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Show MATTE: 7 0f FACT- MATTER of Fixer. ex weditious Voyage returning from Elke, than it lad going thither, and failed fafely up the Delaware, which a few weeks before had been deemed to dangerous ; or the army would have VlCbeen in a very dilhgrecaole lituaticn, notwithllanding the tory they had‘obtaincd. at Bran. won, than that Were ever more ,ealily Few "l" Rel?" "mY . . . , victories ‘ H, 11: deine; 30 m. m and no army ever lien in greater confuhon or d1f~ mavthan the rebels: in fourteen hours after his defeat Mr. \Vdihington was on the banks of the Schuylkill, near thirty miles from the place of action ; the inhabitants of Philadelphia were in the utmott contiernation ; large quantities of flores were lodged in it ; the royal army had but to march on, and all mull have fallen into their hands, without another fltot. Inilead of this, the : tiny moved with the greeted caution in purfuit ofa broken and dilinayed enemy, who no longer thought of difput- tance, that it was totally ineifcetual. The forts on the Delaware were taken alter fuch a'dclav, inch 3 {cries of blunders, and with fuch lots, that they wcrciindeed a very dear purcbafe. The expedition to White Marfli, is, in the opinion of many, a molt lingular inllrmcc of incapacity. The King's army marched up to the front ofthe rebel encampment and finding it fortified too flrong'ly to be attacked, without further examination, were led back to Philadelphia. Here was another occafion loll ofcrulhing at a blow the rebel power. I Had CemHowa allert, as an undoubted fact, that the rebel camp was totall=.';‘","°l‘"‘"h° "‘ .- has in tear it: unfortified in the rear ; and had the King's army turned their \Vhire hiarlb, left flank, and attacked their rear, fucccfs was certain; nav, ton mull either have dccamped betcre him, or have marched out and given him battle, as it is well known he had not above One day's provilion in his, camp. This we learned even before Our Ur? & down inp; a pats vith the intrepidity of the King's troops. Inflead of marching along the plain and broad road to Phila- Til‘Chly‘g lit delphia, the army filed OR, and marched {lowly and cautioully we got back to l'hiladelpl in, and ought certainly to have known it fooner, did not a dillike to buiinel's, and indolcnce, retard our fuccclé. It is lI‘XCTiclllllblC in a General, at all times, to be lb l‘mmc‘mpe‘ acrofs the country, then up the Schuylkill, and then down a- ignorant of his advertiny's {fixation : in a civil war, when in- gain ; by which means futiicient time was allowed the rebels to recollect themfclves, recover their fpirits, and remove their ilores from Philadelphia. Ar lull when nothing remained in it worth taking,the city was s Conicfturc it luv the army entered in triumph, fifteen days after the "Story at Brandywine. pm allowed t." If this conduct does not proceed from a t tel want of capacity, $3235: thml hope it i: to be attributed to nothing worle : courage certainly was not wanting ; yet the ardour of the troops has been Con' ‘ ' fiantly r‘cftruined. Upon every defeat we have given the rebels, wr fecm to have been afraid of a vanquiihed and broken rab‘ blc, that we delipilcd before we defeated them. This, my Lord, is a paradox which people endeavour to account for in various ways ; tome attribute it to indolence, others to over-caution, and forne even to a fear that the war would be too then. I own I cannot agree in the lall, with regard to the. perfon who has the chief command, tho' I may ful‘pecl tome of thofe in his confidence. on the balm. of The action at German Town needs no other comment, than German'l'nwn. that it was :imilar to all the battles we have fought. His Majefty‘s troops gained a complete Victory, and yet they were lb much rcflraincd in the pu-rti‘,it, that the rebels cfcaped with a very inconlideralde lot}, The victorious troops were not thought futiicient to purine the enemy they had defeated, lultil. the grenadiers were brought up fi‘om Philadelphia, eight W135 ‘ilmut; the purl-nit was then permitted, but the rebels is. tuccels certain. their dcllruClion mull have enfued, as the rebels were qreatly inferior even in numbers. It the Gene ‘al had but remained in their rear only two days without attackingr them, Mr. \Vafhing- telligence is to ealilyo tained, it .s criminal. Thus we have twice allowed Mr. llhn'hington to thew all the Mull World, that he is capable, with an inferior force, to choo‘ie fuch a camp as he can remain in with lilt‘cty. Such camps, my Lord, are to be found in zilmoil every pat'fl: in America. What then is our lituation P 3.53:5: we not either relinqtziih all hOpe of conquering America. or change our commanders, and with them fuch a diliyr aetul lyllein E The idea of lighting upon any fort of equal terms, is totally exploded among the rebels ; the bell we can expect is, that they lhould wait {onus in a camp which they deem l'ecure, in which we {hould either (hrround them, and cut oil their t‘iipplies, or we {hould embrace the occafion like men acculiomed to vii‘tory; Peeling our fu‘ periority in valour and difcipline, and even in numbers, we fliould ilorm their camp, and at a blow annihilate rebellion. Your Lordfhip knows that in Rich cafes it is even fated to be the allailants; the idea of fuperiority, vith which it infpires every breath almoll enfnres liucceiis, and few attempts have failed in donning a fortified camp. Infiead of declining it, it is a fituation which we {hould with the rebels to place themfelves in. I allert that this is the general language, and even the murmurs of the royal army at this hour in America. Bunker's-hill and Trenton have had very unhappy efietls upon all our military proceedings in America. It belongs only to men their paft errors; 1'13?" 0f genius to draw advantage from 0 Let 2 change O‘.‘.IC9X.'1:n')LdC[§ -.,. lain, fate, and expeditious method oilers, it is incapacity or niadnel‘s in the extreme. Fortunately the fleet had a more had by that time collefted themfelves, and got to fuch a dif: . "9'... $4 1. ;, ‘1» V it un‘ liflltifiem fin requires it; but where a General expofes his army to a when war; the protracts means that by and lv, GC‘WWIHOW" necelliiri |