. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... is army to StatenIsland. While these movements were in progressthe British sustained a serious loss in thecapture of General Prescott, one of theirprincipal officers, who had earned the dislikeof the Americans by his arbitrary and con-temptuous treatment of them. He wascommanding the British forces at Newport,and had his headquarters on the outskirts ofthe town. On a dark night in July a com-pany of picked men, under Colonel Barton,crossed Narragansett Bay i
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... is army to StatenIsland. While these movements were in progressthe British sustained a serious loss in thecapture of General Prescott, one of theirprincipal officers, who had earned the dislikeof the Americans by his arbitrary and con-temptuous treatment of them. He wascommanding the British forces at Newport,and had his headquarters on the outskirts ofthe town. On a dark night in July a com-pany of picked men, under Colonel Barton,crossed Narragansett Bay in whale boats,and passing silently through the British fleetlanded near Prescotts quarters. The senti-nel at the door was secured and the as-tounded general was roused from his bedand hurried away without being allowedtime to dress. He was conveyed within theAmerican lines, and was afterwards ex-changed for General Charles Lee. • Washington now learned of the invasionof New York by the army of General Bur-<goyne, to which we shall refer further was evident that Burgoyne was trying toreach the Hudson. Washingtons spies in. 4t6 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. New York informed him that Howe waspreparing to send off the larger part of hisforce by water, and the commander-in-chiefwas perplexed to know whether Howeintended ascending Hudson to co-operatewith Burgoyne, or to transport his army toPhiladelphia by water. Toward the last ofJuly Howe sailed with his fleet from NewYork and stood out to sea. Philadelphia Fortified. Ten days later his ships were reported offthe mouth of the Delaware. Washingtonnow felt confident that his design was toattack Philadelphia, and crossed the Dela-ware with his army and marched to German-town to await the development of the enemysplans. About the same time the British fleetstood out to sea again. Its destination wasuncertain, and Washington held his army inreadiness to march at a minutes notice tothe threatened point. While awaiting the mov
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