...contradictory, notwithftanding all my pains to get the beft. This prevented me making a.difpofition adequate to the force with which the enemy attacked us on our right ; in confequence of which, the troops firft engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced....

...contradictory, notwithftanding all my pains to get the beft. This prevented me making a difpofition adequate to the force with which the enemy attacked us on our right ; in confequence of which, the- troops firft engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced....

...masters of the field. Unfortunately the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced. In the midst of the attack * On the llth of September, Colonel Harrison, the Secretary...

...masters of the field. Unfortunately the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced. In the midst of the attack * On the llth of September, Colonel Harrison, the Secretary...

...Unfortunately the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crosseju ,iu , • mg at a ford about six miles above us, was uncertain...contradictory, notwithstanding all my pains to get mi • jei, Jthe best. This prevented me from making a disposition adequate to the force with which...

...of the field. Unfortunately the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandy wine and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced. In the midst of the attack * On the llth of September, Colonel Harrison, the Secretary...

...masters of the field. Unfortunately the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced. In the midst of the attack * On the llth of September, Colonel Harrison, the Secretary...

...this language: "Unfortunately, the intelligence received of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crossing at a ford, about six miles above us,...adequate to the force with which the enemy attacked on the right; in consequence of which, the troops first engaged, were obliged to retire before they...

...of the field. Unfortunately, the intelligence received, of the enemy's advancing up the Brandywine and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...engaged were obliged to retire before they could be reinforced. In the midst of the attack on the right, that body of the enemy which lay on the other...

...fork. He says, " Unfortunately, the intelligence received of the enemy advancing up the Brandywine, and crossing at a ford about six miles above us, was...contradictory, notwithstanding all my pains to get the best." If General Sullivan were in fault, because he did not anticipate the approach of the enemy by the circuitous...