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VUick 13, 177S. , THE Number ro. tfOR TH-CslROL IN A GAZETTE. With the lateft ADVICES, Foreign and Domestic. SEMPER PfcO LIBERTATE. EC BONO PUBLICO. The fpirit of General Gates' army cannot be too mch com .mended, it was compofed chiefly of the farmers and farmer ions, or me rour eaitern nates, t. very man among the n Felt aft enthuiihc attachment to liberty, and the loweil centiuel fought alike with his General for all that was dear to him. The id habitants of New-England are trained up, from their infancy, to civil, ecclefiaftica!, and doouftic fubordinarlon. The tran firion from theft, therefore, to military fubordi nation, ii fhoft and natural. I have feen -recruits, that had been enliited onhr for three iveeks, hi die their arms, and. peiform all the evolu. tions which are net-euary in the kind of war that- is carried on in this country, with as much dexterity as the king's guards at Vcrfaiiles. They are a hardy race of men, and wiren kept in aclion, are not fubjedl to camp difeafes.. hey are in gener ;1 fober, and mora-', dronkennefs is unknown among them. And fince the beginning of the war, there has been but one inftan-e of a Ne a -England, man's deferting to the Brkifh army. Hs was tried and condemned to die but was afterwards pardoned, upon discovering proofs of his being a lunatic. The public papers will give you a panic Jar account of two battles, fought on the 19th of September ami the jih o Octo ber, between the army under the command of General Gites, and the royal army under the command of General 3 iro. nc.- Every cirtumftance attended it that could filter the m ilitary knowledge and conduct' of General Gates. .General F raker, who added to the glory of the day by hjs fail, was e&eemed one of the belt officers in the BiitMi army. Ifl this action General Arnold gained is? mortal honoui his horfe received three wounds with bayonets in forcing the Britifh lines j nyitwith anding this, and the wound he received in his leg, which nemy's breait woric. But the glory of this victory was &fn;loft, in. an event that has cafe a made upon ail the victories that have been gained by both armies, fince the commencement of the War.r ' About a week after this battle, General Burgoyne Surrendered himfelf and the remains of h s whole army, with all their arms, camp equipage, Sec. into the haads of General Gate. . Can any thing be conceived of, more humiliating to the pride ai d powy er of Great-Britain An army of ten thotifand men confiuV ing of veterans who had (hated in all the glory of the late war in Germany and America- commanded cy officers h had ferved uadisr Wolfe and Iferdinandj and who had plucked lau rels from the heights of Abraham and Minden, and headed by a General, rich in royai favour, and; famous for having, by a finglc manceuvre, turned the fate of the lail war between ojain and Portugal, were defeated, furrounded, and a: Jail reduced to. the neccuity of fubmitting to itn army con a Hi ng at no time of" more than 12.000 men ; one ha'f oi whom were n.iiitia Tsnd the reft recruits of onJy . five months lianding. The fe di falter received a peculiar .poignancy fr.m the. gafec'nade with w;.icn General $jrgoyne began his knar en irom Ticwndcrcga. I fent you his p. clamation in a former packet. Hu letters to Gen. Gate?, you will perceive, are written in the fame pompous ftyle. But he had other ails of pref pnjtp: ion and foHy to xecoIie& upon (his occfioh He had proraifed, when he took leave of the Houfe of Ccmmons in the year 1775, to ' temper his punilh ' meats of the Americans, far rebclli; n, with humanity." He had boalled to his friends, that he 44 would dance the hv " dies, and coax the gentlemen into lubmiflion." He had de clared, upon entering the port of Bolton, during the blockade of that town, that he would have M elbow room," -and a if he wa rcfoived to fhine hereafter, without a rival, in tne hiflo ry of the reduction of America, h2 had with great diuiculty ob- to Great Britain. Notwithllandin thefe things, he was receiv ed and treated with great politenefs by General Gates, and the ofjeersofhis army-rnot a fingle infu't was ofiVred to him r his army, by the common foldiers. This behaviour is cha ac tcriiUc of the natural magnanimity of thefe people. It gave me Frtrn tbt N E ff.J ERSEY GAZETTE. . r ft. J French gentleman has latelj favoured me with m fight tfm collec turn of n ' toric.il itxd political letters to bis frundi in France. J bv obtained bit ctn:Jet to t reef ate and fublijb the follotving fnm tbem. Tin autbor bar been near fwojears in Amerieat and bat Uen introduced te the jffirjf cbara&eri on the cntineut. His nal name mujl be a fee ret. The name by wbicb be has cbefen to be knonun to the puhlic will he feen in the conch don rf the encrA. ed letter. Frcmjcnri, H. P. Fijb Kill, in the State if New-York, AVv. 20, 1777. Mr DEAR Coint, "W" N my laft letter 1 informed you that General Gates was 1 ordered by the Congrefs, to return to take the command of the northward army. This appointment was the more honourable, as twelve out of thirteen of the Hates concur red in it. The clamours of the people, who gotern their rtie.-s in this country, could not be refifted, r.r.d private preju dices were made to yield to the general fafety aikl honour of America. The joy of the northern army, upon General Giares's arrival eiong ,hem, cannot be dekribjd. He had gained their confi- jci4-c5 wbobj; uiem imm two preceding campaigns. He was, like themfelves, a zealous republican ; and his only tb ecis in taking part with them in the prefer t war, were li berty and independence: He had endeared himfelf i& them fur ther, by the. ftnetarfs of difjp!iue which he h. d introduced a mung them the year before : For f ldiers are always belt fatis ed with officers who keep them fteadly to fa-tr duty, provid ed they partake with them of all the toils and dangers ox the military life. j The fuccefs of Grccral St..rk, in defeating a large body of General Bargoyne's array, at Bennington, had prepared the way for Genera Gates's fjtu.-e f iccefs, and provefl the feed of H the laurels that he reaped during the campaign. You will fee the particulars of this affair in the news-papers which ac company this letter. r , The firfl objedl with General Gate was to out his armv in order. This was done in a few weeks ; for he infufed at once his own fpirit in:o every corps amoivg them. His .eeneral or ders were fliort, but they were implicitly obeyed. He faw eve ry thin,- with his own eyes, and heard every thing with his cwn ears. He flcpt but little, and was feldom abfent from the morning and evening parade of his troops. He underftcod eve ry part of the du'y of.an rffirer and faldier as well as of a gene nJ, for he had ferved the King of Grent Britain, during the "grcateft part of the two lafl wars with France, under fome of the ablell Generals that Great-Britat ever fent into the field. His temper was naturally hafly, which .fometimcs led him to make cie of pafilonate eaprcflions in .-.'proving his orii:e-s, bat he was notwithftanding ecjualU beloved and feared by them. I have been told, that he never had a iingle perfoaal enemy un mm hi command. Not only the genias and character of this illaftrioa? caficer, but the abilities of feveral of his general officers, anrl the lpirit of his troops, all concuritd to affc.d a fav6u":.Lie prefage of a fuccefiful campaign. r 4 Lincoln and Arnold. were his two Major. Generals, . r.nd Glo ver commanded a br.eade in his army. The f.rtl ferved with reputation iail year at the heaJ u'body of Maracliuferts mili tia; Genius and industry fuppiied, in fome nieafure, the want of a military education j he wa cool, determined, and en ter prizir.g. Arnold's character is already known in Europe. He is faid to poflefs what we call, in ocr country, the 14 rage mili taire." His countrymen accufc him of too much impetucfiry. This may be the cafe in the cabinet ; but 1 do not think he is too impetuous in the field. Glover ferved two campaigns un der General Lee, and was a great favourite of that unfortunate officer. He is brave, and has the char-cUr of an excellent dif- ciplinariaa.
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