Sometimes they took a high tone with members of Congress who had not courage to snub what Washington called impudence and vain boasting.

"I am haunted and teased to death by the importunity of some and dissatisfaction of others" wrote Washington of these people.
One foreign officer rendered incalculable service to the American cause.
It was not only on the British side that Germans served in the American Revolution.

The Baron von Steuben was, like La Fayette, a man of rank in his own country, and his personal service to the Revolution was much greater than that of La Fayette.

Steuben had served on the staff of Frederick the Great and was distinguished for his wit and his polished manners.

There was in him nothing of the needy adventurer.