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Show Ewfivxc If CAPT. ROBERT M'Kgnzzm E-vfiimce rfSiR GEORGE OSBORNE. been to reconnoitre the rebel camp on the mountain, at two A. He had ; dated luly the 16th from New-York. miles dilhrnee ; and though he could not particularly dei'cribe the ground, he looked upon it to be a very {trong natural for; trcl‘s, rendered flill more to by art. The General could take no new polition, to draw lVafliingten from his calnp, without manitell hazard ; the expofing of New-York, or of being cut off from his communication both with that city and the North River. £3, {a l he teen :2 letter dated New-York, July the 25th, and written by Sn' 1 enry Clinton to Sir William Howe? J. Hall {em a letter from aboard the Eagle, in the Delaware, fr m Sir \‘Xillizun l‘lowc to Sir Henry Clinton, dated July the D74 mt know He did not know the navigation of the North River. "Tat-hingF-Rivcrn3"i£a- ton might pats over at King's-tcrry. The ‘Highlands were im- WC't‘C copies or extracts r---r,nfwered, N0. 1 and 2 were origi- . Produced the letters alluded to, and being alked whether they could not pals at King's-ferry, if both banks were in our pol- nals ; the letter from Sir Henry Clinton Was an extradt copy ; and the letter from Sir William Howe was a copy. The letters, extraft, and copy, delivered in at the table, and read by the fellion; nor‘ could operations be carried Up the river, if the Britifh had not pollellion of both banks, which would of courl'e amount to the temporary lots of one half the army ; operations up the North llirer, in order to keep open the cornmucation Clerk. The letter from General Burgoyne contained an account of his arri 'al and capture of Ticonderoga, and of his intention of procecdirq on for Albany as foon as the necetlary fieps were with the fleet and New-York, would have weakened the grand army greatly; and the lots of one important poll in the line of taken for tl at purpole ; referring more at large for his plan of operations to his letter from Plymouth, dated Illarch 26, and another from (luehec, dated May the 16th. penetrable, it defended by an enemy in force. 1EK/z‘.ll».'iirigton Impraaicablezopofls and commLICutions might, in ‘lbrne events, be the lots of penetrate From the whole, and the army he thereby cut ofl‘ from all fupplics. M'fidl'bm‘lk 0" It was about 45 miles from l‘rliddlcbrook and @ibbleton to SE); 38%: Red-Bank : it was impracticable to penetrate that way ; and if law.din.45 mith were not the enemy would have rt in their power to take a fironger polition tor the defence of Philadelphia. Red Bank well- Red-Bank was judicioufly planned, Wellsconl'truaed, and the CW"!‘U€L width attack of it, while ll'alhington was hanging on our rear and ""1": Delawareflanks, would force the grand army into a lituation‘, perhaps, extremely dangerous, both refiiecting provifions, and being compelled to light upon very dillidvantageom terms. llluds Gen. Howe's anfwer was, that he was then preparing for an G. H's. Anfw. expedition to the foutlnvard; that he underdood that Putnam was at the head of 4000 men in the Highlands,- but that he would leave direction with Sir Henry Clinton, who was to com‘ mand in his ahfcnce, to give him every afliflance in his power. Sir Henry Clinton's letter to Sir William Howe contained an Gert. Clinton's Illand covered the environs next the river ; the Delaware was account, that he underflood that VVaflrington was in the neigh- Lemmibourhood of Morris-town, in order to cover Philadelphia; that ----~ in-w-----, an otlicer in the rebel army, was a great rogue, but was the more likely to be of lcrvice to him. ‘ Sir lVilliam Howe's anfwer was, that he would take proper 5- H's! 89""- there 2600 yards wide; I700 from the Jcrfey tide to ll'IudItland, and 900 from the illand tide to the main land, on the V ' -- . hon mm o irof thing in his power by male : ncr a diverhon 1n the highlands toG. Emmy". other lidc. notice of his information ,- and delirinsr Sir Henry to do ever ‘9 maliéadlvir‘ Red-Bank had been reconnoitcred ; he thought, till favour the operations of General Burgoyne ; and to enable him Red-Bank was taken, it would not be advifeable to land the troops high up the river. He was not Engineer-General ; his the better to perform this fervice, he told him he might, if he rank was that of Captain, and he only acted without pay, it: oned on )i‘ong Ifland, and leave the defence of it to the Profilicial corps. the ubil‘nce of l‘zlajor Dixon. CAPTAIN ROBERT M'KENZIE. 5 thought )roper to withdraw the twelve hundred regulars {lati- SIR GEORGE Private Serremfy to Sir William Howe. OSBORNE, Jfig/C'Ei'ulflaflpr General. . He (aid, that on the evening before the battle of Germancpg'gfimmecfl, He was alked whether ne had ever teen :1 letter from General Town, having the command of the grenadiers and light iufan-lcd m, G. n. at .2.le sawalmtcrfmm 30th. Isllv' I779. Q,- Burgoyne to Burgoyne to Sir William Howe ?---Anfwered, he had teen one, vii-ivciiiiieilciii: itliiflJ-ngfidillfg £11ng Ib7]:‘7'< mild received July the' 15d; york, Jul}: IS'f _ . 1. {A . Y L ore t e gr..nd army embarke fantry of the guards, Sir William Howe came to him in the Gdl'm»|1}-t°- inhoufe where he was polled, and told him to move forwards and‘f‘WS 13'1"" "hr," take poll about half a mile towards the enemy, for that the re-"c " "" mm" d and theAnzwer. or the loutnward. :1, Whether he had {cm the anfwer? bel; would make an attack at fuch an hour next morning. He pvfled A, H5 |
