The Hessians and the other German auxiliaries of Great Britain in the revolutionary war

by Edward J. Lowell

THE HESSIANS

and the other

GERMAN AUXILIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN IN

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

by

EDWARD J. LOWELL

WITH MAPS AND PLANS

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

1884

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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CONTENTS.

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CHAP.		PAGE
I.	The Princes	1
II.	The Treaties	14
III.	The Treaties Before Parliament	27
IV.	The Soldiers	37
V.	From Germany to America	46
VI.	The Battle of Long Island, August, 1776	58
VII.	From the Occupation of New York to the Taking of Fort Washington, September 15th to November 16th, 1776	70
VIII.	Trenton, December 26th, 1776	85
IX.	The Winter of 1777	100
X.	The Brunswickers in Canada, 1776	117
XI.	Baroness Riedesel's Journey, 1776 and 1777	126
XII.	Ticonderoga and Bennington, July and August, 1777	136
XIII.	Stillwater, September 19th and October 7th, 1777	151
XIV.	Saratoga, October 11th to 16th, 1777	162
XV.	The Brunswickers in Captivity	180
XVI.	Brandywine, Germantown, and Redbank, September and October, 1777	197
XVII.	The British Retreat across New Jersey, January to July, 1778	209
XVIII.	Newport, November, 1776, to October, 1779	215
XIX.	The Neighborhood of New York, 1777 to 1779	221
XX.	Wiederhold's Voyage—an Episode—September, 1779	230
XXI.	Savannah, Charleston, and Pensacola, 1778 to 1781	239
XXII.	New York in 1780 and 1781	255
XXIII.	The Southern Campaign of 1781	265
XXIV.	Conclusion	282
Appendix		293
Index		303

MAPS AND PLANS.

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Battle of Long Island	To	face	page	63
Operations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania		”	”	85
Wiederhold's Plan of the Battle of Trenton		”	”	92
Surrender of Burgoyne		”	”	163
Battle of Brandywine		”	”	198
Paulus Hook		”	”	228
Lord Cornwallis's Southern Campaigns		”	”	265
Yorktown		”	”	278