A history of the United States for schools . JOHN always depend upon his shipsgoyne and St. Legerit was a very danger-ous business, becausethey were required topkmge through thedepths of the wilder-ness with the risk ofhaving their suppliescut off. After Bur-goyne should pass FortEdward on the Hud-son, he was sure tobe in extreme periluntil he should meetHowe with the forcefrom below. But the British crush out all opposition,and move on to unitewith Burgoyne. (3) Aforce of not less than18,000 men, underHowe, was to move upthe Hudson River andunite with Washington fol
A history of the United States for schools . JOHN always depend upon his shipsgoyne and St. Legerit was a very danger-ous business, becausethey were required topkmge through thedepths of the wilder-ness with the risk ofhaving their suppliescut off. After Bur-goyne should pass FortEdward on the Hud-son, he was sure tobe in extreme periluntil he should meetHowe with the forcefrom below. But the British crush out all opposition,and move on to unitewith Burgoyne. (3) Aforce of not less than18,000 men, underHowe, was to move upthe Hudson River andunite with Washington fol-low, the concentratedBritish force might beexpected to crush him. In this plan, Howes task was comparatively safe, because he could for supplies. But for Bur-. PHILIP underestimated the danger. 1 From Stones Campaigfi of yohn Burgoyne.^ From the Lt/e of Hamilton, by J. C. Hamilton. § 89. THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE. 22$ On the 5th of July, Burgoyne compelled the Ameri-cans to evacuate Ticonderoga, and two days later adetachment of his army defeated them in a severe bat-tle at Hubbardton. These misfortunes caused greatalarm throughout the country, but as Burgoyne ad-vanced toward Fort Edward his difficulties began. TheAmericans were commandedby Philip Schuyler, a skillfulgeneral and one of the noblestof patriots. By felling treesand otherwise obstructing theenemys march, Schuyler sodelayed him that he did notreach Fort Edward till theend of July. By that time,several hundred New Eng-land yeomanry were collectedin the Green Mountains withthe village of Ben- „ , , ^ Battle of nington as a depot Benning-of supplies, Bur-goyne sent out a force of1,000 men to capture thesesupplies. The force con-sisted chiefly of Germans,
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