Secondly: Misbehavior before the enemy on the same day, by making an unnecessary, disorderly, and shameful retreat. "Thirdly: Disrespect to the commander-in-ehief, in two letters, dated the 1st of July and the 28th of June." * * The court martial was convened on the 4th of July, at Brunswick, consisting of one major general (Lord Stirling, who was president), four brigadiers, and eight colonels. The court sat from time to time, until the 12th of August, when they declared their opinion that General Lee was guilty of all the charges, and sentenced him to be suspended from any command in the armies of the United States for the term of twelve months. The testimony on the trial exhibits a minute detail of the operations in the battle of Monmouth. Congress approved the sentence of the court martial on the 5th of December, by a vote of thirteen in the affirmative and seven in the negative, and ordered the proceedings to be published.--See Sparks's Washington, v., 552; Journals of Congress, iv., 501. * These were both erroneously dated. Lee's letters were written on the 29th and 30th of June. [[[The fiercest of the Battle.--Picture by Mr. Custis.--Captain Molly.]]] {361}to give way. As they emerged from the woods, the belligerents seemed completely intermingled. [Illustration: 0371] The enemy next attacked Livingston's regiment and Varnum's brigade, which lined a hedgerow [2] that stretched across the open field in front of the causeway over the morass Here the conflict raged severely for some time. Some American artillery took post on an eminence in rear of the fence, and played with power; ** but the British cavalry, and a large