. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. t cannonwere seen to be labor wasted. The place, however, wasclosely invested, trenches opened, and a regular siegebegun, which, if resolutely kept up, could hardly havefailed of its object, even if the English had confinedQuarrels their efforts to holding the French cooped break out. ^p within the four walls of their fort; but at the moment when the battle was half won, the lead-ers lost heart, they fell to quarrelling among themselves,their disputes spread to the soldiers, and soon all sub-ordination was
. The border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars. t cannonwere seen to be labor wasted. The place, however, wasclosely invested, trenches opened, and a regular siegebegun, which, if resolutely kept up, could hardly havefailed of its object, even if the English had confinedQuarrels their efforts to holding the French cooped break out. ^p within the four walls of their fort; but at the moment when the battle was half won, the lead-ers lost heart, they fell to quarrelling among themselves,their disputes spread to the soldiers, and soon all sub-ordination was at an end. March was at his wits end. His council advised onething one day and recalled it the next. On May 31st,only five days after landing, it was decided that theplace was too strong to be attacked with any prospect ofsuccess. Chaplain Barnard gives an amusing accountof an interview he had with March on that occasion. When Colonel Appleton went over to ColonelMarchs camp, the honest chaplain goes on to say, he took me along with him. After the council-of-war ^ C-i ^ %^ J ^ « 33. 232 THE BORDER WARS OF NEW ENGLAND [1707 was over, General March, meeting me, took me asideand said to me, Dont you smell a rat? I, who knewnot what he intended, Scdd, No, sir. Why, saidhe, Colonel Appleton is for staying to break groundonly to have his wages increased. I said, Sir, I ama stranger to Colonel Appletons intentions. He thensaid to me, somewhat roughly, I have heard youhave said the artillery might be brought (and indeedI had said so to Colonel Appleton, and even j^rojecteda safe method for it). I said to him, Sir, I think itmay. * AVell then, said he, it shall be attempted;you shall be the one that shall bring it up. I replied, Sir, that is not my business, as you well know; how-ever, if it will be of public service, and you please tocommand nie to it, I will readily venture myself on it,and find a way to do it. Yery well, said he. There is no evidence that the youthful chaplainsservi
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