"mr. Lee's Plan--March 29, 1777." the Treason of Charles Lee, Major General, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution
"mr. Lee's Plan--March 29, 1777." the Treason of Charles Lee, Major General, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution
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But the lesson was lost upon him. While he was at Yorktown, his exchange for Major General Pres- cott was finally arranged, 21st April, but he did not rejoin the army at Valley Forge until a month later— May 20th, 1778. The history of that SIR HENRY CLINTON.
^ TREASON OF CHARLES LEE. 81 month belongs to another part of this review of his career.
I have said that the accounts of his harsh treat- ment were exaggerated. For this there is sufficient authority besides his own statement in a letter t...o Robert Morris, that u the General [Howe] has in- deed treated me in all respects with kindness, gen- erosity, and tenderness." The English had a much less favorable opinion of Lee's abilities than he had secured in America.
When it was reported in Europe several months before, that he had been captured, one of the wisest servants of the Crown, Sir Joseph Yorke, then minister at the Hague, wrote to Mr. Eden — that if he had not a thorough conviction in his own mind that the "unfortunate affair" in America would be brought to a happy issue in the course of the summer, he " should really have been concerned for the taking of Lee, convinced, from what I have seen and know of him, that he was the worst pres- ent which could be made to any army." And again, after he was taken: "I was one of those who expressed a sincere concern at the taking of Lee, in which nothing gave me pleasure but the masterly partisan stroke of Colonel Harcourt : it is impossible but Lee must puzzle every thing he meddles in, and he was the worst present the Americans could receive; my opinion has been verified much sooner than I wished, as the only stroke like officers which they have struck, hap- 82 TREASON OF CHARLES LEE.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the lesson was lost upon him. While he was at Yorktown, his exchange for Major General Pres- cott was finally arranged, 21st April, but he did not rejoin the army at Valley Forge until a month later— May 20th, 1778. The history of that SIR HENRY CLINTON.
^ TREASON OF CHARLES LEE. 81 month belongs to another part of this review of his career.
I have said that the accounts of his harsh treat- ment were exaggerated. For this there is sufficient authority besides his own statement in a letter t...o Robert Morris, that u the General [Howe] has in- deed treated me in all respects with kindness, gen- erosity, and tenderness." The English had a much less favorable opinion of Lee's abilities than he had secured in America.
When it was reported in Europe several months before, that he had been captured, one of the wisest servants of the Crown, Sir Joseph Yorke, then minister at the Hague, wrote to Mr. Eden — that if he had not a thorough conviction in his own mind that the "unfortunate affair" in America would be brought to a happy issue in the course of the summer, he " should really have been concerned for the taking of Lee, convinced, from what I have seen and know of him, that he was the worst pres- ent which could be made to any army." And again, after he was taken: "I was one of those who expressed a sincere concern at the taking of Lee, in which nothing gave me pleasure but the masterly partisan stroke of Colonel Harcourt : it is impossible but Lee must puzzle every thing he meddles in, and he was the worst present the Americans could receive; my opinion has been verified much sooner than I wished, as the only stroke like officers which they have struck, hap- 82 TREASON OF CHARLES LEE.
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