This instance of courage and humanity took place at the battle of Monmouth.

General Clinton, who commanded the English troops, knew that the Marquis de La Fayette generally rode a white horse; it was upon a white horse that the general officer who retired so slowly was mounted; Clinton desired the gunners not to fire.

This noble forbearance probably saved M.
de La Fayette's life, for he it was.

At that time he was but twenty-two years of age.--"Historical Anecdotes of the Reign of Louis XVI."] These lines had been applauded and encored at the French theatre; everybody's head was turned.

There was no class of persons that did not heartily approve of the support given openly by the French Government to the cause of American independence.