Edi‘t‘. general, he did not think he was authoril‘ed, as an officer, to expofed on the right and left, he met Sir Francis Clarke on a gallop going to the left. He afked him where he was going P he {aid from the General, to order otfthe artillery. They had fcarcely parted when a very heavy fire came from the enemv, by which, he had every reafon to believe, Sir Francis Clarke was killed. He had a copy of an original paper in his hand, which be ‘m old friend of received from General Gates, containing" a return of the rebelGC‘mm1 Gm" army. General Gates and he Were old and intimate friends, when that brave officer was engaged in a more commendable line of fervice. He had not the original in his pofTeflion, but he {aw it at General Burgoync's that morning. would produce the original. ill} It. One General, twelve Brigadiers, 4.6 Colonels, 43 Lieutenant-Rebel army Colonels, 45 Majors, 346 Captains, 342 Firlt i.‘eutenants,19>383 men. 332 Second Lieutenants, 328 Enfigns, (1,0 Serjeants, 64S Drums, and 13,200 rank and file; he underflood the return to mean that, befides corps and out-pofis not included, 3400. Britilh, on the 1ft of November, 2086, Germans, ircluding Bririfh and Canadians, not included in his former returns of the King's The general returns at the latter end of the month Weft Brmfh 2300, Germans 1590, befides the three additional com ledge of the "on"? on the left; he law the right, and perceived it W? ""LY lil‘ollgly defended by fieldworks, redoubts, and cam" plantv army every defcription, 1900; there were befides lbme Provincials3936 menarmy. His intimate The rebel camp near Beaumont's-Edge could not be recot The General promifcd he He was not certain whether the commifiioned and non-commifiioned officers were included in the return, but he believed not, becaufe they were diliinguiihed take further operations. panies from Canada. .. give orders for the cannon being brought off, while there was an artillery General Officer (Phillips) of fingular reputation, on the field. At the very inftant that the cannon were left with General Gates led him to the know-G"!- 3-1."ollowing particulars. Previous to the action roundedVY'FhO"! of the 7th of Oétober, fome, if not all of the following ii‘fezgxflmy 0‘ pofis were taken by the rebels on the flanks and rear of the" ' royal army : 1400 on the heights oppofite the frrd of Saratoga; 3500 at the ford higher up ; £3000 in the rear to prevent a retreat |