...every one around him. In his general orders of the 24th of August, he said, " The General yet hopes, that events will prove America able to procure that...by her own arms, which her allies refuse to assist in obtaining." If the flame had been subsiding before, this promised to rekindle it; the expression...

...every one around him. In his general orders of the 24th of August, he said, " The General yet hopes, that events will prove America able to procure that...by her own arms, which her allies refuse to assist in obtaining." If the flame had been subsiding before, this promised to rekindle it ; the expression...

...New Port." He referred to a recent general order of Sullivan : * " The General yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own...which her allies refuse to assist her in obtaining." , At the instance of La Fayette he issued an order qualifying this ill-judged paper. La Fayette also...

...New Port." He referred to a recent general order of Sullivan : * " The General yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own...which her allies refuse to assist her in obtaining." At the instance of La Fayette he issued an order qualifying this ill-judged paper. La Fayette also...

...sentence in a general order of Sullivan's, on the 24th of August ; which said — " The general yet hopes that events will prove America able to procure that,...by her own arms, which her allies refuse to assist in obtaining." The expression gave deep offence to the French officers in the continental army ; and...

...New Port." He referred to a recent general order of Sullivan : * " The General yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own...which her allies refuse to assist her in obtaining." At the instance of La Fayette he issued an order qualifying this ill-judged paper. La Fayette also...

...New Port." He referred to a recent general order of Sullivan : * " The General yet hopes the event will prove America able to procure that by her own...which her allies refuse to assist her in obtaining." At the instance of La Fayette he issued an order qualifying this ill-judged paper. La Fayette also...

...him, as he was then in want of general officers. Upon receiving this information Congress on the i6th of that month authorized the commander in chief to...charge against the French or their officers. On the pth of September Congress resolved, that the retreat made by him, with the troops under his command,...