THE PARK.—As a Reserve, Captain Drury. —Twelve 6-pounders, eight 3-pounders, and one 24-pounder, brass field-pieces; three 3-pounders, and nine 12-pounders, iron field-pieces.

Intended to be run where the enemy shall make their greatest effort.

Implements complete to the whole. Above one hundred rounds of case shot fixed with flannel cartridges for each of the field-pieces.

More than thirty rounds of cartridges made up for each of the heavy cannon.

HENRY KNOX, Colonel Reg. Art.

Summary of the within Return.

Thirty-two-pounders,	35	Nine-pounders,	10
Twenty-four-pounders,	2	Six-pounders,	12
Eighteen-pounders,	13	Three-pounders,	22
Twelve-pounders,	27
Total,			121

Mortars, most of which are mounted, the rest mounting :

3 cohorn mortars, 10 royal mortars, 2 8-inch mortars, 1 13-inch mortar; brass—16; 2 8-inch mortars, 1 10-inch mortar—3; total 19.

Your Excellency will please to observe by the above summary, that there are now mounted and fit for action in this city and the neighbouring posts, one hundred and twenty-one heavy and light cannon. To each cannon it will be necessary to have ten men, including the mortar and contingent services. This would make twelve hundred and ten men. We have in the regiment six hundred, officers included; of these, about forty are on command at distant posts, and about as many more, perhaps, sick or unfit for service. This would reduce the number to five hundred and twenty; of these about fifty are officers. If your Excellency should think it proper that all the artillery should be manned at the same time, we shall want six hundred men more. It is usual in the British service to draught men from the battalions as additional artillerymen for such time as the Commander-in-Chief shall think necessary. As most of the battalions now in the service are considerably deficient in arms, a draught might be made without any prejudice to the strength of the regiments, and that part of the Army which will be of no use in action put upon a service of the utmost importance; the men who may be draughted to be mustered and paid by their respective Colonels. As the corps of Artillery is always more on detachments than any other corps, an additional number of officers will be necessary.

The above is most respectfully submitted, by your Excellency’s most obedient, humble servant,

H. KNOX.

New-York, June 10, 1776.

GENERAL SULLIVAN TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.

Sorel, June 5, 1776.

DEAR GENERAL: I have the pleasure to inform you that I arrived here at a very critical moment with my brigade. General Thompson was left but with very few men to defend this important post, the troops being scattered about in a most shocking manner. I had issued orders for all the well men to follow me, as, upon departure of General Wooster and the death of General Thomas, the command devolved upon me. Having given these orders, I proceeded with the troops I brought with me, to join General Thompson, who was in the greatest distress. As General Cartoon’s fleet had passed the Sorel, and was coming up the river with a fair wind, (as was reported on all quarters,) a retreat seemed in all parts to be agreed upon; and the heavy baggage and most of the artillery were removed to St. Johns and Chambly. This caused the Frenchmen to curse our cowardice, and lament their folly in favouring a cause which we had so poorly defended; but upon my coming with a large force, ordering all the troops to follow, and the cannon to be returned, I found joy in every countenance except some very few Tories. It really was affecting to see the banks of the Sorel lined with men, women, and children, leaping and clapping their hands for joy to see me arrive; it gave no less joy to General Thompson, who seemed to be wholly forsaken, and left to fight against an unequal force or retreat before them. Upon my arrival I was surprised to hear that, notwithstanding all we have read about the Sorel, our people had not thrown up as much work as I could do with a hundred men in two days, and that extremely ill done; there were three cannon, and three only, mounted in all the works. I sat all the men at work, and have this day almost enclosed the encampment, and completed a battery on the north side of the river, with three cannon. General Thompson says, and I believe with great truth, that more work was done here this day than has been done in Canada since the surrender of St. Johns.

June 6th. —This morning two expresses arrived from Three Rivers, which were sent to observe the motions of the enemy; one of them was a friendly Canadian, who lived at Three Rivers, and passed among the fleet, the other one of our officers. They agree that the number of vessels are as follows, viz: one ship, one brig, and eight sloops and schooners. They both say that the troops there amount to no more than three hundred, who are intrenching themselves at the Three Rivers. I have detached General Thompson, with about two thousand of your best troops, to attack them. A copy of his orders are enclosed, which I hope will be approved by your Excellency.

Our affairs here have taken a strange turn since our arrival. The Canadians are flocking by hundreds to take a part with us. I am giving them commissions, agreeable to the enclosed form, which I hope will not be thought an unnecessary assumption of power. I really find most of them exceedingly friendly. I have sent out for carts and teams, &c. They have come in with the greatest cheerfulness; and what gives still greater evidence of their friendship is, that they have voluntarily offered to supply us with what wheat, flour, &c., we want, and ask nothing in return but certificates. They begin to complain against their Priests, and wish them to be secured; I shall, however, touch this string with great tenderness at present, as I know their sacerdotal influence.

I really find, by the present behaviour of the Canadians, that the only reason of their disaffection was because our exertions were so feeble that they doubted much of our success, and even of our ability to protect them; but the face of our affairs seems to be changed; and, in the midst of our pleasing prospects, an express arrives from General Schuyler with sixteen hundred and sixty-two pounds one shilling and three pence, Pennsylvania currency, in specie, with the spirited resolves of Congress. This gives new life to our Canadian friends, and added spirit to our troops.

I was extremely happy to find that I had anticipated the wishes of Congress, and had, through every embarrassment, pressed downward toward the important posts they wished; for it was my fixed determination to gain post at Deschambault, which I mean to fortify so as to make it inaccessible. This commands the channel, secures the country, destroys the communication, and affords a safe retreat, if we arc obliged to make one. General Thompson was embarking for that purpose when the resolves arrived. The ships are now above that place; but if General Thompson succeeds at Three Rivers, I will soon remove the ships below Richelieu Falls, and after that approach towards Queleclc as fast as possible; and according to the present appearance of affairs, may exceed in number the Hanoverians, &c., which we are threatened with. I have no doubt of the general attachment of the Canadians, though 1 suppose some unprincipled wretches among them will always appear against us; but a vast majority will be for us, and perhaps as many, according to their numbers, are really in our favour as in some other Colonies upon the Continent; many of them are with General Thompson in this expedition, and great numbers are here, ready equipped, waiting my orders.

I may venture to assure you and the Congress that I can, in a few days, reduce the Army to order; and, with the assistance of a kind Providence, put a new face to our affairs here, which a few days since seemed almost impossible. General Thompson and the Baron de Woedtke have done everything in their power to assist me. General Arnold has not joined me, being, as you may see by his letter which I enclose you, much engaged at Montreal, upon affairs of importance. The post at La Chine, which he mentions, I can by no means consent to afford such a large body of men to defend against a petty number of savages, little less than a mob; 1 have therefore ordered a small fortification to be thrown up by Colonel De Haas’s party, consisting of about nine hundred men, and made inaccessible, at least to savages, and garrisoned it with two hundred men, the rest to return to me, as all our operations ought to be down the river, where, if we are successful, the insurrection there will die of course. I have ordered a month’s provision to be lodged there, lest an excuse of surrendering for want of provision before we can relieve it, should take place, as at the Cedars. I do not think it a post of great