The fort: a novel of the revolutionary war by Bernard Cornwell

Author:Bernard Cornwell [Bernard Cornwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Histoire
ISBN: 9780061969638
Published: 2010-09-28T10:03:07+00:00

From Brigadier-General Lovell’s despatch to Jeremiah Powell, President of the Council Board of the State of Massachusetts Bay, dated July 28th, 1779:

This morning I have made my landing good on the S.W. Head of the Peninsula which is one hundred feet high and almost perpendicular very thickly covered with Brush and trees, the men ascended the Precipice with alacrity and after a very smart conflict we put them to rout, they left in the Woods a number killed and wounded and we took a few Prisoners our loss is about thirty kill’d and wounded, we are with in 100 Rod of the Enemey’s main fort on a Commanding peice of Ground, and hope soon to have the Satisfaction of informing you of the Capturing the whole Army, you will please to excuse my not being more particular, as you may Judge my situation.

Am Sir your most Obedient Humble Servant

From Brigadier-General Solomon Lovell’s Journal. Wednesday July 28th, 1779:

When I returned to the Shore it struck me with admiration to see what a Precipice we had ascended, not being able to take so scrutinous a view of it in time of Battle, it is at least where we landed three hundred feet high, and almost perpendicular and the men were obliged to pull themselves up by the twigs and trees. I don’t think such a landing has been made since Wolfe.

From the letter of Colonel John Brewer to David Perham, written in 1779 and published in the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, August 13th, 1846:

The General [McLean] he received me very politely, and said . . . “I was in no situation to defend myself, I only meant to give them one or two guns, so as not to be called a coward, and then have struck my colors, which I stood for some time to do, as I did not want to throw away the lives of my men for nothing.”

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