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PGCJ.775.046
14 Oct 1775:31 (615)
August 8. The account of the late action between the
Americans and the troops of General Gage, is one of the most
evasive and unsatisfactory that ever yet obtruded in the
public, even through the channel of a ministerial paper . .
. With all the vanity of a military man, he praises the
conduct of all the officers under his command; but prudently
omits to say, whether any such advantage has been gained, as
may make up for the loss of "one lieutenant-colonel, two
majores, seven captains, nine lieutenants, fifteen
serjeants, one drummer, one hundred and nine-one rank and
file, killed; and three majors, twenty-seven captains,
thirty-two lieutenants, eight ensigns, forty serjeants,
twelve drummers, and seven hundred and six rank and file,
wounded," and unfit for service.
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