From George Washington to Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, 12 July 1781

Sir	Head Quarters 12h July 1781

Tomorrow Evening will answer very well for the movement I mentiond to your Excellency Yesterday. and I will arrange matters accordingly—2000 French Troops besides Lauzuns Legien with the Troops I shall order from the American line will be sufficient to make the reconnoitre []out hazarding an Insult from the []my. I shall have the honor of sp[]ing more in detail to your Excellen[] on this subject between this and tom[]—I am just setting out for Dobbs’s ferry. I have the honor to be &a.

DLC: Papers of George Washington.

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