Georg Pausch

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Georg Pausch (about 1740 – 1795 or 1796) was a soldier from

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Biography

Pausch was chief of the

as major in the regiment of light artillery. His name disappears from the calendar in 1796, so that it is probable he died early in that year or late in the year preceding.

Journal

His journal, which was found in the late 19th century in the state library at Cassel, is among the most valuable of the accounts of the German troops in the British service during the American Revolution that have yet been discovered. It gives detailed descriptions of the difficulties that the Hessians experienced in passing through the countries on the lower Rhine and the Netherlands to the seaboard. It details the fate and fortune of Pausch and his men from 15 May 1776, the day they left Hanau, to the close of Burgoyne's last battle, 7 October 1777.

The journal dwells freely on the personal experiences of its author and his men while in Canada, providing glimpses into the private lives of the Hessian soldiers. Pausch's account is the first of the part played by the Hesse-Hanau artillery in the Battle of Saratoga. It supplements the information in the Military Journals of General Riedesel on the actions of the Brunswick infantry in the same battle.

Editions

The journal has been translated by William L. Stone, with an introduction by Edward J. Lowell (Albany, 1886).

Notes

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Pausch, George" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.

External links

• "A German Mercenary Describes Conditions in the British Army". shsu.edu. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.