A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . October 4, Washington attacked them at Germantown,just north of the city, and with considerable promise of suc-cess. But the British turned a large stone house (ChewsHouse) into a temporary fort, and by their fire stoppedthe American advance. A dense fog, in which two Ameri-can divisions fired into each other, completed the disaster,and a retreat became necessary. Aid for Burgoyne.—But Washington, though failing tosave Philadelphia, had given Howe so much trouble that hefelt it necessary to draw more troops fro
A history of the United States of America; its people and its institutions . October 4, Washington attacked them at Germantown,just north of the city, and with considerable promise of suc-cess. But the British turned a large stone house (ChewsHouse) into a temporary fort, and by their fire stoppedthe American advance. A dense fog, in which two Ameri-can divisions fired into each other, completed the disaster,and a retreat became necessary. Aid for Burgoyne.—But Washington, though failing tosave Philadelphia, had given Howe so much trouble that hefelt it necessary to draw more troops from New York, thusleaving none to send to the aid of Burgoyne. Eventually anew force of three thousand men, just arrived from Eng-land, was sent up the Hudson under General Clinton onthe day of the battle of Germantown. It came too late tosave Burgoyne. destroy the rebel government. He also suggested an expedition upChesapeake Bay, to prevent aid being sent from Virginia or MarylandIn the end the two purposes seem to have been combined. 212 FROM COLONIES TO UNITED Washingtons Heak-ijuauters at Val-ley Forge. Valley Forge.—As it was now late in the season, Wash-ington went into winter quarters at Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill River, fromwhich place he couldwatch the movementsof his foes. The winterspent there was a dread-ful one. It was terriblycold, and the soldierssadly lacked shelter, food,and clothes. On Decem-ber 23, Washington wrotethat nearly three thou-sand of his men were unfit for duty, because they were barefoot and otherwisenaked. Burgoynes March.—While these events were takingplace in the south, others, more promising to the Americancause, were occurring in the north. Burgoyne, with nearlyeight thousand regulars and an additional force of Cana-dians and Indians, was descending Lake Champlain, withthe well-devised purpose of cutting off New England fromthe more southern States. General St. Clair held Ticon-deroga, but was too weak to retain it, and on
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