...19th, 1776, and mentioned the loss of Fort Washington: — "We have lost not only two thousand men that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had." He laments that the different states are so slow in levying their quotas of men : "In ten days from...

...1770, and mentioned the loss ol Tort Washington : — "We have lost not only two thousand men tint were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had." He laments that the different states are so slow in levying their quotas of men : "In ten days from...

...unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification; as we have lost, not only two thousand men, f that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and...ships went past it, was held contrary to my wishes and * Ant. Archives, 5th Series, iii., 780. f The number of prisoners, as returned by Sir William Howe,...

...unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification : as we have lost not only two thousand men that were there, but a good deal of artillery and...it having been determined on by a full council of gent-ral officers, and a resolution of Congress having been received, strongly expressive of their...

...unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification : as we have lost not only two thousand men that were there, but a good deal of artillery and...to my wishes and opinion, as I conceived it to be n hazardous one ; but it having been determined on by a full council of general officers, and a resolution...

...he experienced " great mortilicntiou'' at the surrender of Fort Washington, "with two thousand men, a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had." He declares to his brother that he is "wearied to death with the retrograde motion of things, and solemnly...

...the nineteenth, " and has given me great mortification ; as we have lost not only two thousand men that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had. And what delivered the message ; came oat, ran and jumped over the broken ground, dodging the Ht'ssmns, some...

...unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification ; as we have lost, not only two thousand men,f that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and some of the best arms we had. And what adds to uiy mortification is, that this post, after the last ships went past it, was held contrary to my wishes...

...19th, only three days after the attack, Washington says:—" What adds to my mortification is that the post, after the last ships went past it, was held contrary to my wishes and opinions, as I conceived it to be hazardous." "I had given it as my opinion to General Greene, under...

...a most unfortunate affair, and has given me great mortification, as we have lost not only 2,000 men that were there, but a good deal of artillery, and...to my wishes and opinion, as I conceived it to be a very hazardous one." When General Lee heard of it, he said, " Oh, general, why would you be persuaded...