. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . State which now forms Vermont. As Stark saw the enemys lines 26. Account of the battle of Bennington ? Where is Bennington (Map, p. 154) ? 154 HISTORY OF TEE UNITED STATES [1777 under General Stark, and defeated ; and, on the sameday (Aug. 16), a detachment which had been sent to the aid of Bauni was also de-feated. 27. First Battle of Still-water.—The loss of so manyplaces had created considerablealarm and dissatisfaction withSchuyler, and General G
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . State which now forms Vermont. As Stark saw the enemys lines 26. Account of the battle of Bennington ? Where is Bennington (Map, p. 154) ? 154 HISTORY OF TEE UNITED STATES [1777 under General Stark, and defeated ; and, on the sameday (Aug. 16), a detachment which had been sent to the aid of Bauni was also de-feated. 27. First Battle of Still-water.—The loss of so manyplaces had created considerablealarm and dissatisfaction withSchuyler, and General Gateswas appointed to the the 19th of September, theAmericans made an attack onBurgoynes army at Bem-isHeights, near Stillwater. Thebattle was long and severe ; andBurgoyne, although he main-tained his ground, found hisprogress effectually checked. 28. Battle of Saratoga.—For two weeks the armies con-fronted each other ; when Bur-goyne, finding that he musteither fight or surrender, movedforward to attack the Ameri-cans. This brought on the second battle of Stillwater,sometimes called the battle of Saratoga (October 7th), in. Scllenecicuiy ^/-t forming for battle, he shouted to his soldiers : There are the red-coats ; we must beatthem to-day, or Molly Stark will be a widow. 27. Who succeeded Schuyler ? Account of the First Battle of Stillwater ? of Saratoga ? Its result ? What was the conduct of Arnold ? Where is Sara-toga ? 1778] THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 155
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