The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-16

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and heights OF ourow camp covered Win spec,
tators. made up Of the rest q our army wnlen wa
not engages the hllls around tue country eoVereu
with spectators the enemy al IN anxious sus-
pehae; rue roar ~ cannon. m mora ,oon ms
stocks, ana whole slrssts falling together 10 ruins
10 NIL the ear-Lhe storm OF the reduuDts. Win tne
objects aooye described, 10 lll tne eye%aaa tae
rejection that perhaps q defeat was maj Gun
70 the British Empire IN America 10 MI
the mind-made The whole picture ana com
phcatou OF horror ana Impori ance beyond any
lining that IL has ever been my lot 10 De Witness lo
81 must lament Toms aDsense; tom was =
nephew OF Lord stanley.1 Ii was hght lor } oung
soldier mat the LONGEST service may not FURNISH
again, and had he been with me would likewise
nave been OUT OF danger Tor, except two cannon
balls that went hundred yards over our neads,
we were not IN any part OF the direction o Ilie
enemy's shot. A moment or The day was critical.
Howe's LETT was staggered. Two Dattallons had
I been sent 10 reinforce them, but We perceived
them on me beach seeming in embarl ass-
ment what way TO march Clinton. then
next FOR business, too. the part with
out waiting Tor orders, TO throw himself INTO a
boat mead them. He arrived III ime 10 be OF
service Tue Gay ended with glory ana the sue
cess WAS most Important. considering the ascend
ancy II gave the regular troops.
THE LOSS or OFFICERS
''Dut the loss was uncommon In onicers ior tne
numbers engaged. Howe WAS uni ouched Out mis-
aid -cainp, onerwin was killed; Jordan irlend
OF Howe's, who came 10 see the campaign, u snip
mate OF ours on board the Cerberus, was Dady
wounded. Pgot Yves unhurt. tut ne behaved IKE
nero. You viii see the list oil the lost. POOR
Colonel A0ercrombe, VINO commanded the grena-
olers, dleo YESTERDAY OF his wounds captain
Addison, our poor old friens, who arrived but the
day before, and VINO WAS 70 nave dinner with me
on the dav OF the action, WAS also killed. HIS B "a
was upon the field at the same time. Major
Wntehnl Is but very shgnus nurt; he Is out
already. Young Chetwyno's Is also slight. LORD
Perry's regiment has suffered The most and DO.
haved the Dest. HIS Lordshlp himself was not
In me action LORD Reden behaved TO o cnarm.
HIS name Is established Tor life.n
CRITICISED BY AN ENGLISH WRITER.
Not SO satisfactory was the battle 70 all English
men as TO General BurGoyne. Neither did oil tue
Brlrons vi hat perioa applaud 50 heartily the mil
a
was published ID London "lor George wlleien Ia
1881. The comments are very caustic and re-
produce them entre:-
THE CRITICISM.
III the English General hau had his choice given
him Of the ground upon which ne should hnd MS
enemy he could not have wished 10 place the
rebels In q situation for more certain rum than
that which they had placed themselves at Bunker
Hin. Ana yet from some fatality III our Councils
or rather. perhaps from the total absence or all
structlve 10 them proved so only To the
royal army. Every one knows Lnat The grounds
on when $1,000 Charlestown ana bunker Hi
was peninsula. Inc Isthmus which joined IL TO
The continent used originally to be covered at nigh
wafer; but Tor sne convenience oi the INHABITANTS
there had been ctuseWay raised upon IL which
answered all the purposes OF O wharf Tor landing
upon, and the land adjoining was firm, good
ground, having formerly been an apple orchard.
Noinlng be more obvious, especially n the
4 reader viii lsok upon the plan, than that the
army, by landing at the neck or the istnmus. must
\ have entirely cut on the rebels retreat and not q
man OF them could nave escaD d. Inc water III
i inc Mystic River was deep enough for the gun
boats and smaller vessels 10 lie very near 10 this
causeway TO cover and protect the landing OF
our own army and 10 prevent any iurtner
1 as to secure the retreat and reemoarkatIon OF
our own army II that had become necessary. The
/ ambuscaae, which nanked our troops in this CHI
up TO Bunker Hill and did SO much mischief could
by this means have been avoided. Instead VI shut
ting up the reDel5 by landing At the lsthmus,
1 whIch was the place the most commodious Tor inc
descent and Tor beginning the attack. the Emerald
unhapply caose to land N the lace OF the reDel
| lnIrencnments, and at tire greatest possible dis
lance from the neck or lsthmus, aud thereby left
the way open Tor their escape; and still more I'M
happily, knowing nothing OF ihe ground, attempted
TO Lnarcn tie troops in part where they mad ten
or twelve rows OF raing to Chamber; the land be-
I tween Cnarlestown and the beach being Tor the
convenience OF tue Inhabitants, divided INTO mar
I row slips not more than from ten 10 thirty
rods over. these posts and rails were too sirong
I Tor the column 10 push down, ana the march was
retarded by the getting over them that the
4 next morning they were found studded with
b0lIets, not u hands breadth from each other.
AL TINS was well known 10 toe inhabitants VI
\ Boston. But they thought that military men,
and such a great Engllsn General a. Mr. Howe,
4 must know better tnan taey And al this might
nave been known, ana ought 70 nave been
\ rebels coming into TINS peninsula been thing
utterly unexpected, and never before thought
4 or the suddenness OF the event might nave been
apology for their not instantly thinking OF tRe
measures most proper TO be taken ON suca an
occasion. But, lar from unexpected this was IN
event whicn they had long been apprehensiye OF,
the possibility oil which HAD been In contemplation
\ for two months before. Tue action at Bunkers
Hin was 90 the Itch June and long before as
4 the 2lst OF ADrI y message had been sent 10 the
II LlaTleStOWQ buueTeQ
Ias rebels TO take possession or tneir town, or to
throw up any works 10 annoy tue snlps, the shlLs
would IRE up n them" Inc message giving tue N
4 tnls warning doubtless was very proper; but II
was easy TO loresee bat II the rebels cnose 70 pos
sess themselves OF any part OF the peninsula the
4 Inhabitants OF Cnarlestown could not prevent II.
In all these eight weeks, therefore, IL might have
been hoped that the General aud Admiral should
have concerted the proper measures for them 70
take in case tue enemy should come
thtner: II might have been hoped tnat
! Mystic River. and how near at the several times
OF the TIDE the vessels could GENE TO the cause
| way We might have hoped that the General
would have informed himself oil every inch OF
ground 50 small Is me peninsula, and nave pre-
| he ought 10 land upon every appearance or an en-
emy. And yet we DO not seem 10 nave gwen our
! selves the trouble OF singe Jught about view
ing tine ground OF considering Deioren and what
would be tue proper measures 10 be taken In case
the enemy should appear there. Instead OF THIS
tne morning on winch ths enemy was discovered,
~ three O'Clock, council oI war was TO be called
(Which might as Wen nave been neld 4 montn
OeIorpl, and many hours more were given 10 the
rebels Tor carrying on their works and finishing
their redouDt- CnariestoWn NseE, as we are
aware, lies AZ the utmost possible distance
\ from ne rebel quarters 1T Cambridge and Bost n
Neck so that tie troops mad every possible advan-
tage IN lanuing at toe CausewaJ, aud not single
man oil the re0es could have escaped. Is IL neces.
sary for gentleman 70 Oe sololer to soc THIS
I Wal not oysry mans common sense upon vie ~ ing
\ rne map, Ue convinced OF ltf Whether. alter the
rebels nad fed, General Cnuton's advice 10 pur-
sue was rant or wrong may be doubt. But IN.
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Drave men by the want or all previous concert,
and never having surveyed the ground; n,
instead OF this negligence and tnattcntIon, We nau
4 shut up the whole rebel iorce In the peninsula
/ and destroyed and taken that whole army, there
\ can be no doubt but that we might Lave pursued
\ cur advantage, and that n then we had marched
10 kOxUury aud Cambridge the troops would
probably not have found q man there 10 oppose
them. Atleast IN that general CONSERVATION tney
might very easlly have been dispersed, ana the
Y otner provinces having then openly joined taen.
4 we should nave PROBABLY neard nothing more VI
tbe rsoeiAon. AZ was SAID a. tue time, nave
heard, that we were unwilling TO make the rebels
Y desperate, but nope no mlltary man would ouer
\ 10 give such reason. veteran troops long pos-
sessed win very nigh sense or honor, Ike the
4 old spanish Infantry at konoy. hignt possibly re.
solve to die IN tneir RANKS and sell their
lives as dearly az they eould, tnOuRn
Y Iknow no instance Ia modern war OF this span.
Ian Obstnscy but for regulAr British troops 70
4 DC AFRAID OF shutting up rab0le Of irregular
Il newy raised militia that mad never nred gun,
aud had no honor to lose, lest they s1Uuld uGht
4 too desperately Tor them, argues TOO gteat de-
4 gree VI weakness TO be supposed OF auy man NJ 70
DC trusted IN the Kings service. Happy had IL
been itr Mr.. BurRoyne Nr. Gates had reasoned
in tnls manner ano lett tue Kings troops way