Philadelphia.
[The word _birm_ seems to have the same meaning as berme (Fr. _berme_),
which, in Fortification, denotes a piece of ground of three, four, or
five feet in width, left between the rampart and the moat or foss,
designed to receive the ruins of the rampart, and prevent the earth
from filling the foss. Sometimes it is palisaded, and in Holland is
generally planted with quickset hedge.]
_General Thomas Gage._--This officer commanded at Boston at the breaking
out of the Revolution, and served under General Braddock. Where can I find
any details of the remainder of his history?