A history of the United States for Catholic schools . thereport that a large American army was advancing. With adozen bullet holes in his clothes, he rushed into the camp ofthe besiegers and described his narrow escape from the enemyand by mysteriously pointing to the leaves on the trees heintimated that the enemy was in immense force. This soterrified the Indians and British that they fled, leaving theirequipment and guns behind them. So this part of the Britishplan met with complete failure. After the victory at Oriskany, a captured British flag wasrun up at Fort Stanwix, now re-named Fort S
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . thereport that a large American army was advancing. With adozen bullet holes in his clothes, he rushed into the camp ofthe besiegers and described his narrow escape from the enemyand by mysteriously pointing to the leaves on the trees heintimated that the enemy was in immense force. This soterrified the Indians and British that they fled, leaving theirequipment and guns behind them. So this part of the Britishplan met with complete failure. After the victory at Oriskany, a captured British flag wasrun up at Fort Stanwix, now re-named Fort Schuyler, andabove it was hoisted the first American flag. This was the starsand stripes, which Congress had adopted as the national em-blem, on June 14, the day now celebrated as Flag Day. This 202 A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES first flag had been hastily patched together from a white shirt,a blue jacket, and a red flannel petticoat. 269. The Battle of Bennington. Burgoyne, on learning thatthe Americans had stored some provisions and military sup-. continental ARTILLERY plies at the village of Bennington, Vermont, dispatched a forceto capture them. General Stark, with the New Hampshiremilitia, met the British at Bennington and defeated them(August). To animate his soldiers, General Stark, before theopening of the battle, appealing to their sympathies, exclaimed: FIRST PERIOD OP THE WAR 203 My fellow soldiers, we must conquer today or Molly Starkis a widow. 270. The Battle of Bemis Heights. Burgoyne now foundhiinself hemmed in by the rapidly increasing American forcesunder General Gates, who had superseded Schuyler. He crossedthe Hudson and struggled slowly onward down the west bankof the river toward the Mohawk, hoping against hope to hearfrom either Howe or St. Leger. He met the Americans underArnold and Morgan in the desperate battle at Bemis Heights(September). The battle was undecided, but was followed bythe utter defeat of the British at Stillwater, a little to thesouth o
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