Troops ascended the Hill, and to the South Part of the Hill lengthened
their Lines, and made a Stair-case up the Hill, to the Fascine-Battery,
and a Breast-work cross the Road, from the Foot of the Hill down to the
Water-side, which effectually blocked themselves up, and was a Security
against the Army's making a second Attack, and coming at them the right
Way, as they might have done at first, had they taken the Guide's
Advice. The Side next the Town is quite defenceless, and the Way into
the Castle up a Ladder, on that Side, which draws up, like a Bridge.

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From the several Examinations of Deserters it appeared, the Number of
the Enemy did not exceed four thousand, (regular Forces, Seamen,
Militia, Blacks, and Indians included) and daily Experience convinced
us of the Goodness of their Engineers, Bombardiers, and Gunners, as
Desertion and Cowardice convinced us of the Badness of others.

Having given an Account of the Enemy's Situation and Strength, it may
likewise be necessary to relate some Account of the State of the Army,
and what pretty Instruments and Materials they were furnished withal.
That the whole Body of the Troops, that came from _England_ (unless two
Regiments) were raw, new raised, undisciplined Men, is a Fact known to
every one; and the greatest Part of the Officers commanding them,
either young Gentlemen whose Quality or Interest entitled them to
Preferment, or abandoned Wretches of the Town, whose Prostitution had
made them useful on some dirty Occasion, and by Way of Reward were
provided for in the Army; but both these Sorts of Gentlemen had never
seen any Services, consequently, knew not properly how to act, or
command; so that the worthy old experienced Officers, who had served
long and well, underwent a continual Hardship, in teaching and
disciplining a young raw Army, at a Time when they were on Service, and
every one ought to have been Masters of their Trade, instead of having
it to learn; and thus, by more frequently exposing themselves, most of
them were knocked on the Head. As for the _American_ Troops, they were
in general many Degrees worse, but the Officers in particular, who were
composed of Blacksmiths, Taylors, Shoemakers, and all the Banditti that
Country affords, insomuch, that the other Parts of the Army held them
in scorn. And for Engineers, Bombardiers, and Gunners, worse never bore
the Name, or could be picked out of all _Eur