The Virginia gazette — Williamsburg, Va., 1777-08-01 00:00:00, page 5

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NIA GAZETT'E.
Jusigufll, 1777
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Gall" rfa Letter ji'om C.:zza-ml SL. Clair ta
(bngrc/Ssi, (."-(sitten! Fork. deaul, jub- 14,
1.777
a ! R,
"OWKESS may probably think it cx
,4 traordinary that so much lime shuuid
ha ": elapscc! before they hoard from me
as! er a sicpo-ssss suchconshqucnchsthecvatu:
at} on ofthez {mits thsictjmd been intrusted Lo
m; rcare; but: is. Was :mtin my power wwrizc
wl lilst on the march to this place. I am
so: 7)! to find. that my sileucr in general
Sc bayhsi'r, the night" the evacuation took
p}: lcc, has not Come to his hands, as for
w: us; of that, xhough he has doubtlcihin
fou'med Ctmgrcss of the matter, he oouhl
no ,: give them the reasons [hue induced it.
They were zhcsc:
Seeing that the pofls cs Ticondcroga and
M _sscuut lndependeuce were nearly invcstcd ,
'au !] having intcl'zigence by my spin, that
thrily wouhi be complezcly so in 24 ltc-msss,
when we should be csssizz off from x-il pulli
si bi! ity of succour, that the bzticrics ui'u-ssc
en'emy wcro ready to opcm, and the whuic
of;? our encnmpmauc On the 'sicomiuragsictx
sixth exposed to their sire, cm'uiidcring at
thct'ic slme timachc- wouknffs of che gurrilch,
tb'ltt. the effcctsiWc zuz'nbcrs WCl'O um; suffici—
el sit to mmn one halfofthe works, am! Lint
04 simsequoncly the whole nlusiff be upon con
fl um: duty, which they could no: pulli'uly
lo !: sustain, and that ar'coursc the places,
w ssi the garrisozz, must inuvitabiy simavery
fc'fw days Ball into the oncmy'w hands, (
si bW no alternative but endeavouring to
evacuate them, and bring off the army;
w hereupon ! called the general officers to
2 pther, to take their simiimenu: They
v rescunaqimoufly ot'opinion that the pLaccs "
(] hould be evacuated, wimout the least luss
e (time, and it. was accordin ly sat about
! hatni ht, the jdlinshmt. A per embark
in I in oats al ,much ok'our cannon, pro
v: 1005, and store:, 25 was posiin-e, wich
! he boats which were ordered to Skecnlbo
: ough, I scnc col. Long, an adsitivc, dili
f gent, gnd good officct, to take the corn
r land there, with his regimcuc and the
i lvalids, until [should join him with the:
: u'my, which was to march m Lhaz place
1 07 Castlczon. The body of me armv
: eached Cafletou the nessxt evening, 30
! nilu from Ticondcroga, ahd 12 from
: Ikeenfborough; but the renr guard, under
1 the command osml. Warncr, which, with
the sh'ag'ghrs and infirm, amosimtod to
near 1200, stoppec} short at that. place six
ss'm'flcs, and Were next morning attacked
"by a strong detachmenc the enemy had
sent to hang upon our resizr and round our
'Inarch. Two regiments us miZiLia who
had left us the evening before, and had
shalced about two miles sromsiccl. Warmr,
fwere immediately ordered to his afllstancc .
but to my great surprisi: they marched
directly down to me; at the s-mc time I
received information that the enemy were
51 possesiicu osi keensharough, and had cut
assail our beats" and armed vcffizfs, This
Gbliged me: to change my ruutc, that I
might not be put betwixc two fires, and
;1: the same time be able [O bring (if ccl.
ssWamer, to whom lctscm (mien, 'n'hc found
flle enemy {00 sh'ong, w rctx'eu m {'siut—
Hand, Where he would sizzcl me to cover
him, l.}u: {- .lCO lying- no;;rfy at an cqrsiul
distm'zce ssiz'om both. Batsicsircss mv orders
! I chml Limb}.- p-zxzy vssffctn, <ZZs;1z;-1-l'.-:_Z., asrer
sziz-g sur :: cat'ssiidw'v'dsi: t'imsiss': ihshzZz-ssfd a
\' cry warm cnrzctzgsiztzznsssi, it: which The enc
n s: shssss'rsictni szsisi mucl'sitff. :: they pursued but
& smzfll fo-sisst-si-FC'}. ();zr Iris}. ! cmno: ::s..si::r
t' fish siss-si L' h'ctsict'sfvi' {a dam- :ss.o'ss: exceed 40 I,}?
]c.i zzzd used. r-sibz'ssut :.vo flsthc press"
ty fair;: jss- .xctzzl m-"ss :s; sin;];sz Ilild firm,
bu I grew :menbm's-fss thsizrssx arc {fill :nishng,
an :] i suspccsst !: vc got down imo I-Q—cssv
ss——-_..__
England by the way of Number Four.
Alsiccr :: very tatigu'mg march of sess—cn
days, in which the. army suffered much
from bad weather and want. osprovilions,
[joined general Schuylcr che lzzcth inshmt.
It was my orPginfll plan to retrcat to
this pl-CC, that I ul'lsifl'ht be betwixt (neue
ral 1.'-u_v g'siyne and thcissuhnbitznts, anst'aat
the ml'uua might have smncthing in this
quarter m cctlsisi-ct w. [( is now affected,
and the miht'm arc cnmin 53; in, so that]
have the most fssuguiwz Lusisspcs that the
Pfflgl'Csa' of me encmy '- iU he checked,
and ] may ycthave the salill'adion m experi
c. :, that aithnussghl have: lnlta post I xuve.
cvc—umally csiuvcd :: (tate. l'crhups I_ may,
be censhrcd, by those who areunctctcquaim—
ed with th'. sixusiuion 1 was in. for lull. enl
ling the mifit'm soone!- to my afih'iancc. ct I
think ! informed (lusgress that ! cc-u'xn] not
dothatsulsswant of" pruvilisims; am! 'as sisuon
as ! got :: supply ] did ('a'xl for them, and
wxzsjoined by mar 930 the day 'usfsiyre dle
cvacusiuiun, Lnt they came {:mu h-Jmc su
ill provided, mut ihey c-siulsii not, nor did
not, proposc LU stay with me but a few
'sys. T'm- two M, ssctchusmcb x':,—;i.11cnt3
otsi mZZZtLA ilkcazhh. which omusiu-l'si-usi part
of" th gjsirriflm, gctwc me notice that their
time axpii'cd '211 'siwu days, and may "mund
ed than to go home. in vain am lbcg uiz'
tsifdr usiicsi-ra (0 cxu'c every influence they
had ovcrsi them., and from their iubsirchLm-c
behaviour ! am fully persu ulrd th: olncm-s
are moit to blame. They kept wish .me,
however, for two days on the march, but:
theirvcondqct was-su ;iccmiuuraud dlibr
derly, and their rxsitmsizlc beginning to
affect the comiuentul truups, A was con
limhicd to send them 01}.
Euclnsul is :: copy us the council of war,
in which you will find the: pruzmsiolcs upon
which the rctreacsi was undertaken. las (
found all the general ufliccssi so fully sit
opinion that it !houid bc uoncinnm uiuhl),
] (ctunbure to mention to lhmu many ur—
cumstsimces which might have n.]hcusi'ad
them, and which I shuuld have: laid L-sisusc
them had they been ofdxscrcm scntirnu-u ;
for ! was, and still am, so iirmiy cunvin
ced of the necessity, as well as the pmpri
cry osit, that ! bcsicve ] should have Ven
turcd upon it, hsixd they bcsu every one
against sit.
ssssl have the utmoisi consisilcpcc in ihc m..
dour oi Cougch, and pcxlsiuzsiulc m ,sissih',
notwithstussnding the loss they have .nl'min
ed, when they have impartially consichcd
th'; : I v. as postcd with little um: thzm
nooo men in :: piace that required lo. ooo
to desem. N., that lhcic 2090 wcrc ill cssquip—
pccl, m (: worse m med, not a'mve unc
bu) one; in tcn, an arm eflcmia; m the def
tence of lines, that with these 200: lb: we
made goshi & retreat from] under the nose
of an army at least son. times their num
bc r, and have them now betwixt the enc
my and she cwuxmy, ready to act against
them, that my conduct wiil appear ac chzst
no: deserving ccssi-susc.
I haue the honour to be, &c.
AR. S'r. CLAJR.
P. S. he cnemy's si-rcc, from the
,lzrrst accounts, is 3500 British, 4000 Bruus—
wick and llcssc Hanzzu, 200 lndians, and
200 ()znqdians.
7721: fissc'fl. John Hzmcock. c/q;
At a C.;siumz'! qf'G'zssn-zrcl Qcti'srss'ctsir: [sick! nt Ti
mndcmpa :z/v ;, 1777, present Major
("ear: :" * 61. Cluir Brigadzsisir General !)c
Kochc [" crumy, Brz'gadicr General Poor,
Brigzzzliu'r rG.m.siss-ral Pattcrson, and Colvm'l
Comf-si, '77'1s'x1h't ] sung.
G'"Nlsil KAL St. Cizir rcmsic scntssid to
the cmncl}, that as ::.:.;c 24: reason
to believe (!:sz the b;z'sixchsi=s us the enc—
my mc rfffdj 10 G'PCI] uzct: 31] 1GC 'I'Zczrsiz
demg'l sin, ax-ssd that the C'm? i.; 'ss'cs'y
" n—fi-ss ssss----ss ____'
,—._.
muchnexposcd m tluir sits, and to be _
euiiiadccl on all quarters, and as there
is also reason m eXs)-;ct. m attack upoctn
'FlCUlldCrz-ga and Mount Independcncffl
5" th! (sum: time, in which case neither
CWU draw any support from th: other,
ne dcurcs their opinion whether 'it would" -
be most proper to remove the tents
to the low ground, where they would be
less exposed, and wait the attack at the
Ticondcroga lines, or whether the whoic
of the troops should be drawn over to
Mctunt ]ndcpendeuce, the more cffcctualsi
ly m provide for the defence of that post. _
At the same time the general begged
leave to inform them, that the whole of '
our forge consistcd of 2089 effect'tve rank
an-l filc, -including 124 anificers unarmed,
heiides the corps of artillcry, and about"
930 militia that have joined us, and can
not stay but a few days.
"she council were umnimously oi'op'ml-si
on, that it is impossible with our force to
defend Ticonderoga and Mount Indepen
dencc; and that the troops, cannon, and
ttovws, shqulel be removed thin night, 'if
Puffible, to Mount Independence.
ad. Whether, after the division of the
army at Tieonderoga ave retrcated to
Mount lndepeudenee, we shall ba in a si—
mation to defend that post; or, ' cascjc
cannot be defended, lsa rotreat to the
country will be practicable.
The council arc umnimousiy ofopinion,
that as the enemy have already nearly
surrounded us, and there remains nothing
more: to iuvest m cnmpletcly but thair cc
cupyhzg the neck ot'and betwixt the lake!
and the cast crack, which is not more
than three quarters of a mile over, and
pui'srffiug themselvez of the narrowe be
twixt us and Skeensherough, and thereby
cuzting- off all communication with the
country, a retreat ought to be undertaken
as (bon as posiiblc, and that 'we shall be
very fortunate to effiect it.
A. ST. csim,'Mz-j. Gen.
DE Rocue Fnuor, B. C.
Sigfled,_ Euocn Poon, B. C.
Jeuu PA'r'rnsou, B. C.
Colonel Commandsiut LONG.
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i PURPOSE cmbarking in a short time for
Europe, and should be glad to purchase
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to negotiate them for any one who is dc-si
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purchase: of goods; or ! would take an
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