1. For the arrival of the convoy, see Barras to GW, 9 June, postscript, and n.5 to that document. French lieutenant Clermont-Crèvecœur wrote in his journal entry

Map 9. Rochambeau organized his army into two columns for the march to join the Continental army. The right-column divisions were to depart Providence on successive days and occupy the same camps in succession along the route of march. (Illustrated by Rick Britton. Copyright Rick Britton 2022)

for early June that this “convoy brought us two companies of artillery, some recruits, and ammunition and equipment of every kind. A detachment was sent from Providence to bring back the recruits and escort the military chest” (Rice and Brown, American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army description begins Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Anne S. K. Brown, eds. The American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. 2 vols. Princeton, N.J., 1972. description ends , 1:28).

2. For the march from Providence to join the Continental army in New York, which began on 18 June, Rochambeau organized his army into two columns. The right column consisted of four divisions, each with an infantry regiment, a quarter of the field artillery, a field hospital, and part of the baggage train of the headquarters staff. The infantry regiments were: first division, the Bourbonnais Regiment (Rochambeau marched with this regiment); second division, the Royal Deux-Ponts Regiment; third division, the Soissonnais Regiment; and fourth division, the Saintonge Regiment. The left column, with a single division composed of Brigadier General Lauzun’s legion, protected the army’s left flank. The right-column divisions were to depart Providence on successive days and occupy the same camps in succession along the route of march (see Rice and Brown, American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army description begins Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Anne S. K. Brown, eds. The American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. 2 vols. Princeton, N.J., 1972. description ends , 2:9). For the locations of camps and maps showing each day’s march, see Rice and Brown, American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army description begins Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Anne S. K. Brown, eds. The American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783. 2 vols. Princeton, N.J., 1972. description ends , 2:10–17, and figures 15–39 in the same volume. French war commissary Claude Blanchard preceded the columns to make arrangements (see Balch, Blanchard Journal description begins Thomas Balch, ed. The Journal of Claude Blanchard, Commissary of the French Auxiliary Army Sent to the United States during the American Revolution. 1780–1783. Translated from a French Manuscript, by William Duane. Albany, 1876. description ends , 107–13). For tables with distances between camps, see Stone, French Allies description begins Edwin Martin Stone. Our French Allies. Rochambeau and his Army, Lafayette and his Devotion, D’Estaing, DeTernay, Barras, DeGrasse, and their Fleets, in the Great War of the American Revolution, From 1778 to 1782, including Military Operations in Rhode Island, the Surrender of Yorktown, Sketches of French and American Officers, and Incidents of Social Life in Newport, Providence, and Elsewhere. Providence, 1884. description ends , 400–401, and Barneville, “Journal,” description begins Gilbert Chinard, ed. “Journal de Guerre de Brisout de Barneville, Mai 1780–Octobre 1781.” The French American Review: A Quarterly Published by the Institut Francais de Washington 3 (1950): 216–78. description ends 266.

3. For the French detachment left at Newport, see Rochambeau to GW, 31 May.

4. GW replied to Rochambeau on 19 June.