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down into Pensylvania from Canada, flushed 

 with success gained over Burgoyne's army, 

 they marched to attack our hght infantry, 

 under Colonel Abercromby ; the moment 

 they appeared before him, he ordered his 

 troops to charge them with the bayonet ; 

 not one man of them, out of four, had time 

 to fire, and those who did, had no time 

 given them to load again : they did not 

 stand three minutes ; the light infantry not 

 only dispersed them instantly, but drove 

 them for miles over the country. They 

 never attacked, or even looked at, our light 

 infantry again, without a regular force to 

 support them. — Secondly, supposing this 

 corps shall fall in with a light corps of 

 the enem)^ a jry corps, are not my men 

 light infantry, and moreover are they not 

 marksmen ? Surely a corps of British in- 

 fantry and good marksmen besides, need by 

 no means be alarmed at the attack of a 

 fry corps. — Thirdly and lastly, provided 

 they fall in with a regular regiment, some 

 considerable distance from their camp, I 

 am of opinion, that a regular regiment in 

 such a situation, being so unfortunate as to 



