...armies. He said nothing struck him so much as Gen. Washington's attacking and giving battle to Gen. Howe's army. That to bring an army raised within a year to this, promised every thing. He asked Dr. F. what he thought of the war. He answered he thought we should succeed, and the English...

...and compliments on the state of affairs in America, Count de Vergennes remarked, ' that nothing had struck him so much as General Washington's attacking...raised within a year to this, promised every thing.' The allusion here is to the battle of Gennantown, which, although a discomfiture, contributed more...

...America, and conversing for some time on the situation of the two armies, said, " that nothing had struck him so much as General Washington's attacking...raised within a year, to this, promised every thing." — Life of Arthur Lee, Vol. I. p. 360. It has been usually supposed, that Burgoyne's defeat was the...

...America, and conversing for some time on the situation of the two armies, said, " that nothing had struck him so much as General Washington's attacking...raised within a year, to this, promised every thing." — Life of Arthur Lee, Vol. I. p. 360. It has been usually supposed, that Burgoyne's defeat was the...

...prevented him from achieving a victory. Well might the Count de Vergennes say in reference to it, " That nothing struck him so much as General Washington's...bring an army, raised within a year to this, promised everything." But after all, the most brilliant period of bis military life, was that of his campaign...

...America, and conversing for some time on the situation of the two armies, said, ' that nothing had struck him so much as General Washington's attacking...raised within a year, to this, promised every thing.' — Life of Arthur Lee, Vol. I. p. 360. It has been usually supposed, that Burgoyne's defeat was the...

...America, and conversing for some time on the situation of the (wo armies, said, ' that nothing had struck him so much as General Washington's attacking...army, raised within a year, to this, promised every thing.'—Life of Arthur Lee, Vol. I. p. 360. It has been usually supposed, that Burgoyne's defeat...

...whole would arrive nearly at the same time. The divisions of Sullivan and Wayne, flanked by Conway's brigade, were to enter the town by the road leading...it was ; but the above fact, recorded by one of the Commissioners at the time, shows that the operations of Washington's army had their due weight in the...

...Schuylkill, and gain their left and rear. The divisions of Greene and Stephen, flanked by Mc Bougali's brigade, were to make a circuit on the American left,...it was ; but the above fact, recorded by one of the Commissioners at the time, shows that the operations of Washington's army had their due weight in the...

...American left, and attack the British right wing, while the Maryland and Jersey militia, under Small wood and Forman, were to move down by a road still farther...it was; but the above fact, recorded by one of the Commissioners at the time, shows that the operations of Washington's army had their due weight in the...