The movements of the
enemy give undoubted indications of a sudden attack, which has caused Gen.
Washington to issue a proclamation for all women, children and infirm people to
leave the city until after the engagement.
SOURCE: “Diary of
Lieutenant James McMichael,” William H. Egle, Editor, Pennsylvania
Archives, Second Series, Vol. XV: Journals and Diaries of the War of the
Revolution with Lists of Officers and Soldiers, 1775-1783, p. 197
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