The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . Present (1877) appearance of the house, in the cellar of whichMrs. Riedesel stayed during the The Cellar. g6 Campaign of General John Burgoyne. courtesy, while, perhaps, he was being killed, would beeven vet more painful than all she was then forced tosuffer. The greatest suffering was experienced by thewounded from thirst, which was not relieved until a sol-diers wife volunteered to bring water from the she continued to do with safety, the Americansgallantly withholding their fire when
The campaign of LieutGenJohn Burgoyne : and the expedition of LieutColBarry StLeger . Present (1877) appearance of the house, in the cellar of whichMrs. Riedesel stayed during the The Cellar. g6 Campaign of General John Burgoyne. courtesy, while, perhaps, he was being killed, would beeven vet more painful than all she was then forced tosuffer. The greatest suffering was experienced by thewounded from thirst, which was not relieved until a sol-diers wife volunteered to bring water from the she continued to do with safety, the Americansgallantly withholding their fire whenever she appeared. Meanwhile, order grew more and more lax, and thegreatest misery prevailed throughout the entire commissaries neglected to distribute provisionsamong the troops, and although there were cattle stillleft, not one had been killed. More than thirty officerscame to the baroness for food, forced to this step fromsheer starvation, one of them a Canadian, being soweak as to be unable to stand. She divided among themall the provisions at hand ; and having exhausted her storewithout satisfying them, in an agony of despair, she calledto Adjutant General Petersham, one
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