| The "Queen's Rangers" at Richmond, Staten Island—Americans Find Richmond too well Fortified to be Successfully Attacked, and Retreat, followed by Simcoe and the Flank Companies—General Order issued by Colonel Simcoe, Officers and Soldiers to Sleep in their Clothes and be ready for any Emergency—Simcoe conceives the idea of Capturing General Washington—Colonel Simcoe's plan frustrated by another Officer undertaking the same Enterprise; the Enterprise failed—Letter from the Colonial Secretary, and the Esteem in which Colonel Simcoe is held by the British Government—Simcoe in Charleston, where he Receives the Congratulations of his Friends on his Release from Imprisonment—Capitulation of Charleston by the Americans, and Surrender of the place—The "Queen's Rangers" leave Charleston for New York—On 21st June, at Richmond, Staten Island, again—March into the Jersies—Rumours of a French Armament arrived to Support the American Revolters—Simcoe anxious to meet the French in Battle. The Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Major André Considered and Commented on—Circumstances fully detailed, and conclusion that he ought not to have been Executed—His Heroic Behaviour and Nobility of Character—Many Americans doubted the Justice of his Sentence—A Dark Spot in American History—Colonel Simcoe a Great Favourite of the Loyalists of America—Rumour that LaFayette, the French General, intended to Attack Simcoe at Richmond, Staten Island—Simcoe is Prepared for the Encounter—The Highlanders Marched to the Redoubts, Displayed their National Banner with St. Andrew's Cross, Planted it on the Ramparts saying, "No Frenchman or Rebel shall ever Pull that Down." | 64-93 |
