TABLE OF CONTENTS,

OF VOLUME TWO.

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CHAP. I. Recapitulation...Events of 1777...Low state of the

American army at Morristown...Dismission of Dr. Stringer,

and resolution of Congress, censuring General Schuyler's

want of respect... State of the British army...Expedition of

Cornwallis against Boundbrook... Narrow escape of General

Lincoln... Governour Tryon's expedition against Danbury...

Gallant conduct of Generals Wooster and Arnold...Arnold

makes a stand at Radfield...Is obliged to retreat... Follows

the enemy to Sagatuck bridge... Action there...Expedition of

Colonel Meigs to Saggharbour...Sir William Howe takes

the field... His sudden retreat to Amboy... Washington moves

his army to Quibbletown...Howe evacuates the Jerseys...

General Schuyler appointed to the command of the North-

ern army....General St. Clair ordered to the command of Ti-

conderoga...The weak state of that garrison...Burgoyne

makes his appearance before it...St. Clair evacuates it and

joins General Schuyler.

CHAP. II. The events of 1777 continued... Reflections on St.

Clair's retreat...General Schuyler removes to Stillwater...

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Fort Stanwix invested by Colonel St. Leger... Brave and pat-

riotick conduct of General Herkimer... Arnold volunteers to

go to the relief of Colonel Gansevoort... Successful sortie of

the latter...Arnold resorts to stratagem, and forces St. Leger

to raise the siege...Battle at Bennington, and defeat of Co-

lonel Baume...General Schuyler again superseded in his

command by General Gates... Movements of Washington...

The enemy enter the Chesapeake... Surprise and capture of

General Prescott...Expedition of General Sullivan and

Colonel Ogden on Staten Island...Conduct of the Quakers...

Battle of Brandywine...Proceedings of Congress... Northern

army... Advantages under which Gates took the command...

Correspondence of Gates and Burgoyne, relative to prison-

ers... Miss M'Crea... Movements of the two armies... Action of

the 9th September.

CHAP. III. Events of 1777 continued...Meeting of the two ar-

mies of Washington and Howe on the Schuylkill..Battle

prevented by a storm... Narrow escape of Hamilton and Lee...

Unfortunate fate of Monsieur de Coudray...General Wayne

is surprised by the enemy, and suffers considerable loss...

Sir William Howe enters Philadelphia in triumph...Con-

gress repair to Yorktown.... Further powers granted to

Washington...Lord Howe enters the Delaware... Battle of

Germantown...Retreat of the American army...Sir William

withdraws his troops from Germantown to Philadelphia...

Sir Henry Clinton's expedition up the Hudson... He reduces

Forts Montgomery and Clinton...Northern army...Dispute

between General Gates and General Arnold... The latter is

excluded from command...Battle of Behmus's Heights...Re-

treat of Cornwallis... Convention of Saratoga.

CHAP. IV. Events of 1777 continued...Conduct of the British

up the Hudson... They retire to New-York... General Gates's

letter to General Vaughan... Anecdote of a Spy... Movements

of Washington and Sir William Howe...Attack on Fort

Mercer, and gallant defence of it by Colonel Greene...Ene-

my establish themselves on Province Island...Heroick de-

termination of Colonel Smith, and the garrison of Fort Mif-

flin...Gallant conduct of Major Thayer... Mud Island evacuat-

ed... Lord Cornwallis is sent against Red Bank... Fort Mer-

cer abandoned... Americans compelled to destroy their gal-

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lies...Sir William Howe moves towards White Marsh...Skir-

mish there... Returns to Philadelphia... Washington goes into

winter quarters at Valley forge... Distresses of the American

army.

CHAP. V. Events of 1777 continued... Proceedings of Congress...

Resignation of the President... Henry Laurens appointed

President...Colonel Wilkinson delivers a message to Con-

gress from General Gates...Is brevetted a Brigadier Gene-

ral...General Mifflin resigns as Quarter Master General...

Board of war appointed... Mr. Silas Deane recalled...General

Conway appointed Inspector General... Discontent of the

officers...Confused state of the finances... Articles of confe-

deration.

CHAP. VI. Events of 1777 continued...March of Burgoyne's

troops... His reception by General Schuyler...Conduct of his

troops on the march... Their reception at Cambridge...Gene-

ral Burgoyne complains that the publick faith is broken...

Congress resolve to delay the embarkation of the troops...

Correspondence between Washington and Howe on the

subject of prisoners... Report of the Board of War thereon...

Conduct of a party of the enemy under Captain Emmerick...

Contemplated expedition of General Spencer against New-

port...Savage inroads on the western frontiers... Proceedings

of Congress...General Lincoln sends an expedition against

Lake George and Ticonderoga... Surprise of General St.

Clair...Extra pay given to Washington's army.

CHAP. VII. Events of 1778... Proceedings of the British Par-

liament... Lord North's second conciliatory scheme...Duke

of Richmond proposes to acknowledge the independence of

America...Last publick appearance of Lord Chatham... Dis-

grace of Burgoyne... Situation of the American army at Val-

ley Forge...Commissary General appointed...Baron Steuben

appointed Inspector General...Inactivity of Sir William

Howe at Philadelphia...Conduct of Congress on receiving

Lord North's Bills... Arrival of Mr. Simeon Deane with

copies of the treaties with France... Proceedings of Con-

gress thereon...Sir Henry Clinton arrives and supersedes Sir

William Howe... Arrival of the Commissioners, Lord Car-

lisle, Mr. Eden and Mr. Johnston... Their unsuccessful ne-

gotiation and outrageous conduct... Sir Henry evacuates Phi-

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ladelphia... Is pursued by Washington...Battle in New Jer-

sey..Arrest and trial of Lee... Congress return to Philadel-

phia... Lieutenant Brown shot by a centinel at Cambridge...

Arrival of Count D'Estaing with a French fleet... Pursues

Lord Howe to New-York, and blockades him there...Sails

to Rhode Island to assist in the expedition of General Sul-

livan...British and French fleets prevented from engaging

by a storm. Retreat of General Sullivan... Count D'Estaing.

sails for Boston. Mysterious affair of Captain Folger...Mr.

Deane... Beaumarchais... Loss of the Frigate Randolph...

Bloody massacre at Wyoming...Colonel Clarke's expedition

to the Mississippi.

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CHAP. VIII. Events of 1778 continued...Recognizance of M. Ge-

rard as Minister from the French King..Dr. Franklin ap-

pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to France... Marquis de la

Fayette returns to France...Count D'Estaing sails from Bos-

ton...Unsuccessful attempt of Admiral Byron...General

Gates arrives to take command at Boston... Movements of

Sir Henry Clinton...His expedition against Bedford....

Against Egg Harbour...Slaughter of Pulaski's Light Infan-

try... Of Baylor's regiment of Horse... Congress grant half

pay to the American officers...Exchange of prisoners...Ex-

peditions against East Florida... Sir Henry Clinton sends an

expedition against Georgia... Defeat of General Robert

Howe, and capture of Savannah, by Colonel Campbell...Ma-

rauding incursions into Georgia from East Florida...Gene-

ral Prevost arrives...Takes Sunbury, and the whole of Geor-

gia falls...Expedition from Scoharie-Gallant exploit of

Major Talbot...Conduct of the enemy at Cherry Valley...

Mr. Silas Deane makes an appeal to the people... Is answered

by "Common Sense"... Monsieur Gerard presents a memo-

rial to Congress... The French and British fleets meet in the

West Indies... Generals Schuyler and St. Clair honourably

acquitted by their Courts Martial... Sentence against Gene-

ral Lee confirmed... Reflections on the state of the Country. 204.

CHAP. IX. Events of 1779... General Lincoln is sent to take

command in the southern department...General Prevost at-

tempts to gain Port Royal, and is repulsed..Colonel Boyd

at the head of the tories defeated by Colonel Pickens.. Co-

lonel Campbell abandons Augusta...General Ashe defeated

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