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to Morris (Jumel) house, where our Lieut-Colonel still dwelt, to 

 report a soldier to him for an offense. At 10 o'clock the English 

 prince passed our regiment to view the line, Avhere he was saluted 

 from the fort with several guns. . . . General Klinton met me 

 on the way there. 



" Friday, October 12. The above mentioned troops on Staten 

 Island went on board the men-of-war and transport ships, even 

 the Prince and General Klinton accompanying them. 



" Wednesday, October 24. All day and night we heard loud 

 an continuous gun and musket firing by the Rebels, the origin of 

 which we at first did not know. But shortly afterwards we 

 heard with sorrow that the otherwise so celebrated Gen. Lord 

 Cornwallis had been taken prisoner by the French and Rebels 

 in the South, where, besides the English, also the Hessian Bose 

 and Erb Prinz regiments were captured, and it was not wTong 

 to conjecture that Savanna would soon follow in this pitiful run 

 of ill-fate. It afterwards was deserted by our troops. Lord 

 Cornwallis soon after came on parole to New York and from 

 there to England. 



" Saturday, December 8. This morning Col. Heymel unex- 

 pectedly had me called from the watch, and only he who had been 

 in like circumstances, as myself, can feel as I did when, with a 

 frank, cheerful face, he handed me a commission as Ensign, from 

 Cassel, in Bose's regiment, with monthly pay from October ist." 



Von Krafft lived a checkered life throughout the remainder of 

 the war. Much of his time was spent on Staten Island. He 

 gives an interesting account of the departure from America. 



" Sunday, November 23. We lay quietly on anchor hourly 

 expecting orders to set sail. The city was full of Rebels, although 

 all the watches in the city were still occupied by the English, and 

 it was said that we were to lie at anchor until their embarkation. 

 Several orders were given relating to signals and in regard to 

 setting sail, which latter, however, was as yet prevented by con- 

 trary winds. In the night time, between 11 and 12 o'clock, a 

 terrible fire occurred in New York. Then the ringing of alarm 



