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The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
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Report from Staten Island details British military embarkations: 30 sail of transports with light infantry, horse, Hessians, artillery, and baggage; British troops and grenadiers remain on island; sick sent to New York amid spreading bloody flux; troops complain of severe duty; General Howe in New York. No reinforcements except 13 transports with 1500 Anspachians.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the same report on enemy movements and reinforcements from Staten Island across the page break, based on sequential reading order and thematic continuity.
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No reinforcements had arrived, except 13 transports, with about 1500 Anspachians on board.
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Staten Island
Event Date
This Morning
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the bloody flux is spreading among the enemy's troops; the sick are sent to new york; no reinforcements had arrived, except 13 transports, with about 1500 anspachians on board
Event Details
there are at the Watering Place about 30 sail of transports, and other ships; that the enemy's light infantry, light horse, and Hessians, as well as their artillery, baggage waggons, &c. were embarked on board the transports; that the British troops and grenadiers remain on Staten Island; that they complain of very severe duty; and that general Howe is in New York