. A history of Vermont, with the state constitution, geological and geographical notes, bibliography, chronology, statistical tables, maps, and illustrations. rench. A rain on the 15th of August 1 IJenjamin Harwood was the first male child born in Captain Samuel Safford led Warners regiment from Manchesterto Bennington on the 15th of August. I04 HISTORY OF VERMONT prevented immediate attack and gave the British a chancestill further to strengthen their trenches. On the morn-ing of the 16th Stark sent two hundred men to attack the rear of the enemy,three hundred toattack the rear o
. A history of Vermont, with the state constitution, geological and geographical notes, bibliography, chronology, statistical tables, maps, and illustrations. rench. A rain on the 15th of August 1 IJenjamin Harwood was the first male child born in Captain Samuel Safford led Warners regiment from Manchesterto Bennington on the 15th of August. I04 HISTORY OF VERMONT prevented immediate attack and gave the British a chancestill further to strengthen their trenches. On the morn-ing of the 16th Stark sent two hundred men to attack the rear of the enemy,three hundred toattack the rear of theenemys right, twohundred to attack theextreme right, whilehe and Warner led thedirect assault. Thefighting began aboutthree oclock in theafternoon; it lastedtwo hours. Starksaid: It was thehottest I ever British werekilled or taken pris-oners. Hardly had theprisoners been col-lected and sent backto Bennington underguard, when Brey-mans reenforcementscame up and a secondbattle began. Mostopportunely, Warners regiment arrived from Manchesterand engaged them. At sundown the British gave wayand were pursued till dark. A thousand stand of arms. Bennington Monument THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 105 and six hundred prisoners were left in the possession ofthe Americans. In point of mihtary importance this battle ranks farhigher than the dramatic capture of Ticonderoga. Itwas an actual engagement which tested both generalshipand fighting capacity to the utmost. It was a force offarmers fighting a force of regulars. It preserved forthe Americans the supplies which were the great objectof the expedition. It protected the territory eastwardfrom military operations and from any further dangerof invasion. It depleted Burgoynes forces. It was thefirst of a series of disasters which led to his surren-der, the turning point of the war, and the recognitionof American independence. Burgoynes own opinion,expressed shortly after the battle in a letter to LordGeorge Germaine, was as follows
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