. Soldiers and patriots of the American revolution . ten thousand men,provided abundantly Avith all the munitions ofwar. He declared that his army was never toretreat. He circulated through the colonies avariety of high-sounding, bombastic proclama-tions, sometimes filled with threatenings ofbloodshed and conflagration, and at other timescalling upon the people to send their deputies tohim, supplicating his pardon and here he is, with his army conquered, himselfa prisoner, and all his proud boasting proved tobe vanity. This victory will greatly dispirit the royalistsin all parts
. Soldiers and patriots of the American revolution . ten thousand men,provided abundantly Avith all the munitions ofwar. He declared that his army was never toretreat. He circulated through the colonies avariety of high-sounding, bombastic proclama-tions, sometimes filled with threatenings ofbloodshed and conflagration, and at other timescalling upon the people to send their deputies tohim, supplicating his pardon and here he is, with his army conquered, himselfa prisoner, and all his proud boasting proved tobe vanity. This victory will greatly dispirit the royalistsin all parts of the country, and at the same time OF THE DEVOLUTION. 235 will fill the hearts of tlie friends of liberty withencouragement and joy. I must not forget to mention that GeneralGates was greatly dependent upon the heroicefforts of General Arnold, and the skill andbravery of Col. Morgans riflemen, for the suc-cessful issue of the conflict. I intend to-morrow to Here the journal ended. The remainder, ifthere had ever been any, was torn off and CHAPTER XXII. THE BRAYE BRITISH WIFE. On the ninth of October, 1777, Lady Ack-land, the wile of that gallant British officer, Ma-jor Ackland, who had followed her husband tothe war, received the painful intelligence thather husband had been shot in the Battle of Still-water, and was a prisoner in the hands of theenemy. The information was astounding, andoverwhelmed her with grief. The BaronessEeidesel, who was w ith her, endeavored to com-fort her by telling her that his wound was onlyslight, and she had better get a permit to goover to the American camp and take care ofhim. She resolved so to do. Her applicationto the British General for permission to pass into the American lines resulted iu her obtaining a(236) OF THE REVOLUTION. 2G7 letter from Burgoyne to General Gates, inform-ing him of her object and asking his night \Aas dark. The rain poured air was cold. If she started she must go bywater in an open b
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