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CJ-B.778.007
12 Feb 1778:31,32 (90)
From the New-Jersey Gazette. From the original letters of
Monsieur de Lisle, translated into English.
Fish-Kill, in the state of New-York, Nov. 20, 1777. . . [1
3/4 columns essay on actions at Bennington and Saratoga.
Near top of second column:]
[General Burgoyne] had promised, when he took leave of the
house of Commons in the year 1775, to "temper his
punishments of the Americans for rebellion with humanity" --
He had boasted to his friends that he "would dance the
ladies, and coax the gentlemen into submission." He had
declared upon entering the port of Boston, during the
blockade of that town, that he would have "elbow room", and
as if he was resolved to shine hereafter without a rival in
the history of the reduction of America, he had with great
difficulty obtained his present separate command by making
two voyages to Great-Britain. . . [5 lines] It gave me pain
to hear, that when General Burgoyne entered into the town of
Albany, a mob cried out "elbow room"! but they were soon
silenced by an officer. It is the only instance I have
heard, since my arrival in this country of an act of
rudeness, even in the lowest of the people to a British
prisoner. . .
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