To effect these objects, the Fabian maxims of warfare should have been those of the American General.
Few of his militia had ever seen an enemy.

He had but recently joined his troops, knew nothing of them, and they as little of him.

Their march had been a fatiguing one.

Time and training were necessary pre-requisites for their improvement and his success.

Unhappily, these were the very agents with which the vanity of the unfortunate commander made him most willing to dispense.