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Show Evident, of LORD HARRIxGi-om Evident: qf L o it 1) HA R R I N G 'r o N'. by General Burgoyne himfelf, who formed it on the opening EARL of HARRINGTON. of the plain ; the other wing, compofcd chiefly of the Germans, were on the left, and had their left flank covered by the river, but they were not up fo foon as the right and centre. 39mg 1/}, 1779. E. Harrington‘s He {poke to every material point already defcribed, if pofl'w fil°"-5 c"meme-131e, with greater firength and precilion, than either Lord Bdlv cams or Captain Money. After the ailitir at Huberton we were not immediately able to purine our advantage ; indeed he thought that .we rather advanced too far, and pulhed forward too foon, cons fidering that our provilion tranlport had not as yet come up. G6n.B.l‘C{irflinS The Savages Were of very little ufe, unlefs the General had (he Savages L‘-"‘indulged them in mediocre 21nd plunder, and every horrid enorngr 53 L" 13 nity and cruelty - that be determined to inflict livnal punifhLorne. - ' - ~ , -° inent on the murderers of~ Miis Mccree, but was drifuaded from itflfor two reitfons ; firft, that it would be the lofs of any future aid from the Indians, and that being provoked, on their return home, they might have marked their footlleps through Canada with blood and flaughter. He carried feveral meilhges to Blonf. St. Luc la Cornc, who had the direftion ofthofc favages; the lent of which was, that he would much r8: ther want their fervices than permit them to fcalp the living, though he was obliged to connive at their fcalping the dead. To induce them to forbear upon motives of interell, he even of-. fered and gave rewards to them for the bringing in prifonerS. fjclays front The delays which took place after quitting Fort Edward want ofpi-ovn- were folcly owing to the difztfter at Bennington, for being,r difv appointed in procuring forage, Sec. from that quarter, the army was neccliiu'ily obliged to wait for the ftores and rovilions, before any etl'eettal movement forward could be fafely rilked. ' gmmgnstm "to The applioition to go on that fervice originated with NIaiors General Rein 1‘1, uhich he firft communicated to him (the winters.) li' informed General Burgoyne of it. General R enli'el {elected his own officers and troops, and fixed upon Col. llaum‘mici Col. Breyman. if, however, the latter had TIVCd in time, that difai‘ter \vmld never have happened, at: {0 as to in productive of the confcquenccs which afterwards followed. Ne‘eflil‘y o,The army mutt have crofied Hudfon's River, or returned as :tilii-iviir:n to far back. i .. . zttrilcaft as‘Fort Edvvard,_which would, in fae‘t, amount to an (roan, omnent of the campaign ; and the movement for: u drill which brpught on the‘engrvgement at Stiiluwater, iiifllir‘l : no choice filmilmnli hur‘ that inc:‘;it‘.x‘e,‘or became 2t very :Llil/ii‘il-Lio'llsit‘etl'cnt .o trier: :orinez‘ POlIUOD on the other tide of .L udlons Juver. ()rder VoF lelflti Th: Briti :1‘LI‘.IISliC‘fP,li:lltinf-1111121", Ste. at the action zitStill-z st bullwatcr. umternlvere on the right, under Gen. l'rrtzer, which body was 0011;" u m mill-A? :1, «'le t‘rro'Wh the woods,- the line: wins hid The '33:}.BJVlthtlm weight of the engagement was fuflained by the Commander in if'i‘l'llbll‘js‘ ('5‘! Chief, at the head of the Britilh line, and the three followli‘icfc‘ii" 2? a: ing regiments, 20th, 21d, and 62d, buffered molt. The bani}, ground was well difputed by the rebels, who fought with great obfiinzicy, and kept up a regular fire, with more or lefs effect, for upwards of five hours. Several attempts had been made by the General, at the head of the Britiih line, to charge them with bayonets, but the fire on the part of the enemy was too heavy and regular to give that manoeuvre the expeCted fliccefs. He went with feveral meiiiig‘es himfelf from the General tonROYy income the Germans, to compleat the line early in the day, and to 1131"? 30m. [2" take certain pofitions, in order to favour the attack of the cen- 6:121:11" ' e tre. Probably if thofe orders had been timely carried into ' execution, the victory would have been more complexit. The troops were not in a condition to improve the advan- tages of the victory the next day, not to prevent the rebels from entrenching themfclves, in lefs than ten days at the fooneft. The three regiments already mentioned fuffered greatly, as did the 9th and 24th, which compofed the Britifli line ; the Britifh light infantry and Brunfwick grenadicrs, under Gen. lrnzcr, on the right forward, amounted to about 1200, the line to NumbefBritifli about 1300. He did not know the exafl lofs of the three regiments, but believed it was much too great to permit them to do fervice in the line for fome time, their numbers from the affair of the rgth being to very defective to the neceffary complement of battalion. Before the army was again in a condition to proceed to fur- Defcripr. of the = ther operations, the rebels were ilrong'ly intrenched; the hillrebclcamp. on their right down to the river was full of works planted with cannon; their front was covered with a wood, and their left fecured by ravines. His lordlhip then proceeded to give an account of the action of the 7th of Oétober, and confirmed every particular that had been already dated relative to that affair. The army had-the greateft confidence in their General during Armi'gfmcon‘ the whole progrels of the campaign, till the furrender at Sara- fidcn"c"‘c""3° mga; equally fo after that misfortune while in America, and to that inllant. He had the honour of an intimate friendfhip with the late General Frazer; it amounted to what might be called confidential, and he never heard him pafs the moft dif- tant degree of cenfure on the condufi of the campaign till his Gen.F's highoo death, though he converted with him after he received hispiniou ochn.Bo wound, which he did not furvive many hours 2 on the contra- ry, he heard hinifrequently, in the courfe of the campaign ex- .. -.4 n; by D a . pref: |