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Ne C 2344 : Letter from Sir Henry Clinton to H.F.C. Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle under Lyne; 13 Oct. n.y. [1777]
it besieged will help: should Gates de
tach to support Putnam & I conceive he
cannot be supported elsewhere, depend
upon me to follow him: lose no time." The
first of these letters I received, as I said
before, on the 30th of September. On the
second of October I began my march, as it
was necessary to give jealously elswhere, &
on the 6th I made my stroke near 60 miles
up the river. On the night of the 5th a
messenger, being a confidential officer
from General Burgoyne came to me and
told me his situation; "that he had lost
his communications with Canada, that
he had provisions till the 20th": he descri
bed the situation of his own army, "that he
was in a very strong post, that, though
the rebels were strongly posted likewise,
he made no doubt of being able to force them
