New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-03-05
BOARD OF ALpEnNEs.-Ths Board met last eve
The Reverses of .he Revolutionary War
From the Richmond VII <.

--.--.. -~- From tie Richmond Whg.l ,- s.. : -s..
In the gloom which follows recent tnrn tt
that in which engaged, in Its origin AS well as its Incl
The war of Revolution in which The disparity
r fGH h"d @ sdvanaEe has @ war:
fare md uumed resources eond tvsthem The coloni,,s
fi.s" ' Iss s
H. d
They ensei for very short terms and therefore bad
ns s n fss ns sSs ssony
aud ome as New York furnished asmsy troops to side as
The course contest sufficient to have discouraged
ihs bsh had taken months for tile mos. elaborate propa
ration 10 saudns the colonies They snrrems by
0 Ths enemy 2iS f. ,,sasl,sox
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ne s A%ss%" "yy $ss
s defence 5 of uS r sn fsp s Il, h' RsTs s
with panic that they rertased without firing seeing
Ha s s"sGE sTis 's"
New lo'k then nbaudoned, with The loss Of all of
The Amer army oee ut ws rns Bat it
sssur Hs advice Of Cen washington dsisSasd The
fRE hundred
c within the fort Where it surrendered The Brit
snrs and strong position Ts The gress
cnanty the For, Lee fell next-te troops vi
@ 'en' s M int into 'h hands q The sas%y p''s
The OF these blows falling with such weight and rnpd
y, The historian says the troops quilted ts
Wushnton crossed into the Jerseys into VIII eli h.
by victorious enemy He then headed only tc
thousand besides detarhm others
New Jersey welded without resistance and who looke
superior the aiscipled ad well appointed
whichpnrued ne could doubt that he approsched
erminntion.n Fl Il lt t4+-"- # 1T.L- K.
unnecessary follow the of reYerses which
ought be read by every one and epubhed for the
lion OF lhe people .,s,. !, y, =,
Wa,hrgon undismayed, turned Ia his cee6rated nigh
march the Deaw captured l0 men, with arms apo
stores and returned safety nothing else occurred Tor
months to break the cnrrent OF BRITISH successes
embarked campaign and for weeks Was nEton was
on he Della t had assembled the Chesapeake 70
march ovsr nd upon Philadelphia Washington, who had
again recruited his temporary army resisted neir ahYahee
IT, wine Here leaving force threaten The fods IN
front The enemy d.tour AMI turned our rsht HANK
The Americans, short ress ancc, Withdrew Washing
ION made YET stand TO Phiadnaa but violent
raj 30 letey Jrcncatd his llat ibef os ftock o
'mmu,iy was cd NJ fit for USE aud the army WA,
ommIsI 10 n brck. stared tina at ih tine there
sen c-Iy guns the cbe in the rTIy One regimen
reviewe / ninety m.skos and seven bsyonts
(Ir iyh Mtnck Germantown failure, ana tho en-
ey held Phiad pla wthout further moles.aon Theirnex
object was open the Delaware Washington wished to
riye hi We strengthened, md til ew Into them
The enemy rernlsed in land attack one Of them
Then they their s bear and shelled the fost
they were longer tenabe and were aband md Wash
the wter the watetit exctp: III" surenIer
cornwall s. Tho Bsh supreme on tnat eeptn In ~
d "fo prnect The from m ny TN le'y
posses ion OF ha sN ,is innrRc;cahr.n ,,,,,--,.
Were cIie INFERIOR where ,ha eney compelled
pursue him on their heory Il sutjusn!ion MI,
We look with nppreh ision the atous eNpeuon
The enemy How wi the Invasion Of on" ancestors