From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 9. –A correspondent in London writing under this date, says: –“The account of General Burgoyne’s treaty with Mr. Gates, arriving when the two Houses of Parliament were sitting, and in the warmth of high debate, the friends of…
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Skirmish at Whitemarsh
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. December 10. –On the night of the fourth instant, the British army, distressed for want of “elbow room,” marched from Philadelphia with an avowed intention of obliging the American army to quit their post at White-marsh, and driving them…
Attack on Red Bank
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. Yesterday morning, 1 about fifteen hundred Hessians, under the command of Count Donop, came down from Philadelphia to Red Bank2 in order to take the fort, under the command of Colonel Greene, belonging to Rhode Island. About four o’clock…
Siege of Fort Mifflin
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. November 22. –A gentleman in the American army gives the following account of the late movements of the British forces on and about theDelawareandSchuylkillRivers: About the 12th of October, the British erected a battery near the mouth of the…
General Gray Attacks Wayne
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol I. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 22. –Yesterday, the British having received intelligence of the situation of General Wayne, and his design of attacking their rear, should they attempt to pass the Schuylkill, a plan was concerted for surprising him, and the execution intrusted…