A venture in 1777 . A VENTUREIN 1777. starvation and cold were dailytempting to desertion, and amongwhom disease in many forms wasbusily recruiting for the army ofthe dead. The well-fed British regulars in andnear the city found in the snow anobstacle which forbade Sir WilliamHowe to move, discouraged enter-prise and gave excuses for inertness,since no general at that time ven-tured to think of a winter campaign,until in 78 the Virginia generalread his enemy a novel lesson in theart of war. The land between the city of Phila-delphia and Valley Forge on bothsides of the Schuylkill was in 77 afe
A venture in 1777 . A VENTUREIN 1777. starvation and cold were dailytempting to desertion, and amongwhom disease in many forms wasbusily recruiting for the army ofthe dead. The well-fed British regulars in andnear the city found in the snow anobstacle which forbade Sir WilliamHowe to move, discouraged enter-prise and gave excuses for inertness,since no general at that time ven-tured to think of a winter campaign,until in 78 the Virginia generalread his enemy a novel lesson in theart of war. The land between the city of Phila-delphia and Valley Forge on bothsides of the Schuylkill was in 77 afertile country of large farms, to 20 which narrow wood roads led from A VENTUREDthe main highways. On to this IN 1777region of winter scouting or forag-ing parties of both armies venturedat times, and from it in goodweather the farmers, despite the ef-forts of our scant cavalry, took sup-plies to the snow-beleaguered city,and sometimes, if Tories, informa-tion of value. In the best houses of the city therewere quartered, to the disgus
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