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No l3.
In ArnoldS hand acyaing1
Endorsed
Copy of a Council Of Var held Sep,
OH 1850
At Council of War. held in Camp
Bergen County Sept 9th 1880.
Present-the Commander in Chief
The Commander Chief states to the
Council that since he had the honor of
laying before the General Officers. at Nor.
rlstown, the 9th of June last. a general
view of our circumstances. several impor
tant events have occurred, which have
materially changed the prospects in the
Campaign.
That the success expected from France.
instead of coming out in one body, and
producing Naval Superiority in these
Seas has been divided into two Divisions.
the hrst OF which only consisting of seven
ships of the line, one forty four and three
smaller trlgates. with five thousand land
Forces, had arrived at Rhode Island
That Reinforcement of six ships of
the line from England having reinforced
the Enemy. had made their Naval Forces
In these seas amount to Nine Sail of the
| e.,
number of small Frigates, a Force com
pletely superior to that of our Allies, and
which has in consequence held them
Blocked up in the harbor of Rhode Island
till the goth ult, at which Period the
British Fleet disappeared, and no advice
of them has since been received
That Accounts received by the Alliance
Frigate, which left France in July, an
nounces the Second Division to be Con
fined in Brest with several other Ships by
a British Fleet of thirty-two Sail of the
line, and feet of the Allies of Thirty
six, or thirty eight Ships of the line ready
to put to sea from Cadie to relieve the
Port Of Brest
That most of the States in their an
swers to the requisation made of them give
thing in their power to furnish the men
and supplies required for the expected
Cooperation The effect of which. how
ever, has been far short of our expecta-
tIons. for not much above one third of the
Leyies demanded for the Continental Bat
talions, nor above the Same proportion Of
Militia have oeen assembled, aud the
Supplies have been so inadequate that
there was = necessity for dismissing all the
Militia. whose immediate services could
be dispensed with to lessen our Consump-
tion, notwithstanding which the Troops
now in the Field are severely suffering for
want of Provisions
That the army at this Post and in the
vicinity in operating Force consists Of TO-
400 Continental Troops and 400 Militia
besides which is a Regiment of Continen
tai Troops of about 800 at Rhode Island
left there for the assistance Of our Allies
against any attempt of the Enemy that
way, and two Connecticut State Reg-
ments amounting to 500 at North Castle.
That the Times Of Service for which the
Levies are Engaged will expire the first
day of January which, if not replaced, al
lowing for the usual Casual.tles will re
duce the Continental Army to less than
5000 men.
That since the state to the Council
above referred t.. the Enemy have bro't
a detachment of about 5000 men from
Charles Town to New York, which makes
the present operating Force in this Quar-
ter between Ten aud Eleven Thousand
men.
That the Enemies Force now in the
Southern States has not been lately ascer
tained by any distinct accounts. but the
general supposes it cannot be less than
900 (of which about 1000 are at Savan
uah) iu this estimate the Diminution by
the Casualties of the Climate, is supposed
to be equal to the increase of Force de
rived from the Disaffected
That added to the loss of Charles Town
and its Garrison accounts of recent mis-
fortune are just arrived from Major Ger-
eraZ Gates, giving advice of a general ac
ton which happened on the 10th of Au
near Campden, in which the army under
his Command met with total defeat. and
in all probability the whole of the Con
tineutal Troops, and Considerable part
of the Militia would be cut off
That the State of Virginia has been
sometime exertng itself to raise Body
of 5000 Troops to serve till the end of
December 1871. but how far it has sue
ceeded is not kpown
That Maryland had Resolved to raise
1000 Men of which a sufficient number
to compose one Battalion was to have
come to this army. The remainder to re-
cruit the Maryland line-but in conSe-
ouence of the late advices, an order has
been sent to march the whole Southward
That the Enemies Force in Canada.
Halifax, St Augustine, aud at Penobscot
remains much the same as stated in the
preceding Council
That there is still reason to believe the
Court of France will prosecute its Orig
inal Intention of giving effectual succor
to this Country. as soon as Circumstances
will permit aud it is hoped the second
Division will certainly arrive ID tue
course of the fall
That Fleet greatly superior to that
Of the Enemy in the West Indies, and a