...to cover them, and it became evident that unless a change quickly took place the army must either ' starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can.' In three weeks of this month the army, without any fighting, had lost by hardship and exposure near...

...now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what I say. Yesterday afternoon, receiving Information that the enemy in force had left the...

...heard, Washington wrote to Congress : " Unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line [commissary's department], this army must inevitably...subsistence in the best manner they can. Rest assured this is not an exaggerated picture." Mutiny among the troops was an ever-present contingency, and the...

...not continue much longer. "Unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can." 2 To add to Greene's own discomforts, he was suffering from " a very disagreeable pain in one of his...

...now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they cau. Rest assured, Sir, this is not an exaggerated picture, and Hint I hare abundant reason to suppose...

...in formal letter to Congress, that, "unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place, the army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of...three things, — starve, dissolve, or disperse." * But the scene changed with the glad tidings that France, by solemn treaty, signed by Franklin, February...

...convinced beyond a doubt that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place in that line this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things — to starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence. Rest assured, sir, that this is...

...now convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...exaggerated picture, and that I have abundant reason to suppose what I say. Yesterday afternoon, receiving information that the enemy in force had left the...

...convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes [place] in that line, this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistence 1 General Gates made no official report to the commander-inchief concerning Burgoyne's surrender. Washington...

.... . convinced beyond a doubt, that, unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place . . . this army must inevitably be reduced to one or other...things; starve, dissolve, or disperse in order to obtain subsistance in the best manner they can . . . : three or four days of bad weather would prove our destruction...