. Soldiers and patriots of the American revolution . ace was about to remonstrate, or possi-bly make further inquiries, but Allen perempto-rily stopped him, and shook his sword over thecommanders head. Delaplace, seeing it Avasuseless to parley or resist, at once surrenderedthe fort, and ordered all the soldiers under hiscommand to parade without arms. By the time 64 SOLDIERS AND the sun was fairly up, that important stronghold,which liad cost the British millions of dollars,and many brave lives, was in the possession ofthe Americans, A- mere handful of undisci-plined Green Mountain
. Soldiers and patriots of the American revolution . ace was about to remonstrate, or possi-bly make further inquiries, but Allen perempto-rily stopped him, and shook his sword over thecommanders head. Delaplace, seeing it Avasuseless to parley or resist, at once surrenderedthe fort, and ordered all the soldiers under hiscommand to parade without arms. By the time 64 SOLDIERS AND the sun was fairly up, that important stronghold,which liad cost the British millions of dollars,and many brave lives, was in the possession ofthe Americans, A- mere handful of undisci-plined Green Mountain Boys bad taken it in tenminutes Avithout the loss of a man. It was abold and skilful exploit, and greatly exaltedAllen in the estimation of his countrymen. The imj)ortance of this victory may be in-ferred from the fact that it put in possession ofthe Americans fifty prisoners, more than a hun-dred pieces of cannon, a number of swivels, anda large quantity of small arms and ammunition—of whicli last the colonists were then verymuch m need. ^S^W^^. CHAPTER VII. BUNKER HILL. There had been a military display in the streetsof New York. It was the anniversary of theseventeenth of June. Our young lads had beendown to the Battery to see the parade, and ontheir way home, as they passed Uncle Timshouse, they saw him sitting in his great cane-bottomed chair, in his usual place in the door-yard. Well, boys, said the old man, the soldiers made a fine show to-day. It did my old eyes good to look at them. I hope the timell never come when Americans will forgot to celebrate this day. (65) 66 SOLDIEES AND PATKIOTS I think Fourth o Julys better, UncleTim, said a shrill, boyish voice. * Maybe youre right, Benny, but Seventeentho^ June prepared the way for Fourth o July,The two days are kind o sisters, you see. TheHe volution was the mother of em both, ?.nd Ibelieve theyre the two brightest births markedin her almanac, Do you see that new cloth sign on the hotelover there ? asked the old soldi
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