A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . erica; andwhile it excited the highest joy among the Americans, it could not but have amost auspicious influence on their affairs in the cabinet and in the thanks of congress were voted to general Gates and his army; and amedal of gold, in commemoratio
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . erica; andwhile it excited the highest joy among the Americans, it could not but have amost auspicious influence on their affairs in the cabinet and in the thanks of congress were voted to general Gates and his army; and amedal of gold, in commemoration of this splendid achievement, was order-ed to be struck, to be presented to him by the president, in the name ofthe United States. General Burgoynes surrender is certainly, in a considerable degree, tobe attributed to the want of co-operation both on the part of general Carle-ton, in Canada, and of Sir Henry Clinton, at New York. The latter, in-deed, performed a service, which, if effected a little earlier, might possiblyhave relieved Burgoyne. With nearly three thousand men, convoyed bysome ships of war under commodore Hotham, he conducted an expedition up 688 BOOK OF THE UNITED STATES. Hudsons river, in October, against the forts Montgomery and Clinton,When arrived within a mile of the place of destination, the troops sepa-. Surrender at Saratoga. rated into two columns; the one, consisting of nine hundred men, underlieutenant Campbell, was destined for the attack on fort Montgomery ; theother, under the immediate command of Sir Henry Clinton, was to stormthe stronger post of fort Clinton. The garrison, when summoned, havingrefused to surrender, the assault was made on both forts at the same fortresses, which were separated from each other by a creek only,were commanded by governor Clinton, a brave and intelligent officer, whomade a gallant resistance from four in the afternoon, when the attack be-gan, until dark; but, the post having been designed principally
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