and firm intrepidity exhibited on the occafion.

Refolved, That Lt-Col. Fleury and Maj. Stewart, who, by their fituation in leading the two attacks, had a more immediate opportunity of diftinguishing themselves, have, by their perfonal at chievements, exhibited bright examples to their brother-foldiers, and merited in a particular manner the approbation and acknowledgement of the United States. Refolved, That the Congrefs warmly approve and applaud the cool and determined fpirit with which Lieut. Gibbons and Lieut. Knox led on the FORLORN HOPE, braving danger and death in the cause of their country.

Refolved, That a medal, emblematical of this action, be ftruck: That one of gold be presented to Brig.-Gen. Wayne, and a filver one to Lt-Col. Fleury and Maj. Stewart.

Refolved, That a brevet of Captain be given to Lieut. Gibbons and Lieut. Knox.

That the brevet of Captain be given to Mr Archer, the bearer of the General's letter, and volunteer aid-de-camp to Brig.-Gen. Wayne.

That the Congrefs approves the promife of reward made by Brig.-Gen. Wayne, with the concurrence of the Commander in Chief, to the troops under his command.

That the value of the military ftores taken at Stoney-point, be afcertained, and divided among the gallant troops by whom it was reduced, in fuch manner and proportion as the Commander in Chief fhall prescribe.

Extract from the Minutes,

CHARLES THOMSON, Sec." We infert next the accounts from the London gazette, viz.

Gen. Clinton to Ld George Germain, Head Quarters, Dobb's ferry, July 25. 1779.

"On the night of the 15th intant, the enemy fuddenly affaulted and carried the lines at Stoney-point. The greater part of the garrifon, confifting of the 17th regiment of foot, the grenadier company of the 71ft regiment, a comany of the Loyal Americans, and a mall detachment of the Royal Artillery, inder the command of Lt-Col. Johnon, of the 17th regiment, were either illed or taken.

The enemy immediately began a heay cannonade with our guns from Sto

ney-point upon Lt-Col. Webster, who commanded at Verplanks, with the 33d regiment, Loyal Americans, and detachments from the Royal Artillery, and from the 71ft regiment. At the fame time Lt-Col. Webster was informed, that a confiderable force was in his rear, who, if they did not mean to attack him from that quarter, at least would make his retreat, fhould he be driven to that extremity, very difficult.

Upon the first intelligence I received of this matter, I ordered the army to advance to Dobb's ferry, pushing forward the cavalry and fome light troops to the banks of the Croton river, to awe the enemy in any attempt by land against Verplanks. Brig.-Gen. Stirling was in the mean time embarked with the 42d, 63d, and 64th regiments, for the relief of Verplanks, or the recovery of Stoneypoint. The northerly winds, rather uncommon at this feafon, oppofed Brig.Gen. Stirling's progrefs till the 19th; when, upon his arriving within fight of Stoney-point, the enemy abandoned it with precipitation, and fome circumftances of difgrace.

Lt-Col. Webster, who had with great firmness fupported the heavy fire of the enemy, had not, during the whole time, deigned to return a fingle fhot, being fenfible that it would have been of no material effect. The enemy, poffibly fuppofing from this circumftance that he might have no heavy cannon, brought down a galley to carry off from Stoneypoint part of the artillery which they would have found difficulty in retiring through the roads of that country. As foon as the cannon were aboard the galley, LtCol. Webster turned upon her an eighteen-pounder, the only piece of heavy ordnance he had; which raked her with fuch effect, that, to prevent her finking, the crew ran her afhore, and there fet fire to her. Such of the cannon as remained upon Stoney-point were buried, or thrown into the river by the enemy, who immediately made a moft precipitate retreat.

Having been apprehenfive that the delay occafioned by the contrary wind, might have given the enemy time to collect a force at the Points too powerful for Brig.-Gen. Stirling, and being anxious that no ftep fhould be omitted for the fecurity of Verplanks, and recovery of Stoney-point, I had embarked with the light infantry, and joined Gen. Stir

ling in Haverstraw-bay. My whole army being within my reach, I had fome hopes of being able to betray Mr Wa fhington into an engagement for the poffeffion of Stoney-point. Poflibly he fufpected my view, and declined adventuring any measure which might bring on an action in a country unfavourable to him.

Brig. Gen. Stirling is now at Stoney. point with five battalions, repairing the works, which are a good deal damaged."

to Gen.

Lt-Col. Johnson, of the 17th foot, Clinton, Hardy's Town, July 24. "The bearer, Lieut. Armstrong, of the 17th infantry, will give you a full and perfect account of the unfortunate event of the morning of the 16th inftant, whereon the poft of Stoney-point fell in to the hands of the enemy. I am inclined to think, that, upon a just representation, you will be fully convinced that it was not any neglect on my part, nor of the troops under my command; but the very fuperior force of the enemy, that caufed the capture of the place. In closed I fend a return of the killed, wounded, miffing, and prifoners, as nearly as could be collected by the commanding officers of corps.

The very diftreffed fituation of our people for want of neceffaries of every kind, occafioned my making application for a flag in order to have them provided. Gen. Washington's permiffion to fend a fubaltern officer of each corps I received but this inftant. The commiffary of prisoners being under the neceffity of returning immediately, obliges me to draw to a conclufion, referring your Excellency to Lieut. Armstrong for any further particulars."

Return of the British troops.

"Killed I captain, 3 ferjeants, I drummer, 15 rank and file.- Wounded: I captain, 3 lieutenauts, 2 ensigns, 1 ferjeant, 67 rank and file.-Mifling: 1 captain, I lieutenant, 1 serjeant, I drum mer, 54 rank and file.-Prifoners: 1 lieutenant-colonel, 4 captains, 12 lieutenants, 5 enfigns, I adjutant, I furgeon, I conductor, 23 ferjeants, 16 drummers, and 408 rank and file."

The names of the officers, killed, &c. are thefe.- Killed; Capt. Tew, of the 17th.- Wounded: Capt. Campbell of the 71ft; Lieut Rofs and Cuming of the

71ft, and Simpson of the 17th; Euf Sinclair of the 17th, and Hugeford of the Loyal Americans. Prifoners: Lt-Col. Johnson, of the 17th; Capt3 Tiffin, of the artillery, Darby and Clayton of the 17th, and Robinson of the Royal Americans; Lieut Harden of the artillery, Duncanfon, Nairn, Rofs, and Grant, of the 71ft, Armstrong, Carey, Williams, Simpfon, and Hayman, of the 17th, and Marthall; Enfs Hamilton, Sinclair, and Robinfon, of the 17th, and Hugeford and Swords of the Loyal Americans; Adj. Hamilton, and Surgeon Horn, of the 17th; Conductor Enflow, of the artillery; and Surgeon Auchmuty, not included in the above.

[The Americans make the killed of the King's trooos, I captain, I lieute nant, 8 ferjeants, 3 corporals, and so privates, in all 63.]

We now proceed to other matters, ftill from the London gazette.

Gen, Clinton, in a letter to Ld George Germain, dated, Head Quarters, Dobb's Ferry, July 25. inclofes his inftructions to Maj. Gen. Tryon, (who was detach ed on a defultory expedition into the Eaft Sound, with a view to draw Mr Washington from the ftrong poft which be occupied in the mountains into Con necticut, together with a copy of his re port; and alfo a copy of the report made to his Excellency by Lt-Col. Tari ton of the Legion, whom he detached in hopes of furprifing a regiment of the enemy's cavalry at Pound bridge. Gen. Tryon to Gen. Clinton, New York, Jø ly 20.

"Having on the 3d inftant joined the troops affembled on board the transports. at White Stouc, Sir George Collier get the fleet under way the fame evening: but the winds being light, we did not reach the harbour of Newhaven until the 5th in the morning.

The first divifion, confifting of the flank companies of the guards, the tofileers, [the 7th, or Royal, and tur 23d, or Royal Welfh] 54th regiment, and a detachment of the yagers, with four field-pieces, under Brig.-Go Garth, landed about five o'clock, ar a mile fouth of Wefthaven, and began their march, making a circuit of upwa of feven miles, to head a creek on the western fide of the town.

The fecond divifion could not move till the return of the boats, but before noon I difembarked with the 23d, the Heffian, Landgrave, and King's American regiments, and two pieces of cannon, on the eastern fide of the harbour, and intantly began the march of three miles, to the ferry from Newhaven eaft toward Brentford.

We took a field-piece which annoyed is at our landing, and poffeffed ourselves of the Rock battery of three guns, commanding the channel of the harbour, bandoned by the rebels on our approach. The armed veffels then entered, and rew near the town.

Gen. Garth got into the town, but ot without oppofition, lofs, and fague; and reported to me, at half paft ne, that he should begin the conflagraion which he thought it merited, as on as he had fecured the bridge beween us over Neck creek.

The collection of the enemy in force n advantageous ground, and with heaier cannon than his own, diverted the General from that passage; and the oats that were to take off the troops eing not up, I went over to him; and be refult of our conference was, a efolution, that with the firft divifion he 1ould cover the north part of the town hat night, while with the fecond I hould keep the heights above the Rock ort. In the morning the first divifion mbarked at the fouth-eaft part of the own, and croffing the ferry joined us on he Eafthaven fide, excepting the 54th, which were fent on board their tranf

orts.

In their progrefs of the preceding day rom Wefthaven, they were under a continual fire; but by the judicious conluct of the General, and the alertnefs of the troops, the rebels were every vhere repulsed. The next morning, as here was not a fhot fired to moleft the etreat, Gen. Garth changed his defign; ind deftroyed only the public ftores, ome veffels, and ordnance, excepting ix field-pieces, and an armed privateer, which were brought off.

The troops reimbarked at Rock fort in the afternoon, with little moleftation; and the fleet leaving the harbour that evening, anchored the morning of the 8th off the village of Fairfield.

The boats being not fufficient for the whole of the first divifion, I landed only with the flank companies of the guards, VOL. XLI.

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one company of the Landgrave's, and the King's American regiment, with two field-pieces, eaft of the village, and fouthweft of the Black Rock battery, which commands the harbour..

We pursued our march (under a cannonade without effect) towards the village; but in our approach received a fmart fire of mufquetry. The rebels fled before the rapid advance of the guards, and left us in poffeffion of it, and of the heights in the weft, until Gen. Garth, who landed two miles in the fouth, joined us with the remainder of the troops in the evening.

Having laid under arms that night, and in the morning burnt the greatest part of the village, to refent the fire of the rebels from their houfes, and to mask our retreat, we took boat where the fecond divifion had landed, the enemy throwing only a weak scattered fire on our flanks; the regiment de Landgrave, by a very proper difpofition, having effectually covered our rear.

Wanting fome fupplies, we croffed the found to Huntingdon, and there continued till the 11th, and repaffing that day, anchored five miles from the bay of Norwalk.

The fun being nearly fet before the 54th, the Landgrave's regiment, and the yagers, were in the boats, it was near nine in the evening when I landed with them at the Cow pafture, a peninsula on the east of the harbour, within a mile and an half of the bridge which formed the communication between the east and weft parts of the village, nearly equally divided by a falt-creek.

The King's American regiment being unable to join us before three next morning, we lay that night on our arms, In our march at the firft dawn of the day, the 54th led the column, and foon fell in with the rebel outpofts, and driving the enemy with great alacrity and fpirit, difpoffeffed them of Drummond hill, and the heights at that end of the village, eaft from and commanding the bridge.

It being now but four o'clock in the morning, and the rebels having taken poft within random cannon fhot upon the hills upon the north, I refolved to halt until the fecond divifion, landing at the Old Wells, on the weft fide of the harbour, had advanced, and formed the junction.

Gen. Garth's divifion poffed the bridge 3 Q by

by nine, and at my defire proceeded to the north end of the village; from whence, and especially from the houses, there had been a fire for five hours upon our advanced guards.

The fufileers, supported by the light infantry of the guards, began the attack, and foon cleared the quarters, pufhing the main body and an hundred cavalry from the northern heights, and taking one piece of their cannon.

After many falt-pans were deftroyed, whale-boats carried on board the fleet, and the magazines, ftores, and veffels, fet in flames, with the greatest part of the dwelling-houfes, the advanced corps were drawn back, and the troops retired in two columns to the place of our first debarkation, and, unaffaulted, took ship, and returned to Huntingdon bay.

We were waiting only for fresh fupplies of artillery and force adequate to the probable increase of the rebels, by the decrease of the objects of their care, and the alarm of the interior country, when I was honoured on the 13th, with your command of the 12th, for the return of the troops with the fleet to White Stone.

The rebels in arms at Newhaven were confiderable, more numerous at Fairfield, and still more fo at Norwalk.

250 Continental troops had now joined their militia, under Gen. Parfons, and together were faid to be upwards of 2000. The accounts of their lofs are vague, it could not be trifling.

The general effect of the printed addref's from Sir George Collier and myself, to the inhabitants, recommended by your Excellency, cannot be discovered till there are fome further operations and descents upon their coafts. Many copies of it were left behind at Newhaven and at Fairfield. I fent one by the Rev. Mr Sayre, their Epifcopal missionary, under flag, to a party in arms; and received the answer of defiance, already tranfmitted. I regret the lofs of two places of public worship at Fairfield, which took fire unintentionally by the flakes from other buildings; and I gave ftrict orders and fet guards for the prefervation of that burnt at Norwalk; but it is very difficult, where the houfes are clofe, and of very combustible materials of board and shingles, to prevent the fpreading of the flames.

I fhould be very forry, if the deftruction of these two villages would be

thought lefs reconcileable with humanity than with the love of my country, my duty to the King, and the law of arms, to which America has been led to make the awful appeal.

The ufurpers have profeffedly placed their hopes of fevering the empire, in avoiding decifive actions, upon the wafte of the British treasures, and the escape of their own property, during the protraction of the war.

Their power is fupported by the general dread of their tyranny, and the arts practifed to infpire a credulous multitude with a prefumptuous confidence in our forbearance. I wish to detect this delufion, and, if poffible, without injury to the loyalifts."

He concludes with giving due praife to the troops, to Sir George Collier, the mariners of the transports, &c. and fub joins a lift of the killed, wounded, and miffing, at Newhaven, July 5. Fairfield July 8. and Norwalk July 11. amount ing in whole to zo killed, 96 wounded and 32 miffing; including Adj. Campbel of the guards, and Enf. and Adj. Wat kins of the King's American regiment killed; and Capt. Parker of the guards and Capt. Bauchop and Lieut. Powel the 54th, wounded; and a lift of the ord nance and ftores taken and deftroyed.

Sir George Collier to the Admiralty, Ra fonable, off New York, July 27.

"The rebels on the shores of the province of Connecticut having, for a con fiderable time past, impeded and alma totally deftroyed the trade of his Maje fty's faithful fubjects paffing through Sound, it was judged neceffary by Henry Clinton and myself, that defulto ry invafions fhould be made along Connecticut coaft, with an intention deftroying their whale-boats and othe piratical craft, to prevent a continuan of their depredations. The land-forces confisting of 2600 men, commanded by Maj.-Gen. Tryon, I caused to be barked in transports; and fending the Renown, Thames, Otter, and two arm ed veffels, to block up New London, a the east entrance of the Sound, I pr ceeded on the 3d inftant from New Yo by the way of Hell-gates, with his Ma jefty's fhips Camilla, Scorpion, Halifat brig, and Huffar galley, together with the tranfports; and on the 5th landed the army in two divifions at the town of Newhaven; which, after an irregular re

fiftance

tance from the rebels, was taken pofffion of by us, together with a small rt at the entrance of the harbour; hich latter we destroyed after spiking the guns, as alfo many warehouses led with ftores, &c. together with feeral veffels and whale-boats. We emarked the troops without lofs; and two ys afterwards our flat-boats, covered the galley and gun-boats, landed near airfield, though oppofed by the militia d fome Continental troops. The reIs firing from the windows and tops of ufes, occafioned the band of loyal refues to fet feveral of them on fire; which mmunicating to others, burnt the whole wn, and alfo feveral whale-boats. The Jops embarked from thence without oleftation, and the third day following ey were landed again in three divifions the town of Norwalk; which, for the acherous conduct of the rebels, in murring the troops from windows of houafter fafeguards were granted them, is deftroyed; together with five large fels, two privateer brigs on the ftocks, d twenty whale-boats; as alfo two -mills, a confiderable falt-work, feral warehouses of stores, merchandise, :. The fmall town of Greenfield fufed the fame chastisement; two rowat privateers were deftroyed, and mawhale-boats. I returned afterwards th the fleet to New York."

Ditto to ditto, July 28.

—“ The rebels, under the comand of a General Wayne, furprifed and ormed the important poft of Stoneyint up the north river, a few days aI immediately moved up with the gates and tranfports; on board the tter of which part of the army was em. rked. The rebels, on the appearance the fhips, quitted the poft, burnt the orks, and carried off part of the canon, and all the mortars; but a large lley they had brought down the river carry away the artillery, was funk by me fortunate fhots from our battery at erplanks-point. We are now again in offeffion of this pafs, and the General is rowing up ftrong works to prevent the bels from regaining this important poft. -The Greyhound, with Gen. Lord Cornallis, arrived here from England on the

ift inftant."

Col. Banaftre Tarleton, of the British Legion, to Gen. Clinton, Camp on the Brunx, July 2. 1779, eleven p. m.

I moved with the detachment you

were pleased to intruft me with, confift-. ing of 70 of the 17th light dragoons, part of the Legion infantry and cavalry, Queen's rangers, huffars, and fome mounted yagers, in all about 200, at half paft eleven o'clock laft night. The weather being remarkably bad, prevented my reaching Northcattle church before four o'clock next morning; where I received confirmation of my intelligence relative to the numbers and fituation of Sheldon's regiment and 100 Continental foot, but no tidings of Moiland's regiment of dragoons.

1 purfued my route through Bedford to Pound-bridge, without any material occurrence. In the diftrict of the Ridge, and within 300 yards of the enemy, who were not alarmed, my guide in frontmiftook the road. Another guide informed me of the error, and it was rectified as foon as poffible.

The enemy's vidette had noticed to them our paffing their front. The whole regiment was mounted, and formed, behind the meeting-house. An attack was inftantly made by the advanced guard, confifting of the 17th light dragoons, the ground not allowing more than seven or eight in front. The enemy did not stand the charge, a general rout immediately enfued. The difficulty of the country, and there being no poffibility of obtaining their rear, enabled the greatest part of the regiment to efcape. The purfuit continued for four miles on the Stamford and Salem roads.

The lofs of men in Sheldon's dragoons, upon inquiry, and comparison of accounts, I eftimate at twenty-fix or twenty-feven in killed, wounded, and prifoners; but their difgrace in the lofs of the ftandard of the regiment, and of helmets,.. arms, and accoutrements, was great.

Part of the officers and regimental baggage fell into our hands.

I have hitherto omitted mentioning the militia, to the amount of 120, who, together with the Continental foot, broke and difperfed at the approach of the King's troops.

The militia affembled again on eminencies and in fwamps, and, before we quitted the ground on which the first charge was made, they fired at great distances. We were successful in killing, wounding, and taking fifteen of them; the reft hovered almoft out of fight.

The inveteracy of the inhabitants of Pound-bridge, and near Bedford, in fi302

ring.