. American history:. 17th of October, he surrendered his army prisoners ofwar. 42. The Americans thereby acquired a fine train of eeTa^ih^p^brass artillery, nearly five thousand muskets, and an im- ^ quantity of other ordinary implements of war. The e. Thenextnews of this brilliant victory caused the greatest exulta- am^ throughout the country, and doubts were forth on the longer entertained of the final independence [Tof the American colonies. 43. The army of Gates was immediately putin motion to stop the of GeneralClint(jn, who had proceeded
. American history:. 17th of October, he surrendered his army prisoners ofwar. 42. The Americans thereby acquired a fine train of eeTa^ih^p^brass artillery, nearly five thousand muskets, and an im- ^ quantity of other ordinary implements of war. The e. Thenextnews of this brilliant victory caused the greatest exulta- am^ throughout the country, and doubts were forth on the longer entertained of the final independence [Tof the American colonies. 43. The army of Gates was immediately putin motion to stop the of GeneralClint(jn, who had proceeded up the witha force of 3000 men, with the hope of making adiversion in favor of Burgoyne. Forts Clinton*and Montgomery, after a severe , fell into • Fort Clinton was on the W. (dde of the Hudson River, at thenorth-m cxtrftniity of Itockland County, and on the S. side of Ie-ploapB Kill. On th<! north Hide of the name stream, in Orangetounty, waa Fort Montgomtry (See Map.) 48 . Oct. 17. .5. Advanta-. 378 THE REVOLUTION. [Book U. ANALYSIS. V. Movoinntii of ikneial CliiCuH. a. Oct « b. N. i>. -iii c. Oct 13. 1. r/ti- Nor III-em posts. 2. l/i/i iioopnof tlie north. A. 9oe p 373. 3. The com-mand of tlie Delaware 4. Defenceand abandon-tnent qf Forts Mercer andMiMii- «. Nov. Nov. 18. S Ot/usr movenifntt (if the two armies. g. From the &1 tu the Bltt of Uee. h. Dec. Doc. Vislres)iesqf the Ameri-cans. 7. Retifrna- tio7u i tnur- murs, 4^. his hands,*—and the village of Kingston^ was wantonlybunuHl,—but on hearing the news of Burgoynes sur-render, Clinton immediately withdrew to New York. Atthe same time, Tieonderoga and all tiie forts on the north-ern frontier were abandoned by the British, and occupiedby the Americans. •In the latter part of October, 4000of the victorious troops of the north proceeded to join thearmy of Washington ; and we now return to the sceneof events in the vicinity of Philadelphia. 44. xV short distance b
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