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Show 6": §;/)~~C0Nve.vrtov. «(#530570 J to embark without interruption: Bonn-n tion. lhe agreemegt w ilirtl 151v , kept, as the lall divxlion ot troopstmbaikc at t e rung conven-Uml} _ wharf, a ll ag was hoiiled on the ileeplc of a church, and '\\ at iingrton entered the town with drums beating, muiic playing, Reafons ngamfl evacuating 1t. colours living, and in all the prideand cxulta'tionBoffp'ietogy; However t‘orcible the rcalons torevacuatmg o on core the winter had been, thofe for not dotng it utt.1,‘isiiri~m.‘i~(‘lc equally ftrong- The leafon had moderated, .f'cveia yit‘t‘ua Aer: had arrived, and the cn'cmnlhinces ot't‘he gariilon weiefieg er- ed happy to what they had been. [he hing compt i1 ,dor what was equally bad, the appearance of ting 1Lompe _e £0 furrender that long-contci‘ted town, indeed the on y one Inf; 5: thirteen contederated provinces, that the crown w asgitipo :11!ion of, could not fail of producmg the woiitelfl ts on t e minds of the Coloniils. Behdcs it mutt necellazuy counteiaé‘t , the plans, and derange the meafurcs 0t adtninil'tranon. Had the General only entrenched a battalion on George 3 Leaving the harbour ol‘en Itland, as he had purpol'ed, this With a man of war, who would Mi~1sh0rr1l‘viifihiix-e been mutual l‘ecurities for each othcr,'would have prc» ""1 ""00 "1"" vented our traiilpt)t‘ts, victuallers, and llorellnps from iunnxng and even lighting their way directly into their enemies port. As this was neglected, a man of war that was left behind, was foon compelled to quit her Ration, and there was at leaft an equal chance of to great a part of our fleet beingJr caught in the {nare as even to have prevented a campaign.--Fortune was once more our friend, and warded oil to great a calamity; to many {hips however by this means tell into the hands or the rebels, as to fupply them with ordnance, a complete aflortment of mia litarv llores, and camp equipage, and leveral thouland fuits of regimentais ; articles which were abfolutely neccliary for themito take the field, and which at that time they could have had by no other means. Befides, near a thouiand of our heft troops were made prifoners. ' it his 503 mil" Had the general gone fouthward, as he was direéted, tn; °‘" "' his ""3" confequences would not have been {0 bad ; but in defiance 0 orders, advice, and even common-fenfe, he failed the oppofitc Upon a review of General Howe's conduit at the northward Review ' Howe's I don't know which part of his generaifliip to admire molt; his unneceliary of Gen. conduél. allault ofthe rebels t 'orks at Bunker's-Hill, where- by three quarters of the alliiilants were killed and wounded-or after this experience, his ordering two thouliind four hundred troops to dillodg'e twelve thoufand rebels {till more ilrongly polled on the heights of Dorcheilcr Neck ; his neglecting to evacu- ate Bollon. in the fall, under pretence ofhis not having l-uflicient Ihipping, and yet doing it in the lpring with more troops and fewer lhips ; his alluring the miniih‘y that Bollon was tenable, and inducing them to {end a reintorcement there, and before its arrival littl‘ering himfclf to be driven from it at the head of nine thoul'and Britilh troops; his propoling, in cafe the troops {hould be withdrawn from Bolion, to entrench a battalion at the entrance of the harbour to blockade it, and afterwards leaving it open to enlhare the unlitfpecting {hips that were bound there ; his go‘ ing to Halifax when he had been ordered to New York, or his haying in his l‘pcech, that going northward in the {pring was executing the lecretary of State's orders, which was to go fouthward before winter. It has been the fingular fortune of this General to efl'ace for- Has‘ left the m. point of the compafs, and carried the army to the northern extremitv of the continent, fix hundred miles directly from the northern tnifconduct was in this increafing Ratio; and the than hi found it. intendhd fcene of action. \Vant of provifion has been fug'gefl- whole is forgot when Long Ill-and, York, White Plains, Tren- ed as an excufe for this extraordinary ftep ; but a moment 9 reflection will convince us of its infufliciency ; for Nova .SCOIIQ, ton, Qaibbleton, Saratoga and Chefapeak are mentioned. EVCn relentment gives place to pity at his fufl'erntg hinifelt to be ‘ mer millakes by fuhfequent blunders of greater magnitude: his bellion as the General tells us in his letter, had been firipped of its pro- butlefqued by the Mifchianza, in honour of his leaving Amt‘ vifions the preceding winter ; and the vietuallers, on which hrs rica uneonquered, and the rebelli n ftronger than he found it. {ole dependence was placed, were all delhned for Boflon: thefe could as well have followed him fouth as north ; and befidei Rhoda Ifland, Staten lfland and Long Ifland, abo-undedwnh provmons. are?" flrongef .-'L ‘t 333-"934 . '4‘; x. town {hould not be injured inycale they would in. tr tnlC troops provifions. The only reafon the Gen pct to give for this tiiy'lierioiis cond eral himfclf thought prouct was, th at the tranfports were crouded, and the. [lures diilh i'tetl. This might with propriety have been urged as an. cxai ‘ npl c for not goingy againlt a place, where an enemy w as lll‘lOl‘CC to oppole it is not a I'uflicient re atom for his not goinghim; but furely to places where there was no enemy, nor pozlibly coul d be anv be tore his :rrival, v12. Staten Illand, Long Ill-and, or We" Rhodc Illand. It could not be pretended that a reinforc ement w: l5 neceilarv ; for he finally left Halifax, and took poilbllion of Staten Illand with lefs force than that which he liiiltd with from Bolton. By this delay all the fpring and liuniner 12'ch w alletl on our How this delay part ; the rebels were at liberty to fortifv New Yo rk and its de-hurm‘lpendeneies, and to collect all the force bf the continent to that {pot where they knew our army would be direc ted ; the diil odgment or which force occupied our whole army the. remainder of the campaign. i. in" REVIEW "/1?! Covnvcr. hels with General Howe's knowledge and approbaftfion,1 that the |