ged with forming,
instructing, and disciplining the troops. (_Certified by General
Washington_).

At the opening of the campaign of 1778 he was second in command
of a select corps (in which was the general's body-guard) of 600
men, 2 pieces of ordnance, and 50 cavalry. He served in this
capacity at the battle of Monmouth and afterward.

On the arrival of the French squadron, he was sent to meet Count
d'Estaing by General Washington, and he went with him to Rhode
Island, where an attack was expected.

It was by his advice that the fruitless siege of Newport was
raised, and that the retreat to the north part of the island was
resolved upon. The corps in which he served repulsed the enemy
and covered the retreat. (_Certified by General Sullivan_).

When he returned to the Army of the South, Count d'Estaing kindly
wrote to General Washington: "Allow me to recommend particularly
to your favour M. de Fleury. General Sullivan will tell you what
he did at Rhode Island; he is an excellent officer and a useful
Frenchman. I should be happy, if the occasion offered, to serve
again with him. He is fitted to bring about good feeling among
private individuals, and to make them as friendly as our two (p. 027)
nations are." (_Letter of M. d'Estaing_).

At the opening of the campaign of 1779 M. de Fleury was in
command of a corps of light infantry; he was the first to mount
the ramparts of Stony Point, and he took the enemy's flag with
his own hand. (_Certified by the General and by Congress_).

On this occasion the President of Congress wrote that Congress
hoped he would receive some reward from his own country, and the
French minister also expressed a hope that his Court would give
America, through M. de Fleury, some token of the satisfaction
with which the services of a French officer to America were
viewed in France. (_Letter from Mr. Jay_).

When M. de la Luzerne arrived, General Washington requested him
to call the attention of the French Court to the conduct of M. de
Fleury.

At the close of the campaign, by the advice of his general, he
asked for nine months' leave. At his departure, General
Washington wrote to Congress that he desired the return of an
officer who had rendered such important services. (_Letter of
General Washin