. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . for Preston, had availed him-self of this privilege, and had arrived in London a fewdays after the adjournment of the House for the Christ-mas holidays. The Kings attitude towards Burgoyne wasthat of disapproval. At a levee soon after Burgoynesreturn, it was noticed that the King scarcely spoke tohim, and that he was obliged to crave an audience.^This coldness to Burgoyne expressed, we may presume,the attitude of the Court towards the participators in
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . for Preston, had availed him-self of this privilege, and had arrived in London a fewdays after the adjournment of the House for the Christ-mas holidays. The Kings attitude towards Burgoyne wasthat of disapproval. At a levee soon after Burgoynesreturn, it was noticed that the King scarcely spoke tohim, and that he was obliged to crave an audience.^This coldness to Burgoyne expressed, we may presume,the attitude of the Court towards the participators in anunsuccessful expedition. That Burgoyne himself hadurged on Sir Guy Carleton a more active and energeticconduct of the war appears credible from a lettersent by Major-General Philips to Burgoyne.^ Thisunfortunate general, who had already shared in twounhappy and fruitless campaigns in America, and was ^ Correspondence of George III. with Lord North, 1768-1783,vol. ii. p. 44. Edited, W. B. Donne, 1867. 2 Philips to Burgoyne, 23rd October 1776, quoted by DeFonblanque, Political and Military Episodes in the Life of Burgoyne(1876), p. Sir John Burgovni (i;-^-^.From a Painting by Ramsay. SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN OF 1777 225 destined to be chief actor in the greatest of the manydisasters of this war, quitted town for Bath to recruithis health and spirits. He left behind him in Londona plan of campaign from the side of Canada, which,being revised and amended by the King, was finallyadopted as the official scheme of operation. The Kingsnotes in his own handwriting betoken a remarkableknowledge of detail, and a close attention to suggestedmovements. But so far as one who has been oversome of the ground may presume to judge, the expedi-tion was from the very first doomed to failure. In askeleton map of the land it is easy to trace the water-ways from the Battery in New York to the St. Lawrenceat Sorel. Here lies some of the most exquisite ofAmerican scenery, decorated by lakes with charm
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