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Se no exertions to Releive it I Cannot tel whether 

 they have the Cannon they took from us or Not if 

 they have not, they Cannot take it Nor I don't think 

 they Can with for want of Ball which they have No 

 Grate Number of. They took from us eight pieces 

 of ordenence 130 bullocks, about 300 horses upwards 

 of 200 Tents and a Considerable quantity of flour 

 amunition and all the officers and Soldiers Cloath- 

 ing and bagage except what they had on I believe 

 they gave quarters to none as most of the Women 

 were Killed before we left the Ground I think the 

 Slaughter far Grater than Bradocks there being 33 

 brave officers Killd Dead on the Ground 27 wounded 

 that we know of and Some Mising exclusive of the 

 Meletia and I know their Cole, and two Captains 

 were Killed I do not think our Loss so Grate as to 

 Strike the Surviving officers with Ideas of despair 

 as it Seems to. the Chief of the Men Killd are of 

 the Levies and indeed many of them are as well out 

 of the world as in it as for the Gallent officers they 

 are much to be Lamented as the behaviour of all- 

 most all of them would have done honour to the first 

 Veterans in the world, the few that escaped without 

 wounds it was Chiefly axedent that Saved them as 

 it is impossible to Say more in their praise than they 

 deserve. 



In the few horse officers though they had no 

 horses Good for anything Capt. Truman Lieut. 

 Sedam Debuts Boins and Gleer behaved Like Sol- 

 diers. Capt. Snowder is I think Not Calculated for 

 the army and Suliven Quartermaster and Commt is 



