A history of the United States for schools . by was Washington who prevented this. General Howestarted in June to take Philadelphia, expecting to beable to do that, and also to give all needful aid to Bur-goyne. But Washington, by skillful manoeuvres, pre-vented Howe from crossing New Jersey, and obligedhim to go by sea. Various delays thus occa- ,„ ,. = • ? Washing- sioned used up the whole summer. After ton delaysHowe had sailed up Chesapeake Bay, he marched northwardwith 18,000 men, asfar as the BrandywineCreek, where he en-countered Washing-ton, with 11,000, onthe nth of Sept
A history of the United States for schools . by was Washington who prevented this. General Howestarted in June to take Philadelphia, expecting to beable to do that, and also to give all needful aid to Bur-goyne. But Washington, by skillful manoeuvres, pre-vented Howe from crossing New Jersey, and obligedhim to go by sea. Various delays thus occa- ,„ ,. = • ? Washing- sioned used up the whole summer. After ton delaysHowe had sailed up Chesapeake Bay, he marched northwardwith 18,000 men, asfar as the BrandywineCreek, where he en-countered Washing-ton, with 11,000, onthe nth of Septem-ber. In the battle onthat day, Washingtonwas obliged to retirefrom the field, but thedefeat was so slightthat he was able todetain Howe for a fort-night on the march ofonly twenty-six milesto Philadelphia. TheBritish entered thatcity on the 26th, andpresently encamped atGermantown, whereWashington attackedthem, on the 4th ofOctober, at daybreak, hoping to push their army againstthe Schuylkill River and destroy it. The daring scheme. burgoynes campaign, T777. 230 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. XL almost succeeded, but victory was turned into defeat bya sudden panic among the Americans, caused by a sadaccident : it was a foggy morning, and one Americanbattalion fired into another by mistake. 92. The Surrender of Burgoyne. Washingtonmade so much trouble for Howe that the latter hadto get more troops from New York, and so it was im-possible to send any help to Burgoyne. At length, anew force of 3,000 men, arriving from England, wassent up the Hudson River on the same day that thebattle of Germantown was fought. It was too late tosave Burgoyne. On September 13, that general hadcrossed the Hudson; on the 19th, he tried to turn theAmerican position at Bemis Heights, but Arnold at-tacked him at Freemans Farm near by, and a desperatebut indecisive battle was fought there. Two days later,Burgoynes communications with Lake Champlain werecut, and soon his men were suffering from hunger. Onthe
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