A history of the United States for schools . M\Rn[ IS Dl L \1 \\ I FTI . Britisharmies. 224 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. XL. 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
A history of the United States for schools . M\Rn[ IS Dl L \1 \\ I FTI . Britisharmies. 224 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. XL. 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-
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