Copy 1, Volume 1

An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies / By W. Winterbotham.

  • William Winterbotham
Date:
1795
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Credit: An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States, and of the European settlements in America and the West-Indies / By W. Winterbotham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    equal fuccefs, making four officers and twenty private men prifoners, The lofs of the Americans in this action is faid to have been upwards of one hundred and twenty, and that of the Britifh troops not more than forty. ( ‘On the 6th of July an ation happened near the Green Springs in Virginia, between a reconnoitring party of the Americans under Ge- neral Wayne, amounting to about eight hundred, and a large part of the Britith army under Lord Cornwallis ; in which the Americans had one hundred aud twenty-feven killed and wounded, and the lofs of the royal troops is fuppofed to have heen confiderably greater. It was an action in which no fmall degree of military fkill and courage was exhi« bited by the Americans. In a variety of fkirmifhes, the Marquis la Fayette very much diftinguifhed himfelf, and difplayed the utmoft ar- dour inthe American caufe. In South Carolina, an aétion libel on the oth of September near Eata Springs, between a large body of Britith troops under the command of Lieutenant-colonel Stuart and a much fuperior body of Americans, General Greene. It was an obftinate engagement, and lafted near two hours ; but the Americans were defeated, and two of their fix-pounders fell into the hands of the Englifh. ‘The lofs, however, of the royal troops was very confiderable ; amounting to more than four hundred killed and wounded, and upwards of two hundred miffing. - * Jn the courfe of the fame month, General Arnold was fent on an ex- pedition againft New London, in Conneéticut, where he deftroyed a a great part of the fhipping, and an immenfe quantity of naval ftores, European manufa@ures, and Eaft and Weft India commodities. The town itfelf was alfo burnt, which is faid to have been unavoidable on account of the explofions of great quantities of gunpowder which hap- pened to be in the ftorehoufes that were fet on fire. A fort, of which it was thought neceflary to gain poffeffion in this expedi tion, was not taken fended by the Americans with great gallantry, and the affault was made by the Englifh with equal bravery. The Britifh troops entered the, works with fixed bayonets, and were oppofed with great vigour by the gartifon with long fpears. After a moft obftinate defence of near forty minutes, the affailants gained poffeffion of the fort, in which eighty-five 'Americans were found dead, and fixty wounded, moft of them mor-
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