The German Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, 1776-1783 |
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Page 279 - A List of the General and Staff Officers, and of the Officers in the several Regiments serving in North America, under the Command of His Excellency General Sir William Howe, KB, with the Dates of their Commissions as they Rank in each Corps and in the Army.
Page 213 - Maryland, the German settlers showed them much kindness and German speech and friendly hospitality gave them much comfort." Their food, too, improved, " though during the ensuing winter provisions ran short " and complaints were made of " the bad food and the utter want of clothing.
Page 81 - British troops imprisoned in the barracks celebrated tbe day with great excesses, finally driving oft' the guard of fifteen men, and were only subdued when a regiment and some guns were brought up, and, opening fire, killed and wounded some of the prisoners. The Hessians kept quietly out of the fracas, and were all the more kindly treated by the American«, but greatly abused by the English.
Page 81 - ... put all the shoemakers among the Hessian prisoners to work, he to make them a small allowance for their labor. Others were employed at the various iron works to make cannon and shot. Lieutenant Wiederbold, a Hessian officer taken prisoner, says in his diary under date of January 8, 1778: "Hessians were taken to Lancaster, where they worked during the summer on the farms. Congress paid them in money the value of their rations, and the farmers gave them pay besides. On June 4, a fracas occurred...
Page 74 - There were two bridges which made the approach of the enemy easy. Ewald showed his energy and readiness by the way he acted. He covered the bridges and the nearest houses with straw, and then summoning the leading people, told them that the moment there was any outbreak he would set fire to the place. As Mount Holly was a well-to-do village, and the shops were full of valuable goods, his precaution was effective, and he remained undisturbed until midnight, then withdrew and joined Donop at Crosswicks....
Page 128 - ... when he crossed the frontier of the Hampshire Grants. His main strength consisted in a regiment of Brunswick Dragoons, — as workmanlike a cavalry as might be found in Europe, but singularly unsuited for a forced march on foot through a half-settled district in the Northern provinces of America. " They were equipped with long, heavy riding boots, with big spurs, thick leathern breeches, heavy gauntlets, a hat with a thick feather ; at their side a strong sabretasch, and a short, heavy carbine,...
Page 81 - June, 1777, the men were taken to Lancaster, where they worked during the summer on the farms. Congress paid them in money the value of their rations and the farmers gave them their meals and pay beside, but any one who allowed a Hessian prisoner to escape was fined J200 — paper dollars.
Page 147 - At Lancaster (they) met a curious reception ; the story had spread that the King of England had given Lancaster to General v. Reidesel as a reward for his services, and that he has now come to take possession.
Page 15 - ... every man killed, wounded or captured or made unserviceable by wounds or sickness, a like sum was to be paid, and like provision was made for those lost in sieges or by Infectious disease on shipboard, but for deserting no compensation was to be made. They were to take an oath of service to the King of England, thus putting them under double allegiance to their own sovereign and to that of Great Britain. Food and clothing were to be supplied Just as to the British army. The forage money paid...
Page 200 - Ewald's rule was always to attack, and in his book on " War," he lays it down as a maxim that whenever the enemy is met at night, he must be attacked at once and followed by a bayonet charge, so that the leader of the advance can ascertain the strength of the enemy, mask his own, and make his plans for his next movement.