CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Birth-place... Parents...Account of Paisley... Educa-

tion...Entrance into the army

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CHAPTER II.

Account of the raising of the 76th Highlanders and

80th or Edinburgh regiment...Strictness of the

Highlanders on duty...Dislike of the Highlanders

to stoppages from their pay for messing...Court-

martial...Embarkation for Jersey...Attachment of

the Highlanders to national costume... Return to

Spithead...Sail for America

CHAPTER III.

First acquaintance with Major Gordon... His family...
Colonel Maitland, 71st regiment...Earl of Stirling
crosses to Staten Island...General Knyphausen
crosses into the Jersies and tries to draw Washing-
ton from his position... Conspiracy at Charleston...

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Gates moves into North Carolina...Battle of Cam-

den...Daring conduct of Partizans...General Wayne

attacks them...Soldiers make great progress in

learning their duty... General Arnold and Major

André...General Leslie's expedition...Activity of

Major Ferguson as a partizan...Takes post on

King's mountain, is defeated, and killed...Lord

Cornwallis retires to Winnsborough... American

partizans...General Phillips sails for the Chesa-

peake...Expedition under General Arnold...Sud-

den attack on picquet... Sudden break up of a

wedding party...Desultory warfare near Peters-

burg

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CHAPTER IV.

Lord Cornwallis prepares to move from Winnsborough...

The Cowpens... Morgan pursued... Green's move-

ments...Battle of Guilford...March to Cross Creek

...Second battle of Camden...Siege of Ninety-six

raised by Lord Rawdon...Lord Cornwallis unites

his forces with those lately commanded by General

Phillips

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CHAPTER V.

Major Gordon noticed by Lord Cornwallis...Picturesque

bivouac...Action at James' city...York and Glou-

cester occupied by Lord Cornwallis' army... Vigorous

efforts to fortify the former... Americans reinforced

by the arrival of French troops...Rapid progress

made by the besiegers... Gallant sortie of the gar-

rison under Colonel Abercromby...Surrender of

York town...Arrangements with regard to prisoners

...Politeness of the French officers

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Prisoners march into Virginia...Anecdote on march...

Arrive at Winchester... Complaint of insufficient

accommodation...Letter in reply from General

Morgan, and anecdote of that officer... Irregular

supply of rations... Remove to Little York...Death

of Lieutenant Cunningham

CHAPTER VII.

Warfare between the American royalists and the re-

publicans...Correspondence between General Wash-

ington and Sir Henry Clinton and Sir Guy

Carleton relative to the execution of Captain Huddy

...All the British captains, prisoners of war, ordered

to assemble at Lancaster...American General Hazan

reads his order to select one of them as a victim

for retaliation...Lots drawn for the unfortunate...

Judicious and energetic measures taken by Major

Gordon .

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CHAPTER VIII

Captain Asgill leaves Lancaster... Arrives at Phila-

delphia...Exertions of Major Gordon... His inter-

view with the French ambassador and the members

of Congress...Asgill at Philadelphia...Letter to

Colonel Dayton...General Washington's orders...

Further correspondence... Escape of Asgill planned

...Letters from Washington to Asgill...Asgill's

release...Letter from Count de Vergennes...Lady

Asgill's letter to Count de Vergennes...Asgill's

return to England

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CHAPTER IX.

Major Gordon's return to Lancaster... His promotion...

Description of Morris' house and surrounding

scenery...Death of Colonel Gordon...Copy of Lady

Asgill's letter to Colonel Gordon delivered to

General Graham on his death bed

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CHAPTER X.

Anecdotes...Old Highland customs... War with France

...Error committed in undertaking the siege of

Dunkirk... Relief of Nieuport

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CHAPTER XI.

Campaign in Holland...Alison's inaccuracy with regard
to the movements of Lord Moira's corps...Lord
Moira's stratagem... The hardships suffered by his
troops...General orders, etc....Plundering...Rules
to be observed on a halt...Communications to be
made on front and flanks...Marauding...Order of
march...Cutting down forage... Roll calls and
patrols to prevent plundering...Bad bread to be
exchanged...Returns for bread and forage...Re-
moval of nuisances about camp...Quarter-master's
returns...Bât horses...Returns for wood, straw,
bât and forage, money and ammunition...Drivers
for the ordnance...Keeping up communications be-
tween corps...Posts at Duffel.. Allotment of wag-
gons, and weight to be carried, etc...Deputy-
provost-marshal...Lord Moira's farewell order...
Order of march 21st July...Directions for move-

CONTENTS.

ment of outposts...No huts or straw to be set on

fire...Order of march 22d July...Order of march

23d July...Sentries over wells, and safeguards to

protect private property...Plundering and maraud-

ing...Outlying and inlying picquets... Assignment

of quarters...Order of march 24th July...Differ-

ence in currency...Watering cavalry horses and

sinking wells... Formation of troops, three deep

and two deep Army to be under arms for

inspection in order of battle...Orders for conduct-

ing bread and forage waggons...Order of march

28th July...Troops to provide themselves with

green forage... Men not to be sent on duty without

subsistence...Order of march 29th July...Evening

states... Conveyance of sick... Distribution of Cattle

...Regiments to furnish men for additional gun-

ners

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Narrative of a spy... His escape from Paris...Joins the
Duke of York at Famars...Is recommended to
Colonel Calvert, the officer in charge of the secret
intelligence department... Result of his first mission
...Critical position...Taken prisoner by the French
...Their inhuman treatment...Narrow escape from

being hanged...Is taken to Paillencour... His ac-

quaintance with Adjutant-General Cherin... Is

offered a command in the Republican army...Hos-

pitality of General Cherin and his officers... Inter-

view with Custine... Tempting offer made by

Custine...Set at liberty and is escorted to the

English camp by a party of dragoons... Interview

with Major O'Brady...His conduct is highly com-

mended by the Duke of York.

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