A first book in American history with European beginnings . w this planset in motion, and down from theNorth came General Burgoyne with aforce of nearly eight thousand soldiersand Indians. The Americans had placed Gen-eral Philip Schuyler in command ofthe Northern Department of thearmy, and so it fell to his lot to de-fend New York State against the threeEnglish armies. General Burgoyne aimed his firstblow at Fort Ticonderoga, and cap-tured it. This was bad. GeneralSchuyler saw that in some way timemust be gained. If Burgoyne wereallowed to advance before moretroops were recruited, the resultw
A first book in American history with European beginnings . w this planset in motion, and down from theNorth came General Burgoyne with aforce of nearly eight thousand soldiersand Indians. The Americans had placed Gen-eral Philip Schuyler in command ofthe Northern Department of thearmy, and so it fell to his lot to de-fend New York State against the threeEnglish armies. General Burgoyne aimed his firstblow at Fort Ticonderoga, and cap-tured it. This was bad. GeneralSchuyler saw that in some way timemust be gained. If Burgoyne wereallowed to advance before moretroops were recruited, the resultwould be disastrous. Something mustbe done to check him, and that atonce. Hurrying to the head of LakeChamplain, Schuylers men fell towork with a will. Guns were laidaside, and axes took their of trees were chopped down and left to blockthe roads. Bridge after bridge was burned; the streamsthemselves were choked until they overflowed, and allthe country for twenty miles was laid waste. Then, while General Schuyler retreated to Stillwater,242. The English Routefrom Canada. COMMANDER AND PRESIDENT the English tried to advance. But their path was soobstructed that a mile a day was the best they could last they reached the deserted post of Fort Edward. Meanwhile, St. Leger, according to the arrangement,sailed up the St. Lawrence to Lake Ontario and landed atOswego. Then marching east from Oswego, he confidentlylaid siege to the American post of Fort Stanwix, only to bedriven back the way he had come. BURGOYNES SURRENDER General Burgoyne now found himself in a gravepredicament. Colonel St. Leger had been defeated andhad fled. No help had come from General Howe, who
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