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Show S U M M A R Y. SUMMARY. had great conhincomwlete; dcfcription of rebel intrenchcd camp ;. army LETTER from BOSTON, July 6th, 1775. of Gen. BUrgOyne. deuce in General Burgoyne; Gen. Ff‘dZei‘ 5 high opinion EVIDENCE of Mum: BALL. . At Stillwater the Germans not eoverinn‘ the left ofthc Britiili, five regiments fuller greatly ; wounded early. Rebel plan to cut 05th: army difcovered; battle of Concord ; our wounded fcalped, ears cut oil, and eyes put out by the rebels; defcription of the rebel redoubt and lines on Bunkers Hill; General Howe's plan of attack ; attack of the grafs fence on tax/gunmen of ' Cap/rm BLQOMHELD ot the alt-nun". our right; light infantry and Grenadicrs mollly cut off; Pigot llaggered on t 3 Edge, Oétober Very di 'nt‘t account ofthc order of battle at Beaumon our left; redoubt at lai‘t carried; account of \Varren the rebel commander ; rm; rebels tiril nipulfed by the Britilh; but forming again, they attack the the rebels might have been diilodged, or taken, or blown to pieces, or their and taken. Germans who run ; this flight lofes the battle; he is wounded AL. Mo. EVIDE‘QCE of COLONEL KINGSTON ADJUTAxT-GENER works ftormed with a tenth of the lofs; Clinton faved us; the aniouis of an artillery officer the caufe of the artillery blunder; excellency of General tives for Benninqton expedition; Savages of (liiICl‘VICC; General Frazer warmly approved paiiing the Hudfon; molt correct accouneot the aetiorr at Gage's intelligence, but no ufe made of it; brave men's lives wantonly thrown away. LETTER from NEW YORK, March 9th, 1777. Opinions on Gene~ Stilluater; four regiments iultain the whole action; one thirdof them killrd and wounded; the whole for leveral days incapable of {CWJCQ battle of Beaumount's Edge; rebel army 19,3‘33' men; Britilh 3,986 men; General Burgoyne furrounded without a pollllnllty of retreat; the "rebel petitions ral Gage and General Howe; real charaéler of Howe; Bmlon evacuated by a fecret capitulation; our not poifeiling the heights of L‘orchefler the caulk: of our flight; immenfe quantity of woollens and linens left the rebels ; Ge- deferibed; {Cpmiw of a clergyman in the midi't ofdanger; German oflicers neral Sullivan's odd fcheme; not fecuring the harbour lofes us 700 men; at Brooklyn the rebel army efcapc; a [trong infiance of the rebels difmay and trepidation; Lord Howe lets the rebels efcape by fea; why the rebellion continues; profufion of the Sultana and her hulband. REMARKS on GENERAL HO\VE's own account of the BATTLE of BROOKLYN. Anecdotes of Mr. Pitt; a good plan and fufficicnt force the Minii'ter's duty; the executive part the General's duty; rebels defeated; General Howe's calling off the troops and not pulhing his Vic'lory, not the Miniiler's fault; examples of fironger lines, precipiccs, and forts ilorir d, by Marlborough, Clinton, and the Heflians; Lord Howe's mil-conduct; if Lord Howe could not intercept them at fca, General Howe ihould not have permitted them to efcape at land. _LETTERS from NEVV YORK. Burgoyne's ruin imputed to the Howe's; military divifion of America; voyage to Chefapeak confirms the rebellion; could not anfwer'for their troops; On liorfes, dragoons, and the ladies; number of women; if Sir \V'illiam Howe had co-operated, Gates mull have retired; difintei-pllcdncfs and gencrofiry _of General Burgoyne; .military theft; General Frazer for employing Britilh not Germans at Be-itnington. Loan GEORGE GERMAIN'S SPEECH. Great expectation of accu. rate and important information from General Robei‘tlon. EVIDENCE of Mayor: GiaxniiAL ROBERTSON. In America 24 years; in general people loya.; our army in that country always adequate to the dcfigned il-rvice; rebels never more. than 16,000; General Howe in 1777 4o,87o efi‘cc‘the nun; military deicription of'Amcrica; not a difficult country for military operations; no want of intelligence; battle on Long Ifland; operations on the N. River caiy; thinks Gen. ' Burgoyne ru- ined for want of a co-opcration; knousthe N. River naVigation; army could be traniiortrd to Albany from N. York in 2 days in defiance of all oppofition; Gen. Howecould have {paredsooo men to attack N. England; halt rebel army Iriih; treaty with France its efl‘ccls; General Howe not tettered by orders from home ;' great quantity of u'oollens and other goods abandoned to the rebels at Bofion; a hundred vellels alfo abandoned; battle of Brooklyn; had lines been llormcd, Putnam could not have colleéted 300 men to refill; re- bels embarked onlv one mile and a half from our troops; their retreat and magazines might have been cut oil; which would have ended the rebellion; \Vaihington‘s manner of fupplying his army; General Howe's dif'tance from the Delaware by land only 25 miles; route from the Elk to Philadelphia more difficult; defcription of North River route by land; nothing material to defeat a water conveyance; America might be brought back to obedience ifold experienced oilicers commanded; character of General Grey; total ef- fec‘live men 17'si 32,000; immediately under General Howe 27,000 fit for facrifices the Canada army; Muigrave faves Howe's army when flil‘prift‘d ; General Howe's indifference on Burgoyne's difafler; curious anecdotes of Tryon; reafons why our native troops are fuperior to foreigners; North RiVCI: 311d Lakes the Key ,ofAmerica; Howe confounded; fettered to Philadel- phia; rebels will keep Burgoyne; refentment of the army on ihipping the i for the fouthward; Howe's conquells 1777 about 5 miles by 2; army opinion ofHowc; his plan proved his own by his letters; general dcfpondencc on his going fouthward; lamented for the torture he mul't feel on the honours and glory he has loft ; rebels ridicule him for deferting Burgoyne ; charac'ler of Lord Howe ; his {trange reply to the refugees ; an excellent moralcharacler; vanity of Tryon; gaming and the ladies; if independeney granted, we lofe our Newfoundland filhery and all our \Veft India iilands; the dander to all maritime flares; to Britain in particular; exertion and conqueil, or rum and contempt. actual fervice ; rebels ihould have been intercepted in the Jerfeys; men carry' _ ten days provilions on their backs; want of pontoons and craft no excufe for not pulling tnc Delaware; how it might have been pail; curious interrogatories and anfu'ers; from Sandy Hook to Albany 170 miles, has run it in in allowing the rebels to efcape at Long Illand, New York, VVhite Plains, and Jcrfeys; our aftoniihment futfers no reft ; Gen. Howe retreats from lei-fey without recovering his honour; the people lhould never be deceived ; gam- 16 hours; no batteries could annoy them much. ing a. pernieious example in a General; loyalifls plundered; curious fact of EVIDENCE of JOSEPH GALLOVVAY, Efq; Bred to the law; 09ers a plan of reconciliation to Congrefs; the rebel conftitution; unfair method of voting in Congtefs; \Valliington not fifteen thouland men, IOCO of them unarmed; Sir \Villiam Howe equal in numbers, flipel'l‘ or in difcipline; opinion of the four Lou't-r Counties; loyal but Want pro' tcftion; People of the Alcrfeya deferted by Sir XVilliam Howe fearful of ever flicwing thc-mfelvc-s friendly to Great Britain; loll 40,000l. by the rebels; General de Heifler; of a Britilh military genius; Albany defencelefs; frigates can go within 12 miles of it; difadvantage of the fouthern voyage; Curious converfation between'him and Lord Howe. FUGITIVE PIECES that are faid to have GIVEN RISE to the ENWIRY into the CONDUCT of the AIMERICAN WAR. LORD IlU\VE'5 SPEECI'L LETTER MATTER of FACT. Faélion at home tutors the Congrefs; mifcondnc battle ochrmantown; fuccefs certain had we attacked at White lVIarlli, or remained in the rebel rear only two days; on a change ofcommanders; zibfurdity of the fouthern expedition; folly of occupying Philadelphia; the Gen. at his wits end; offers terms difgraceful to us; his negociator imprifont'd; op- preflion of Commiifaries; charaéter ofa military Governor; an indolent dif- fipated General; a licentious "army; a regiment of Commiffaries; indulgence to favourites. OBSERVATIONS on SIR ANDREW SNAPE I-IAhIMOND‘s EVIDENCE. Partiality of his evidence; the Chefapcak vovage Sir Andrew 5 own advice; two months loll by it 5 the i'iippofcd'dangei' in the Dela» ware |