[General Orders, America
Source: W.O. 36/1]
[for June 10, 1773 thru January 10, 1776]
[as Transcribed and Indexed by Gilbert V.
Riddle]
MSS
120]
Boston 16th July 1775
The troops being now mostly collected, a
new Order of Battle is formed, as follows.
Commander in Chief
Major General Howe
Major General Burgoyne Major General Clinton
B[rigadier] G[eneral] Robertson [:]
2nd Brigade
35th, 63rd, 45th, 5th, 2 Squadrons [of
the] 17th Drag[oon]s
B[rigadier] G[eneral] Jones [:]
4th Brigade
40th, 2nd Marines, 49th, 18th, 65th, 2nd
Brigad[e] Artillery
B[rigadier] G[eneral] Grant [:]
5th Brigade
22nd, 52nd, 43rd
B[rigadier] G[eneral] Pigot [:]
3rd Brigade
10th, 47th, 1st Marines, 38th, 3rd
Brigade Artillery
B[rigadier] G[eneral] Earl Percy [:]
1st Brigade
4th, 44th, 59th, 23rd, 2 Squadrons 17th
Drag[oon]s
[and] 1st Brigade [of] Artillery