The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . 53 Avjiiiiors, whose wives aud childreu were maiutaiued atthe public expense dimng the campaign. Nicholson wasput in command of this force, reckoned at 1,5U0 men,which took up its line of march for Lake Army at Chaniplain, roads and buildinj^ Wood Creek,forts as it slowly advanced over groimd destined to be-come the scene of far more momentous events in thefuture. At AVood Creek the army halted to Avait fornews of the sailingof the other branchof the expedition,before resuming itsforward movementupo
The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars . 53 Avjiiiiors, whose wives aud childreu were maiutaiued atthe public expense dimng the campaign. Nicholson wasput in command of this force, reckoned at 1,5U0 men,which took up its line of march for Lake Army at Chaniplain, roads and buildinj^ Wood Creek,forts as it slowly advanced over groimd destined to be-come the scene of far more momentous events in thefuture. At AVood Creek the army halted to Avait fornews of the sailingof the other branchof the expedition,before resuming itsforward movementupon Montreal. Meanwhile, thetransports andtroops assembled atBoston lay waitingfrom May to Sep-tember, in daily ex-pectation of the ar-rival of the prom-ised squadron andregiments Royal aidout of ***• England. They wait-ed in vain. It wasnot until Octoberthat a ship arrivedwith the imwelcome news that the royal troops, des-tined for America, had been sent to Portugal instead. Before the recei]it of this tnily exasperating intelli-gence, Nicholson had Ijeen compelled to break up his. BAfiA 1KATI1 yCA IlKTlI TON. KIN^ OF NEW ENliLANM) [ camp at AVood Creek on accouut of the sickly coiulitiouof his troops, who were dyins ff by scores from campdysentery, contracted by drinking water reeking withthe tilth of the camps. Decimated by disease, the enfee-bled force retracedits steps to Albany. Unwilling to throwaAvay what it hadcost so much time,trouble, and expenseto get together, theNew England gov-eiTiors met Nichol-son, Vetch, andMoody at Eehoboth,Octolier 14th, to seewhat was to he was unanimouslydecided to send theNew England forcesto attack Port Royal,provided the queensships then at Bostonand New York wouldco-operate. This be-ing refused, nothing remained but to disband the troops,settle the cost,^ and swallow the disappointment wdththe best grace possible under the circumstances. Nicholson immediately sailed for England to sohcitaid for another attempt the nex
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