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THE SERVICES 
OF 
LIEUT.-COLONEL FRANCIS DOWNMAN, R.A., 
IN 
FRANCE, NORTH AMERICA, AND THE WEST INDIES 
BETWEEN THE YEARS 1758 AND 1784. 
EDITED BY 
COLONEL F. A. WHINYATES, late R.H.A. 
The illness which compelled Captain Downman to go by sea to New 
York, deprives us of any accouut from his pen of the subsequent opera¬ 
tions in the Jersey’s in 1778. There exists however in the R.A. Library 
at Woolwich, a book indorsed “ Brigade Orders, No. 2” which is in 
reality a diary that details the operations with General Sir W m . Howe’s 
army in the American war between June 17th, 1778 and December 
24th, 1779. This record gives what happened after Captain Downman 
left the army until it arrived at New York. The diary is evidently 
written by an artillery officer, probably the Brigade Major, Captain 
S. P. Adye, but be that as it may, with such a valuable record available, 
it seems a pity not to utilize the portion that will complete our know¬ 
ledge of the campaign. That part has accordingly been extracted 
and embodied in a separate chapter so as not to be confused with 
Captain Downman’s narrative. It is worthy of remark that the entries 
in Captain Downman’s diary and in this record on identical dates agree 
in the most minute particulars, an evidence of the trustworthiness 
of both. 
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Account of the evacuation of Philadelphia , the march through the 
Jerseys , battle of Freehold or Monmouth Courthouse , and arrival of 
the British Army at New York , as recorded in Brigade Order 
Book No. 2. 
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