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PGCJ.779.008
20 Feb 1779:21,22,23 (790)
The several printers in the United States are request to
publish (with General Pigot's letter to Sir Henry Clinton of
the 31st of August) the following observations.
. . . [2 column article] Though he has taken great pains to
paint the bravery and good conduct of his troops in their
engagement with our advanced corps, he might have given a
more striking description of his own heretofore, and that of
Generals Smith and Losberg, with the brave troops under
their command, by adopting Addison's description of the
battle of the Pigmies, with some small alterations.
Nor less on earth the Pigmy fury glows,
Whose chiefs for fight the martial troops dispose,
Direct the war, and as the foe draws near,
Each gripes his sword, and eager shakes his spear,
. . . [22 more lines, signed] An American Officer.
Providence, February 18, 1779.
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