the capture of Lord Cornwallis, with about 

 7,000 more, obliged us fairly to own our- 

 felves overcome, and to conclude peace upon 

 ai^y terms we could get. Thefe, it muft be 

 owned, were terrible difafters ; but what be- 

 came of all our fuccefs ? Were not the vi<5to- 

 ries at Long-iftand, at Brandy-wine, at Ger- 

 man-town, Savannah, Charleftown, Cambden, 

 Guildford, &c. &c. able to balance two de- 

 feats ; efpecially when it is confidered, that, 

 in every adlion, the enemy loft two or three 

 men for every one that perifhed on the Eritifh 

 fide ; at leaft, if we may believe the accounts 

 publiftied at the time. The conftant cry was^ 

 that the Britifh were overpowered by numr 

 bers: But whence did thefe numbers come? 

 At the beginning of the conteft, the Ameri- 

 cans themfelves only ftated their numbers at 

 three millions ; but this was not one third of 

 the computed number in Britain and Ireland, 

 with whom they had to contend. The num- 

 bers of the Americans, at firft, were but final!, 

 if they had met with a proper check ; but, 

 they were rather encouraged by commanding 

 officers not doing their duty, and the gene- 

 rals not co-operating with one another. Add 

 to this, that, in every suftion, the Americans 



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