This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...August, and fled, leaving his tents standing, and allowing much of his baggage to fall into the Lands of Arnold. "Who then reinforced the combatants? Wbat was the result of the second battle? 20. Where had there been severe fighting? When did St. Leger invest the fort? Who attempted to raise the siege? What ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...August, and fled, leaving his tents standing, and allowing much of his baggage to fall into the Lands of Arnold. "Who then reinforced the combatants? Wbat was the result of the second battle? 20. Where had there been severe fighting? When did St. Leger invest the fort? Who attempted to raise the siege? What did St. Leger do? 'What saved the militia from a total rout? To whom did they now send? Wlio marebed to relieve the tort? Whai, atruagem did he practise' 21. By the middle of September, Burgoyne had advanced to Saratoga. The American army had meanwhile been greatly reinforced, but the command bad, in consequence of the intrigues of a faction, been taken from Schuyler. It now advanced under General Gates, to attack Burgoyne. On the 19th of September, the English army attempted to force the American position at Stillwater, but after a long and bloody fight, in which the English lost 500, and the Americans 300, the Americans fell back into their camp. About the same time an American detachment surprised the British post on Lake George, seized their bateaux, and invested Ticonderoga. Burgoyne, now hemmed in, intrenched his camp, and sent pressing messages to Clinton at New York, for, except by a diversion in his favor against the American rear, he saw no hope of escape. On the 7th of October he threw out a body of 1,500 men. These were immediately attacked by an Amercan division, and after a desperate fight, in which the British lost their best officers, they were driven back to the camp. Arnold, who, without any command, headed the men, pursued the fugitives, and attempted to storm the retrenchments; he failed, but CoL Brooks, of Massachusetts, carried the retrenchments of a German brigade, capturing stores, ammunition, and artillery. 21. Where...
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