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belter wcrHn pofleffion of their camp, tent, artillery, &cij contented Oiemfclvti wkh tfceirjaft l&Btft. Ufad
.. r . . . . M ; : " ' ' ' . 'm i.?v ,ki:i nnirtPn at Germaiitown. Thev mutt-have iad
, ous progrefs, were
coming dp to the enemy
'ey; andinftant.y began to re.r-wi.h- W ffiS
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out a lowing a poffib ltyof being flopped. 1 His was ocwuuu- .wu iwo k.ii ft w.mVjTF . l
cd bathiclfog.-andfach a itat!ofai?as kept down the fmokeXJJy wounded with cas non ba oIV
of cannon, &c. foas to pievent the diftinguifhing of objease ovv the left eye but r13:
bove co yards. Thus the enemy, though beaten, kept the held, clt ifm, that ,be was hadmiratin of th fielJ. Lieut. Col
. accident derived ns of a brilliant fitlory that wa, abfolate-:t Pke,; of.thlecordiVjrnia: W"
lv in our ffefln. Our troops however retired in order, tho' winded in the leg, and .tit faid the bone is bro.ee Co . Maj
jr ' . . T
iith:" rw- rmnrfi rVrr? ni ranon. and brought 0 IF their
a .u. Uir- ifc ;n th; affair-i about' praoe (hot.
700 killed, woynded, and mimng ; that of the enemy very con
siderable no doubr, as they were pulhed before our army 2 piles;
'.but .th$ J$ rendered more certain by an account bought from
Fhil delDhia bv a cerfen who can be relied on, that lett the ci
ty fince the battle, He fays .that the enemy loll Gen. Agnew,
": Colonels
t D: Heirter
and thit-between 2 and too waeons load of wounded were
brought into the city before he left'it; this is confirmed by ma-;
ny Qakcr who" were zz the early meeting and who add, that
Howe had actually fen: 2000 HcfGans over Schuylkill, proba
i blyr to lecu rc a retrear. I He refuted to let any of the inhabitants
of Philadelphia fee the field of battle. On our parr, .General
Na(h;is dead of hi wounds, . Ool. Hendricks and Lieut. Col.
Parker frorh Virginia.: wounded, but no: mortally : two cf Gen.
Su!i;an Aids mortailv wounded. Colonel Sttwie of Maryland J Pa
r lift of his country, and
the lulled and wour.ded from the General. Lait evening came
an account to nw.i that Cipt. Barry had attacked the iVigats
7-Belaware (lately .taken from us at Philadelphia) with the brig
-Andrew Doria nf gins and 2 gallies, and had re-taken the
frirrari Ir it fin nrv if it nroves trtie. Our armv is in ex-
cellenr. lp rit:, fatisBcd they, can" bc.it the enemy, andkeen for i phia will be again-fo ia a fw weeks,
-another oppoituuity of; trying ; thiy will probably be indulged' j ; j . T- j !
'inatcw davs." as i our Virginia reintorccments , of 17 cr i8co ! ! Mr. Purdis, i' 1
have got up fince the engagement.' ' - M ' ArS; many of your readers mu(l"be rrtach at -a ofshqiy .tQ.fe.
?ExtraX. cfa Uittr fnn Toik tow PtnefilvantM, datid OSlober 3,, j XX concile the accounts j in the jJaft week 's jaiefs, ofQ; fieri!
. t ) ; j ' I j, i - 1777.. . : . I Wuninton's iiuationj vvi;h the accounts received and il acjieve.
Our lofs is rretty well fixed to 700 killed, wounded, and ij utiiilhtd, a week cr two bfuie, I think it nat aiiiifs td a te npt
nrfijrg; that the enemy n.' t certainly known, but fo ely very- j to Explain this dinicalty.i; General Wafhtngtpn, after the battle
treat, as ru ma lade by the follwir.g mielligtnce, brought ot iiranay wir.e, ccnlicleriup, that IhouIU he tixk ario her battle lb
this evening by G acai Grit't aid da camp, and wr.ich hd favs jnearjPfiiladelphja, and be dIaud, the enemy nligbf: not only
may be relied. 11 o v: General Agntw,. Colonels walcot, A!cr- ipoitds tbemlejves til the sity, bur ol the- tn'valiiabie iniiitir flori
crrmbir- and Thomas Brd, horn Virginia, wirh General De
Heirtn's f -n, ki led ; General Kr.ipnaufen wounded in the hand ;
and between 2 rau 3CQ myz 11?, loaded wfth wcunded,' fent in
to P'liladrlphia. I "1 har .Geiical Hawe had feet ab-iu: 2000 H f
fi ir.s over Schuuk'li (dm, tin. j a retrear) and that he had relufed
to iet any of the inhabitutits u Philadslpnia go to fee the field of Imies wt-r on the very point of engaging, by an excellive heavy
Cornet Baylor, ofithe jteht horle, -fhad otic haifl
hi J foot fhot away. Major Janisloa had his hore killed undJ
him, but ne nimieir was unnurt.i vapc. licx'niyu was u gtJ
WtiacdediJn the knee, h Capt. Thomas Edmonds was ffo badi
wdunded that . he 'diedi n ! a few hours; CaprLEullace.fdthe &&
Virginia regimen V was killed dead on the (otiv Two Mary lanJ
hrnm!,;,.: VVicott. Bvrd of Virginia, and Gen. L Cc lonels, of the name ol brore, iwere wounoeor ana mny cyl
ter's ion killed, Gen. Kniphaufen wounded in the: hand, ; officers, that I cannorrecllea at.preleni. : I fheroifinj and gj
mentioning jhcy would do honour to any country in Ihc, world
It is umveialiy believed they b.-ftavetl tne Dell l any troocs itf
the field. Indeed the -'whole continental army is ccmpofed of
f tof brae meri ; and if the d fferent ftates would exert tnernielve,
to raife their d ffrent quotas, General Wafhington would putar
end to the contei irt-m -iaiei) . The artillery I cannot oven , k .
it Iwas ferved,! in . every in Itance1, toadmiratiou. Col, i. d
ker behaved like a hero. . Brigade My r Scott dx es honoar tij
rounttyy ana :n tre action inewea ni-m teir t j oe qne-j thi
firiti military characters in our atmv., . Capt Mul-. of tiic ft.".
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Vifcini reglmenr, I mutt net forget; he i truly a b.avt; man
The Carolina trf'os fought Mice heroes. I he D laware irigar
f-Il iotn the tn' my's hands; it i faid by the t.-f-icho of hi
crew;' but ths rier is ftiil ou'S, and I am cavinud" PiiiladeH
and provifions lodged Itkre, retired wirli ' his armyjiilLhe had fs.
cu.4d his fiores. and received ibbe rein rorcements. He then,
without" iofscf t::n, returned, a&d m arched ot)t j to the enemy,
determined to yive.uu uvbaule, I making an adiriirable)tlilpofition
f r the attack, whicji however was prevented,,! when the two ar-
battle.
General Schuyler writes us, the 29'h'Of September, that if
fupcrior numbers, htahh, and fpirits, can give fuccefs, our ar
Inv in the northern department will hve it this campaign.
For my part I do not dcfpVir cf iuccefs in this quarter alfo.
Another fuch battle as the laU will 'totally unfi Gvnt;;.iJ
for pu'fuinr -"art her hUti!hiv$ thi campaign, aud sgia jx-llcls
ns cf Philadelphia.'
This m?n:er.t ao cxpicfs .arrived, with a letter from Cap rain
William Pierce, dated bkipjsatk carr.p, 12 o'cUt P. M. the
day on which the abvc bl: dy battle was fcught. It' contains
fundry particulv, but the Piirter hs cnly titn? to reiaie the
rain, iv inch poured a;own mctliinilv for twelve hsurs. Oar ar-
jRV wa$ f much wckencilj and their, ani muni tiiin"andarms foi
dartnged by being cxpofed to fuch a rain, in the Tp?n fields,
bci; g without teuif, which had b-en-f?m ivcdiprevious tQ theia-tln-t-d
atttck, that ir w.is U lote!y DtcriTiry to retire oiice more
for ref clhmcrir. and indtd DfiLcioalk
a x.tlh Supply of car ridges. In this 1 it-rval General Howe,
lc men vvye better fuppii.-d vi:h the convenieiicies for f cur
thc.r iamrnunitin than bur army, advanced towards ;Schayi?'
I Geaeraf Wafhinron then cr.flVd it putting hlmfclf in a
er :p; li;iun to ejfpute thet paflaW with! tlie iBritifh army
xn came up epp- IJ:s to car army, and rmairied nearly io fe
get
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:wa
kill
pre-
whi
Joiloing, viz. ; Ooj gl rieus General, after an animating fpeech, ver.il days, except thst it that time they praclllVd many maDcea
to his army, diieclsd them- to"hvld themklvts in readinefs to vres to procure a pa'ugej At lentri, filing tfF to our right;! a
march at 6 o'tkek, with .1 wo days prnifi;n, ordered la ge firts if i'lten'onig to pzii abyej as, !oi to'pulh afcerir ft.ires to Read-
to be tmde in t'.? ramp, and the .tents to iUnd t:15 93c n.'ght, iaf
at' mnih:
by' a cbuntsrmarch: ithev fill down below. us.
-hen tney were to en tt ucjc, -anj.put into trie DaggiJe wag-ias. and cricd on cur !eJt,--arid! had,- befire the were difcovered, fo
The army march -.1 all nigi.t, arrived &t Chtnut Jn.il about day far gotten the -ftartcf .us Ithaf it wis Tnot p-ffible to "overtake
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the.l followed thfm towards th'
they, couiu not' k
ne city
r break, ?nd immediately Jell upen the enemies picket g-iaid, iwiih 1 the.-b; if th-y mean: to take poiTtflioa
locn tuy ard ftrmneis, tr.it tncy wcie luitaauy rouua, witn
g-fit fl:j:Nicr. The whole atmy'then pulhed towards German
t wn, but ue;e met by the main bedy vi the British army, ccn
firting of about 10.000 ni n, vhen t hot and dreadful e.-! gage-n-nt
cr-furd. At rr an inccfTnt fife of cannon and musketry fcr
tards tf an h.u:, tlf et.ny ;nve .va,y ic! zll quarters, and our
un drove thtni, w;:h fixed b-yt'ret;,' for i. ear iwo miies, "-.a-hen
they farmed again. Our mn, with reaiincls and in;rt' idity,
b'tkc thtm a fecnd t:mc, at.d the rctreatedin i;reat dif;,ider tv
of the qry. j Our General
. which however he knevr
pep, as it vv-is almo't- :rnpoihble they fhculd re-
j-viy. i.j aiiinance irem tne n?et, whfch was oppclut by ;ae in
zes, forts, iba ing. batteries, gallies, and fire ihips; ncr cou'd
ratnatn:was ready f oppofe any fu,ch with yorj 8cqo mcnL Oar
immortal General law that the lljuatn of theiehemy waj now
work than ever. If dtfeajed, ihey could have no retreat ; they
weri now below the fordabfe parts'bf the Schuylkill, i and might
wcimsniuwD, win. mi wiiuic u.my iu .c FunuU ui mem, uii oe cncctt f-cm the fupplies of pmvifioas. On the other hand,
thtygctab ot half wy ihe wwir, when tney trok to the houfes, the' whole country was open to him for fupplies on a retreat. la
a . a opened open our meo two or three firld pices, with giae this' fituatirn were thin xrh w ;,PnU fn!!nain
(h't,. which p.'aytd wi:h fuch violence that G'r.eral Sullivan's Oi-
Viii n eae wa:, and we., in turn, were beat back berter thaa
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tnmss wnen ne was reo
the jBritilh army towards Philadelphia. Ic mnft-belconfcfie'd tha
oeneral Mo.ve ihewed great general lhip in the feint1 he made, by
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