Show patriots drew foe s respect old diary discloses hessians sympathy WIESBADEN GERMANY the chance recovery here of year old german manuscript i has as thrown new and sympathetic light on the american soldier of as he seemed to a hessian mercenary officer of mg king george american troops should not be dismissed lightly as a motley crowd the author capt johann von ewald comman commander dei of a am company of hessian riflemen 1 I have seen a comp company any of island infantry and they marchi marchian mar chias is straight and carry their arms as well as any soldier in europe 11 united states air force historian joseph tustin of harrisburg pa who discovered the 1500 page three volume diary after it had gathered dust aust tor for nearly two centuries among german family archives declared it an important historical find it la 13 written in highly literate style tustin said and brov provides weil a professional and expert appraisal of britaina Brit ains attempts to subdue george ragged civil lan fan army one buthe of the most inhere interesting a tea tures in von edwalds Ewal ds sympathetic treatment of the american soldier it Is something of a paradox here we have bave profess on at officer commanding a hessian company serving with the famous queeni queena rangers and cited by cornwallis Cornwall ls for outstanding service and devotion to the british cause writing about the colonial troops with obvious sympathy and admiration |