The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . reat to be success-fully resisted by the small force at his forts were surrounded, hut it was not until theAmericans had been completely overpowered bynumbers that the
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . reat to be success-fully resisted by the small force at his forts were surrounded, hut it was not until theAmericans had been completely overpowered bynumbers that they fought their way out, and, favoredby darkness, succeeded in escaping. It was a mostbrilliant defence, lasting from two oclock in theafternoon until after dark, and against more thanfour times the number of the defenders. GeorgeClinton managed to cross the river in a boat, andJames was severely wounded and pursued, buteventually reached his house, sixteen miles distantfrom the forts, on the following morning. No per-manent advantage resulted to the British from theirsuccess on this occasion. Burgoyne and his armywere defeated at Saratoga, and Sir Henry Clintonwas obliged to satisfy himself with dismantling theforts he had captured, and on the approach of win-ter the British fell back to their lines in the neigh-borhood of New York. During the war Gov. Clin-ton was mainly occupied in providing for the public. defence and security, and his time was chiefly em-ployed in earring into effect the laws passed by thelegislature in this direction. In 1780 Gov. Clintonwas re-elected, and continued to fill the governorschair until 1795. In 1780, when the savages led byBrant and Cornplauter made a descent into the Mo-hawk valley. Gov. Clinton succeeded in preventingth^ success of their expedition. Peace with GreatBritain was declared, and when Gen. Washingtonentered the city of New York on the occasion of itsevacuation, Gov. Clinton rode beside him as chiefmagistrate of the state. After
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