. The student's American history . f march into a deepswamp. When at last, after a march of twenty-four days, theBritish general reached Fort Edward, Schuyler abandoned it,and pushing on across the Hudson took up his position atBemis Heights, about twenty miles above Albany. 216. Burgoyne gets his left wing clipped at Bennington. —Burgoyne now sent (August 16, 1777) a thousand or more Hes-sians and Indians to make a raid on the supplies which theAmericans were reported to hold at Bennington, Vermont. ButColonel John Stark of New Hampshire and Seth Warner ofVermont stood ready with a body of fa
. The student's American history . f march into a deepswamp. When at last, after a march of twenty-four days, theBritish general reached Fort Edward, Schuyler abandoned it,and pushing on across the Hudson took up his position atBemis Heights, about twenty miles above Albany. 216. Burgoyne gets his left wing clipped at Bennington. —Burgoyne now sent (August 16, 1777) a thousand or more Hes-sians and Indians to make a raid on the supplies which theAmericans were reported to hold at Bennington, Vermont. ButColonel John Stark of New Hampshire and Seth Warner ofVermont stood ready with a body of farmers in their shirtsleeves to give the invaders a warm reception.* Less than ahundred out of the thousand Hessians ever got back to Bur-goyne, and the Indians fled for their lives, shouting the woodsare full of Yankees, — thus the British general got his leftwing effectually clipped. Washington called the victory atBennington a great stroke. It prevented Burgoyne fromgetting the supplies he sorely needed, and cut off all com-. No. II. Gloiioestci^i*^ ,r No. Mi.
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