. Notre plus grand pays ; être une norme histoire des États-Unis à partir de la découverte du continent américain à l'heure actuelle ... greatdifficulty s avec que des dispositions ont été achetés, et veut des troupes fournies. Le dangetcaused par cet état de fait était si greatthat todeclare Washington Le Congrès autorise la loi martiale. La nouvelle de ces troubles dans le Americancamp anexpedition induite par Knyphausen à entreprendre dans le New Jersey. Il s'est posé " 45 ! La RÉVOLUTION AMÉRICAINE. Elizabethtown, avec cinq mille hommes, sur le sixième du mois de juin, et s'towardsSpringfield. Son avance a été

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. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... s with greatdifficulty that provisions were procured, andthe wants of the troops supplied. The dangetcaused by this state of affairs was so greatthat Congress authorized Washington todeclare martial law. The news of these troubles in the Americancamp induced Knyphausen to undertake anexpedition into New Jersey. He landed « 45! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Elizabethtown, with five thousand men, onthe sixth of June, and marched towardsSpringfield. His advance was warmly con-tested by the militia of the region, but hepenetrated as far as the village of ConnecticutFarms. Being unable to advance farther hecaused the village to be sacked and burned;and Mrs. Caldwell, the wife of the minister most infamous deeds of the war, and gaverise to a fierce and general spirit of vengeance.Her bushand, an eloquent and highly es-teemed minister, animated his contrymen byhis stirring sermons, and he soon had thesatisfaction of seeing that his labors werenot in vain. After the return of Sir Henry Clinton to. NOW PUT WATTS INTO THEM, BOYS. of the village, was murdered by some of theBritish troops. The militia of the regiongathered in force, and Knyphausen wasobliged to make a hasty retreat to Eliza-bethtown. The murder of Mrs. Caldwell aroused themost intense excitement throughout NewJersey, It was denounced as one of the New York Washington moved a part of hisjtroops towards the Highlands. Knyphausen again advanced from Elizabethtown towardsSpringfield, hoping to gain the passes beyondMorristown before his march should be dis-covered. His advance was detected, however, and General Greene, who was in commandof the American forces, prepared to resist THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. 459 him. A sharp fight ensued, in which Greenesucceeded in checking the British advance.The New Jersey regiment, of which Caldwellwas chaplain, was engaged in the battle. The wadding of t

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