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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18: (search)
, the admiral, Clinton sent home bitter complaints, which were little heeded. There were those who censured the general as equally wanting energy. The sixth summer during which the British had vainly endeavored to reduce the United States was passing away, and after the arrival of French auxiliaries the British commander-in-chief was more than ever disheartened. On the twenty-fifth of August, 1780, Clinton, Aug 25. knowing well that he had in Cornwallis a favored Chap. XVIII.} 1780. Aug. 25. rival eager to supplant him, reported officially from New York: At this new epoch in the war, when a foreign force has already landed and an addition to it is expected, I owe to my country, and I must in justice to my own fame declare to your lordship, that I become every day more sensible of the utter impossibility of prosecuting the war in this country without re-enforcements. The revolutions fondly looked for by means of friends to the British government I must represent as visionary.