The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-28

army moved he prevented the Americans from de-
Sroyng bridge (at Crosswicks y and drove the
covering party Out Of n neightor mill without
E"aid's activity the tBrtisb) army would have lost al
least day. Clinton expressed the warmest reeogni-
uon of ths action IN thanks 10 Ewad ara ms men
lard refers 10 II his Official reportl These Iinemeu
suffered the losses dur M the whole opera
t,on. Tho mounted men especially bore witness 70
This.
How difficult problem Knyphausen especially had
20 solve can be easily comprehended from the TACT
that ne had 70 protect confused mass Of baggage
which strung out twelve miles Above all he had the
American Generals, Morgan ITO tho right south) aud
Dickinson ito tho left. morrill, harassng him con,uu-
ally. The nrst was particularly recognized rs one Of
the most accomplished and audacious handlers OF
rihemen. Clinton, on hs part, had Lee and Lafayette
General vox sTKuBES
Another remarkable incident cannot be passed over
the motel General Won steuoen, Gernan. very capa
bic OF exertng preponderatng Influence In favor OF
his parry On tho night q the .1thas h. while recon-
noteriag Le rode In very close to Knyphausens col
uinn, ana came near being taken prisoner b. flank
ing patrol lsimcoes Queens Ransersl Gu this
simcoe his Journal,p pages Gs-6s CLAIMS tins
his command.l Alter the Duiilc, among tho British
prisoners brought in 10 washiusion's head
soldier said 10 Steuben 81 believe Gen.
cral, that this morning mai the honor
prize than your haLb "why did you not nre At
me 2" lacked stcuben., "Yoa were recogn ny
General Kuyphausen, and he ordered US to take you
II possible by surprise, without inJuting you" Com-
pare Kapps ''S,euben !" los -l59) ~as
Tue hliles tbfltlsu) named tnIs hualT me engage
ment at Freenold: the Americans, the battle OF hou
mouth.
BRITISH IMpEDixgyrA
Thence the march proceeded very slowly. Although
the army comprised scarcely thirteen thousand mea,
they haa such useless onormity OF transport
wagons that the trains stretched nearly fourteen
miles along the (singe) road. The rio British OIL
GERS dragged along with them mass OF bag
gage, coaches and (aat Daw. or pack horses,
together with all sorts OF servants mis,rcs scs and
other kinds Of Worthless truck such soldiers Of tho
present day can have no concc pton OIL
lie q ina m lr enc nd m
town. ana on the 5tn OF July camped NJ Sandy HOOK,
on the ocean, Here II was placed on shrbourd, be-
two tue OH aud 18th, and disembarked AT New York
on the Sth. The Hessans thea sucamped al Harlem.
z SANDY Hook was ittie sandy island ON wnich
\ blade OF grass grew There was nothing upoa II
tut ii.h ,housc, surrounded by reuoubL Previous
to the foregoing winter Sanay HOOK boo
TO the maui land but during mis- season very severe
gale drove IN the sea anc ploughed out u channel.
over this strait Clinton had bridge OF boats con-
stfucted.
Tue Hessians during this (rereat) lost great
many men ny Sickness uGd deserton. Many were
Killed by the 1eaTu neat alone. Tue allies (lSritlsh)
lost about Ave nundred by desertion But many aban-
doned colors OWING the severity OF the
march aud despair than from any other cause Duriug
the my meuts lne heat was SO errip L that w,hout
counting the Killed. outright, many were stricken
down senselcss, anu, IN audon. there rest by
day or ny IA gbi Numbers again remained beniad,
unable 10 Keep up, or rendered malt crazy, who were
afterward clptured ny the Americans. rnis retreat
notably Ueiouss among the most remarkable In the
history OF war ivon Ewald and Ochs).
the Anspacn and Bayreuth regiments, together
with the other troops which had been shipped d.
recty IRON Philadelphia, were landed on Long Island
on tie 10th OF June. In the course Of the dIsem-
barkation u Bayreuth soldier named .reuieI down.
loaded down III heavy marching order, iell into the
water he sank prone and could not be saved. The
arm OF the sea where the landing occurred called
Hell Gate. Tho wits OF the army turned TINS trsgcal
accident into joke and SAID that sthe devil (Teufe
had gone down hell"
. The German surgeon. Dr. Johann David SchrnpH Who
wrote pamphlet the climatic eccentricies aud dis
ofths during the revolutionary
upon the unexambed heat OF this Ga the field
Thermometer ~ 81 deg, and ACCORDING to Gordon
9S deg Fahrenheit and Ia fhadelpna H. deg There
must something exceptional also in the
OF the atmosphere, such only
sun shineS on AN atmosphere surcharged VITA
The writer has Just such condition
when peculiarly hot succeeds day nyht OF
and there Is breeze. On sue, OCCASION un
aim, st incapable OF carrying vii szng
such phenomenal DAYS require conjunction
condition OF the atmosphere well degree
solar heat.