A history of the United States . d for was never provided. The army was, however,somewhat enlarged in size and greatly improved in quality. References. —The same as at the end of Chapter VI. 1 Born, September, 1757; died. May, French nobleman, whose sym-pathy for the American colonies was early excited ; landed in South Carolinain the spring of 1777; was appointed major general in July, 1777; was woundedat Brandywine; served at Monmouth and in Rhode Island; sat on court-martial which tried Andre; commanded with much skill in Virginia againstArnold and Cornwallis in 1781; returned to Fra
A history of the United States . d for was never provided. The army was, however,somewhat enlarged in size and greatly improved in quality. References. —The same as at the end of Chapter VI. 1 Born, September, 1757; died. May, French nobleman, whose sym-pathy for the American colonies was early excited ; landed in South Carolinain the spring of 1777; was appointed major general in July, 1777; was woundedat Brandywine; served at Monmouth and in Rhode Island; sat on court-martial which tried Andre; commanded with much skill in Virginia againstArnold and Cornwallis in 1781; returned to France at close of the war, hutcame to America for a short visit in 1784; commanded the National Guardat the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789; was removed by theJacobins in 1792; escaped to Belgium, where he was seized; was confined inPrussian and Austrian prisons till 1797; remained in retirement during theNapoleonic regime; visited United States in 1824-1825; commanded NationalGuard of France in the Revolution of Georgb Washington. CHAPTER Vni. THE CAMPAIGN OF STRUGGLE FOR THE CENTER. 177. Plans of the British for 1777. — The British saw thatif the next campaign was to be successful the war must bepushed forward on a much larger scale. They determined onthree important movements. General Howe was to be re-enforced so that while holding New York he could open theHudson to Albany. From the north a new and more powerfulexpedition, under General Burgoyne, was to repeat the attemptof Sir Guy Oarleton. A third expedition, under Colonel , was to ascend the St. Lawrence into Lake Ontario, andfrom Oswego, after taking Fort Stanwix and clearing tlie Valleyof the Mohawk, unite with Burgoyne and Howe in the vicinityof Albany. This comprehensive plan, if successful^ would notonly separate New England from the rest of the colonies, butwould restore to the British the State of New York. 178. Burgoynes Difficulties and Disappointments. — Burgoyne,^ascendin
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