THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 5, 1777 

* Ticonderoga is taken
* Heroics of a drummer
* George Washington was captured ?

The front page includes a letter which mentions: "...a ship just arrived there...from New York which gives an account of Gen. Carleton's having passed the Lakes and taken possession of Ticonderoga without the loss of a man, that he had seen several letters to this purpose & had likewise read an account of it in the New York Gazettes..." with more carrying over to page 2 as well (see photos).

Page 2 also has a report which begins: "The American privateers grow daily bolder; they have the effrontery to cruise even between this island & Guernsey...". Further down on page 2 is: "When the King's troops advanced to force the entrenchments of the Provincials at Bunker's Hill, a drummer...whose name was Thomas Frith, being ordered to beat a retreat replied, damn the drum!--I'll beat no retreat!--and instantly throwing the drum away, picked up a musket which belonged to a soldier, dead, near him, discharged its contents at a Yankee who was then aiming at the drummer, so that they both fell at the same time."

The bkpg. has a few tidbits concerning the Revolutionary War including one item noting: "...currently reported that the armies under Gen. Howe and Mr. Washington have had a general battle, that the latter had been totally defeated & that Washington, with above 6000 men, were prisoners."

Eight pages, 8 1/2 by 11 inches, some light spotting, generally in nice condition.