General Orders

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Head-Quarters, Cambridge, August 1, 1775,

(Parole, Gibraltar.)

(Countersign, Fairfield.)

The General thanks Major Tupper, and the Officers and Soldiers under his command, for their gallant and soldierlike behaviour in possessing themselves of the enemy' s post at the Light-House, and for the number of prisoners they took there; and doubts not but the Continental Army will be as famous for their mercy as for their valour.

Two Subalterns, two Sergeants, one Drum, and thirty rank and file, to parade at Head-Quarters at noon, to escort the prisoners to Worcester. The Commanding Officer will receive his orders from the Adjutant-General.