The Newport gazette. [volume] (Newport [R.I.]) 1777-1779, 1778-02-19
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WaiTsnALL, DsSembsr 2, ~.
TEsIERDAY morning Mijor Cuyls',
" hrt iii De Camp 10 Gsarral SIR
y w.l.iim Hove, arrived + cm Phii.-
s.lsbi,. vi h diip.tca., 10 Lord George Ger
re. si . hien me foliosins are copies and
.,.r.,t!. ,,,.u.
-, ola ltvsr from Gessrsl S.r william
Eowe, 10 Ler. George Germaias, ditsd
U..d OlEieis, GamIntown, Odebr
10. III.
Nix LORD,
IN nv laa diipaeh OF the goth Of Ausur,
4 Ih,d The honour to sdsiie yosI LoreihiP
Of the army having landed en- tbs ~sh
a.. Of Blk River, ard ct i;s bei.g Afterwards
..,;Ied mo Two eoiumns o1e uIder the
eoam.sd of Lord Corvallis, st the Head
olF,k...d the other commanded bT Lieu
t.r,s,. General Koyph,uies, At Cecil Court
houle ! am thsTs.ore to give youi Lore mp
an account of the ope a,ioas trc m thar Peri-o,
wherein wi be inclsded two gtn;rai Actions,
10 both cf which have the i,ti,fattion to
preniie that fuecel, hai attendsd hi, MsJehyb
arms.
o, the I'd Of Ssp,embn MIr Gen'ril
Cas,, sith tx bsuslions rersininz At the
Head Of Elk. 70 preierve the eommsnieauoa
with III. fee,, the to- eo!smss join'd At Fen
es6ser, lying iou, mile, to he esaSatd OF
Fk.sn the read to Cn'itiea Bridge. la
hi, G.,'s Emsa ,hs He'll n and AM fpaeh
CbsG.ur., asa he feeond battalion OF Light
Iufas:rv, WHO xsre at the head OF Lord Corn
valli.'. eolu : n, fell in with ehsle, corps
Of one ,hou.2nd msR frsm the snsny' army,
.dv.stas eouly Poitsd in the wosd', whieh
tkey dsf, a,sd viii the lels Of only two efi-
car, w:usded, three nsa killed, and nine.
teen wolnied, whea that OF he enemy was
no, lei, thaa fifty killed, and many nore
wounded.
Ga tie Oh Msjsr. Geaeral Grsnt, after
Csptai. Dunesa, who fupenatsnded the "a
val department., ksi dearoysd fueh tael'
snd flores - eosld not BE- renewed from the
Head Of Elk, join.d tbs army.
The wh.le msrehsd oa the Sth by New
ark, ard sseamped ,has Hering N the tows-
fhiP OF II ktaea, upon the road leaeiag trsm
Neapo.t TO LaIcaasr, at which h'R plses
G.asr. w hilstos had taken p;f, having
hi, lei. to N. IaI-n Gees, aaa his front CO.
serd by R.d Ga, Creek.
The tws srri,s in thi. ii,uatioa beirg on
'SsI PSis, ~ ~e''l
in the night 81 the 8 h. by the LM CATER rsa'
frsm Wiln nston. and abost 10 e'e oek nsx
norrins croft ( B!andy~ise Cresk, at Chad
Ford, .'kisg potts on the heights on the ca
fern hde OF il.
On ire 9th in the aftsrnoon, Lieutenaai
Gsnsal KayPhisfsu rarehsd With the lei
OF the army to Nav G.rdsa AID kennet
Sexsre, while Lo Corvallis with the Iigi
moved to HckeGens meeting hoats, an
bs h joined the Hext mo:aiDg ss Ktnset
SquHs.
Ga the nth at day. break the army sdvase
ed ia two eolsnss the right commaade
by Lisa,esant.G .Gsnsral Kayphsufsa, eoaha
ing Of four H,fIi. bsuslisa', uader M,jc
GenerA Stern, tie IA ana I'd brisadss I
Briuih, three batal,oss 81 ths 7I& rsst. a
Oue:hi AosIiesn Rarger', sad oae SqU
oron Of tie IS h Dragons, saeer M,J'
Geseral Grs.', h.viag with them tx mediU
twelve Pounders, fsur hositze:s,sn and the Jig
srtil:ry beloug ng 70 the b igadss. Th
solsmn tsck the duea road to Chaa's Fsr
fsvsa niles diitant from KentetSSqssre, n
arrived in front Of the snsny abou, 10 o'clo'
kirmihiag mof part Of the mach sish th'
advanced usops, in which the Qcesa's r {.
ge'., somnandsd BY Captain Wsmifs, Of q
4oh regiment, disiuss Asd shem- elves il
particular ma Ger.