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Show Evidmce qf MAJOR GthRAL ROBERTSON. L ROBERTSON. E-vfn'wzce of MMOR GENERA 58 m liam Howe, as neither of the greed in opinion with Sir \Vil cd vanc J He s. line the ot h ivere acquainted with the firengt e Within_ about 120 or 130 , urn brig ade till he. cam 0' in ‘ thgm Gen. R. with with the. ' halta)ed,'beenule4 he thousht 1 :r \ ml) of the yard s of the lrnos, where he His brig‘flue was cannona ed -.‘ i AAA.L>. ‘ ic‘Jc. inc ‘h l‘w"~nvci‘ than they were. s, mollly went. over their head in ‘this litiiivion. 'l‘lie bulls ded. woun and ed kill ade were Some rnen belimerint: to his brig ent his Aid ~ 7. The numbers fluted by him on a former occafion before the Committee, were taken from the returns of the Major of brigade, before he lafl left America, and by papers which had been put into his hand, finee he received notice to attend at the bar. He imagined, that he would, in the courle of his exami- » , \ i1 L 1 I mulquetry. He‘f Some otthem were wounled by the her he {houid advance} whet w kno to 6» camp to the General, he was glad today-:1 his but Before he could return to him, cred General ha. t01 their tne that by l'eeintg fi l q ; . lXAvAA confirmed "WW _ , _ 1,1,}army,~ and the fit regain-ht igo Things recalled the grena'iers or the ldn 1}?) leading: from1 croper lla ion. He had palleo the road ma 3 .ludg' and Flat Birth. meet. He had proceeded {o tar as Where wot than. {20, or 130 He did not think that could be more Head. him. He did not fee any. other corps belore betueen horde a to amp, C ianccd, attended only by his Aid de fee the not did He forward. him and the lines, fume yards 'They 71ft. not the grenadier:, or 33d regiment before: him,. in the not but ; brigade iniqht he nearer the lines than the nrfl in polled 7rd the feeing recolleft line of march. He did not front. his in was. the houfe, which he alluded to, and which light infantry. the With forward General the fee not did He be nearer might which left, and l'le law only corps on his right part that and him between forward directly than he, but none ex~ the of part This of the lint-s which were oppofed to him. yards. ainination was rather delicate and critical. 2. The General has laid that if a m rcment forward-had the lines, btteii made early in the day, after the rebels quitted that the royal arr-11y might have come up with the'rear-guard? between ,4. Notice was given of the ex ac; ition ol the lines brifive and fix o'clock. He had notice to ground with the firfi quarters, gadc. He lint word by his Aid dc Camp tochehead General, the of alertnels the was l‘uch but ready, that he was quarters. that he was out before his Aid de Camp reached head the re, Mr. As foon as he underilood that, he advanced, and law l b6Genera the fee not did He te. Hell~ga to . over ling to K. ‘1 in $1, , He {div troops, but could not tell who they were.,:t 11y ne wns foremoll in that movement, nor {my {e {aw troops forward, and that was all he ' V Saw rents 'X. The General laid, that the rebel army never confided 0f more than 16,000 men, and that the royal army immedlffiell' under his order and command confifled of 40,874. ; he wdth :l'r General would inform the Committee, what documents be reinrtcd to, in order to jufiify himlelf in maintaining either 3' i't rtion i' ntic returns of the reec: Mgr;J , {aw 3"?/ authe nation, be interrogated upon the fubjec‘t, he had therefore ap» plied at the feveral offices, where he thought he could procure the information he wanted. He accordingly applied at the proper ofiices, but he was obliged for the greater part of his information to the clerks in the Secretary of \Yar's otlice. He had the copy of the returns in his hand ; delircti to read them ~17,000 under Sir William Howe, 10,000 under Sir Henry Howe 17,000 Clinton, 3,000 at Rhode Ill-and, 1,700 at Halifax, 1,;00 at Clint!»n 10,0co Penfacola. Total taken ; and delired to fay, how he made u the 40,874, after deducting nearly 2,000 from Sir Vliilliam Howe's army in the ‘Ierl‘eys, which did not proceed with that General in his expediton to the lbuthward, and which would render the real ellecfitive total but 32,000 and a fraction 2‘Anfwered, he did not know, but prefumed the non~efie€tivcs, as well as the elleftives, were included. 52, thether the loyal Provincials were included P A. He believed they were. .2, \Vhether he believed, that nearly 9,000 men, an half, or a quarter of that number, were ever at once in the hofpital, without including the Wounded ? J. He believed not. I; \Vhether he meant to include the non-efl‘eftivcs, when he gave his lull evidence on the fubjelil P A. He fiated what he had learned from the information al~ luded to, and no more, he never made a difference one way or other in his own mind. .2, After deduéting the troops at Penfacola and Halifax Howe in all which were under Sir \Villiam Howe's order but not immedi- ;~,000 efl‘eé‘tivc. ately under his command, does General Robertlon believe that 1 during the campaign 0f1777, including oflicers, commiflioned and non-commilhoned, and drums, that Sir William Howe had ever more than 27,000 effective men, fit for actual fervice un~ der his command ? A. He believed not ; for he prc {Timed the difference between the two returns arofe from non-elleéiives, lick, priloners, 36C: % Whether he law the Commiflhries return of the numbers muflered, or the rations illued for their daily allowance P .4. .He had not. Tl'HS trying part of his examination was carried on by i'everal members, particularly by Sir George Yonge, who taxing up the items, made up the total, and hill dil'covcred that there was a difference of nearly o,0c0 men between the two returns delivered by the witncfs a; the bar. 11 3 Q." Does |
