. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . e ends horses and carts belongingsolely to the public service. He hints that officers areprivy to the hiding in the woods and the stealing ofhorses, and that commissaries and agents lend themselvesto these fraudulent transactions. In fact, this class ofSeptember complaint continues right up to the first Battle ofI. 1777- Freemans Farm ; to say nothing of complaints aboutthe indiscipline of soldiers in roaming in search ofpotatoes and corn. Burgoyne, as
. The first American Civil War, first period 1775-1778, with chapters on the continental or revolutionary army and on the forces of the crown . e ends horses and carts belongingsolely to the public service. He hints that officers areprivy to the hiding in the woods and the stealing ofhorses, and that commissaries and agents lend themselvesto these fraudulent transactions. In fact, this class ofSeptember complaint continues right up to the first Battle ofI. 1777- Freemans Farm ; to say nothing of complaints aboutthe indiscipline of soldiers in roaming in search ofpotatoes and corn. Burgoyne, as late as 18 th September1777, mentions that to the great reproach of discip-line and of the common sence {sic) of the soldiers, whohave been made prisoners, the service has sustained aloss within ten days that might in action have cost thelives of some hundreds of the enemy, Heavy morn-ing and evening fogs contributed much to make theenticements of the woods The first objective was Ticonderoga. Ethan Allan,deroga. Be,-ie(^ict Arnold, and the Green Mountain boys hadcaptured this most important post early in 1775 in the. xvii THE NORTHERN CAMPAIGN 305 course of a filibustering expedition described lies seventy-five miles direct south ofCumberland Point, from which the expedition hadstarted on the 20th of June, and fifteen miles southof Crown Point, where the army had disembarked onthe 26th of June. Thence the army marched oneither hand of the lake shore, while the stores, inbatteaux, proceeded towards the headwaters of LakeChamplain. In front of the army on the ist ofJuly appeared two forts, one on the east, the otheron the west shore of these same waters, the onecalled Fort Independence, the other was the famousTiconderoga. From the time of its capture by Arnolddown to the end of 1776 the Americans had worked atthis position to make it impregnable. Connecting thetwo forts had been built a bridge, and on the northor Canadian side of the bridg
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