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14th in the morning, leaving Brigadier-General
Mathew with 2000 men to guard that post. Ihe
firft division under the command of Lord Cornwallis
advanced to Hillfborough, and the second to Middle
bufh, under the command of Lieutenant-General
De Heister, with a view of drawing on an action, if
the enemy should remove from the mountain to
wards the Delaware; but on finding their intention
to keep a position which it would not have been
prudent to attack, I determined without loss of time
to pursue the principal objedts of the campaign by
withdrawing the army from Jersey; and in conse
quence of this determination returned to the camp at
Brunswick on the 19th, and marched from thence
to Amboy on the 22d, intending to cross to Staten-
Island, from whence the embarkation was to take
place.
Upon quitting the camp at Brunswick, the enemy
brought a few troops forwards with two or three
pieces of cannon, which they fired at the utmost
range without the least execution or any return from
us. They also pushed some battalions into the
woods to harrafs the rear where Lord Cornwallis
commanded, who soon dispersed them with the loss
of only two men killed and thirteen wounded; the
enemy having nine killed and about thirty wounded.
The neceflary preparations being finifhed for
crossing the troops to Staten-Island, intelligence was
received that the enemy had moved down from the
mountain, and taken post at Quibble-town, intend
ing, as it was given out, to attack the rear of the
army removing from Amboy ; that two corps had
also advanced to their left, —one of 3000 men and 8
pieces of cannon, under the command of Lord
Stirling, Generals Maxwell and Conway, the last
said to be a captain in the French service
other corps consisted of about 700 men, with only
one piece of cannon.
In this situation of the enemy, it was judged ad
vifeable to make a movement that might lead on to
an attack, which was done the 26th in the morning,
in two columns : The right, under the command of
Lord Cornwallis, with Major-General Grant, Bri
gadiers Mathew and Leslie, and colonel Donop,
took the route by "Woodbridge, towards Scotch
Plains : The left column where I was, with Major-
Generals Sterne, Vaughan and Grey, Brigadiers
Cleaveland and Agnew, marched by Metuchin
meeting-house to join the rear of the right column
in the road from thence to Scotch Plains, intending
to have taken separate routs, about two miles after
the jun&ion, in order to have attacked the enemy's
left flank at Quibble-town. Four battalions were
'detached in the morning, with fix pieces of cannon,
to take post at Bonhamcown.
The right column having fallen in with the afore
mentioned corps of 700 men soon after passing
Woodbridge, gave the alarm, by the firing that en
sued, to their main army at Quibble-town, which
retired to the mountain with the utmost precipita
tion. The small corps was close pushed by the light
troops, and with difficulty got off their piece
of cannon.
Lord Cornwallis, soon after he was upon the road
leading to Scotch Plains from Metuchin meeting
house, came up with the corps commanded by Lord
Stirling, who he found advantageously polled in a
country much covered with wood, and his artillery
well disposed. The king's troops vying with each
other upon this occasion, pressed forward to such
close adion, that the enemy, tho' inclined to resist,
could not long maintain their ground against so
From the LONDON GAZETTE.
Whitehall, Aug. 22, 1777.
Extract of a letter from the Hon. General Sir Wil-
My Lord,
HAVI NG established a corps fufficient for the
defence of Amboy, the army assembled at
Brunswick on the 12th of June. The enemy's
principal force being encamped on the mountain
above Quibble-town, with a corps of 2000 men at
Princeton, it was thought advifeable to make a
movement in two columns from Brunswick on the
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liam Howe, to Lord George Germain.
New-York, July 5, 1777.
WHEREAS the Honorable the Congress did,
on the firft day of this present month of
November, pass a resolution in the words
following, to wit, Forafmuch as it is the indifpenJible
duty of all men, to adore the superintending providence
of Almighty God: to acknowledge with gratitude their
obligation to him for benefits received, and to implore
such farther blessings as they fland in need of: And it
having pleased him in his abundant mercy, not only to
continue to us the innumerable bounties of his commonpro
vidence ; but also to smile upon us, in the prosecution of
a just and nectary war for the defence and eJlabliJh
ment of our unalienable rights and liberties : particu
larly in that he bath been pleased, in so great a measure,
to proper the means used for the support of our troops,
and to crown our arms with most Jignal success :
It is therefore recommended to the legislative or exe
cutive powers of these United States, to set apart
THURSDAY, the i&h day of December next, for
Solemn Thanksgiving and Praise: That at one time
and with one voice, the good people may express the
grateful feelings of their hearts, and consecrate them
selves to the service of their Divine Benefactor ; and
'that, together with their sincere acknowledgment and
offerings, they may join the penitent confeflion of their
manifold Jins, Thereby they had forfeited every favor ;
and their humble and earneJl Application that it may
please God through the merits of sefus Chrijl, mercifully
to forgive and blot them out of remembrance. That it
may please him, graciously to afford his blessing on the
government of these States respectively, andproffer the
public council of the whole. To inspire our commanders
both by land and sea, and all under them, with that
wisdom and fortitude which may render them fit in-
Jiruments, under the providence of Almighty God, to
ftcure for these United States, the greateJi of all human
blessings, Independence and Peace. That it may please
him, to proffer the trade and manufactures of the people,
and the labor of the hujbandman, that our land may yet
great impetuosity, but were dispersed on all tides,
leaving behind 3 pieces of brass ordnance, 3 captains
and 60 men killed, and upwards of 200 officers and
men wounded and taken.
His lordship had 5 men killed and 30 wounded.
Captain Finch, of the light company of the guards,
was the only officer who fuffered, and to my great
concern the wound he received proving mortal, he
died the 29th of June at Amboy.
The troops engaged in this adion were theist
light-infantry, ift British grenadiers, ift, 2d and
3d Hessian grenadiers, ift battalion of guai ds, Hef
lian chafleurs, and the queen's rangers. 1 take the
liberty of particularifing these corps, as Lord Corn
wallis, in his repo'rt to me, so highly extols their
merit and ardour upon this attack. One piece of
cannon was taken by the guards, the other two by
col. Mingerode's battalion of Hessian grenadiers.
The enemy was pursued as far as Weftfield with
little effect, the day proving so intensely hot, that
the soldiers could with difficulty continue their march
thither; in the mean time it gave opportunity for
those flying to escape by skulking in the thick
.woods, until night favoured their retreat to the
mountain.
The army lay that night at Weftfield, returned
the next day~to Raway, and the day following to
Amboy. On the 30th at ten o'clock in the forenoon
the troops began to cross over to Staten-Bland, and
the rear guard, under the command of Lord Corn
wallis, passed at two in the afternoon, without the
least appearance of an enemy.
The embarkation of the troops is proceeding with
the utmost dispatch, and I shall have the honour of
fending your Lordship further information as soon
as the troops are landed at the place of their de
stination,
With the most perfect refped I have the honour
to be your lordship's most faithful and most obe
dient servant,
Governor, Captain-General and Commander in Chief,
in and over the State of New-Jersey, and the Terri
tories thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary
in the fame.
PROCLAMATION.
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esq.
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
W. HOWE.
.A GOOD PRICE AND READY MONEY,
Is given by the Printer hereof, for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS.
yield it's inereafe. To take schools and Jeminaries of edu
cation, so necessary for cultivating the principles" of true
liberty, virtue and piety, under his nurturing band :
and to proffer the means of religion, for the promotion
and enlargement of that kingdom, which confyletb '' i,
righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost."
And it is further recommended, That fertile la
bour, and such recreation, as though at other times in
nocent, may be unbecoming the purfofe of this appoints
ment, ma, be omitted on so solemn an occasion.
I have therefore thought fit, by and with the ad
vice of the Privy Council, to appoint the said eigh
teenth day of December next, Jo be set apart and ob
served throughout this State as a day of publick
thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God on the oc
casion, and in the manner by the before recited re
solution recommended ; Whereof all the inhabitants
of this State are hereby required to take notice and
govern themselves accordingly. And Ido hereby re
commend it to the ministers 01 the gospel of every de
nomination, in this State, to perform Divine Service,
and to the people committed to their charge to at
tend on publick worship on that day ; and to abstain
from all servile labour and recreation inconsistent
with the solemnity of the Festival.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, at Prince
ton, the 12th day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thoufandjeven hundred and Jeventy-feven.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command,
CHA. Pettit, Secretary.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
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In the Character of an Apprentice,
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November 20, 1777.
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has a ribbon string, a brass key much worn, and a
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WANTE D,'
AN industrious, steady Young Woman, to
few and assist in taking care of children.
Good wages and conjiant employ will be given.
For further particulars, inquire of the printer.
November 26, 1777.
WAS STO L E N,
From the subscriber, living in Salem, Weft New-
Jersey, on Tuesday the 18th of this infant ;
A GREY gelding, fiddle and bridle: The
horse fix years old, about fifteen hands high,
trots, paces, and canters well, marked about the
head with a number of black spots, one remarkably
large under his near eye, has a small nick in the
back edge of each of his ears. Any ^perfon who
will secure the horse and thief, so that the owner
may have the horse, and the thief be brought to
justice, fliall receive a reward of TWENTY
POUN D S, for the horse only Ten Pounds.
gw* EBENEZER HOWELL.