Remarks on the Marquis de Chastellux's Travels (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Remarks on the Marquis De Chastellux's TravelsThe Marquis is in doubt whether the Britiih troops, who palled Chadsford, were in one or two cc lumns. Though I have failed in my enquiries relative to this point, I have met with an anecdote that may illuftrate his account, and deferves to be made more generally known. The Marquis was informed, that the redoubt which Mr. Wafhington had thrown up to cover Chadsford, could not be taken, unlefs turned. Lieutenant-colonel Moncrief, then captain, was in the front of a column, which advanced to a redoubt there was a howitzer in it, loaded with grape (hot, pointed directly towards the column, and a man (leading by it with a lighted match in his hand.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.