CHEVALIER PRUD HOMME DE BORRE
Chevalier Prudhomme de Borre, a French general of thirty-five years of service in Europe, was appointed brigadier-general in the Continental army on the 11th of April, 1777. His commission was dated Dec. 1, 1776, in accordance with a compact made with him in France by the American commissioner. In July, De Borre captured a Tory under circumstances which warranted, in his judgment, the immediate trail and execution of a prisoner, a summary proceeding, for which he was severely and justly reprehended by Washington. In August, he commanded a brigade in the Sullivan attack on Staten Island, and in September took part in the battle of Brandywine. In this engagement De Borre claimed the post of honor, on the right wing of the army; Sullivan would not yield this to him, and when De Borre pertinaciously insisted on taking it, the former made a long and circuitous march for the purpose of outreaching him. This maneuver did not succeed; and as a consequence, the Sullivan brigade was not formed for action when the battle began. The brigade of De Borre was the first to give way before the British, and much of the ill fortune of that day was owing to this occurrence. His insubordination being made the subject of a Congressional inquiry, he took offence and resigned his commission on the 14th of September, 1777, and soon returned to France.Source: Title: Biographical Sketches of the Generals of the Continental Army of the Revolution by Mary Theresa Leiter