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N to give full sweep to the fire of the guns. As every thing depended
upon holding this front, the necessity of making it as strong as
possible was fully realized, and at the time of the engagement in August
it was considered a sufficient barrier to the enemy's advance.[43]
[Footnote 43: Some important and interesting information relative to the
main line at Brooklyn was brought out in 1779 at the examination of
Captain John Montressor, before the Parliamentary Committee which
investigated Howe's conduct of the war. Montressor was a British army
engineer, acting as Howe's aid on Long Island. Being one of the
general's witnesses, he naturally made out the American position as
strong as possible, but the main facts of his testimony are to be
accepted. The examination was in part as follows: "_Q._ Can you give a
particular account of the state of