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EJNHG.779.001
12 Jan 1779:42,43 (1/47)
Not long since the public were amused with an account of the
pompous Battle of the Keggs; and as one of a more
extraordinary nature has since taken place, it is proper to
acquaint the public with it, and this may be called the
Cushion Battle. The poetical history of it is as follows.
In Newport there's been found of late
A grand, important, full debate;
The Council met, and all agree,
That rebels must be made to flee,
But to what place, pray, can we go,
Where's the least danger of the foe?
. . . [40 more lines of verse, 12 more lines of explanatory
prose, in which the connection of the poem to Dartmouth is
pointed out.]
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