The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . art, refused to grantpasses, and the greater part of the inhab-itants were obliged to remain. He after-ward allowed a lew others to depart; butthey were not permitted to take their effectswith them. On the 25th of May, the British man-of-war Cerberus arrived at Boston, bringingfrom England three experienced officers,Burgoyne, Howe, and Clinton. The garrison,meanwhile, had been i-einforced by acces-sions from England and Ireland, until itnumbered 10,000 men. The besieg
The battle roll: an encyclopedia containing descriptions of the most famous and memorable land battles and sieges in all ages . art, refused to grantpasses, and the greater part of the inhab-itants were obliged to remain. He after-ward allowed a lew others to depart; butthey were not permitted to take their effectswith them. On the 25th of May, the British man-of-war Cerberus arrived at Boston, bringingfrom England three experienced officers,Burgoyne, Howe, and Clinton. The garrison,meanwhile, had been i-einforced by acces-sions from England and Ireland, until itnumbered 10,000 men. The besieging armyat the commencement of June, consisted ofabout 16,000 men, and these were all firedwith the one desire to drive the invadersfrom their soil. The army was composed ofsoldiers furnished by the several colonies,and each colony held supreme control overtlie movements of its own corps. But thecolonics, by common consent, appointedGeneral Ward, commander-in-chief of thebesieging army. The Americans exertedtheir every power to intercept from theEnglish all supplies of provisions. Hogsand Noddles Islands in Boston I ;/^ ,{. BOSTON. 113 abounded in corn and cattle, and the Englishfrequently visited these islands in search ofprovisions. The Americans determined toput an end to this by destroying all the cornand removing the cattle. Accordingly a de-tachment was sent to Hogs Island. Theyeffected a landing and were engaged in de-stroying the provender when they werefiercely attacked by a British foraging partyand a severe skirmish ensued. The British troops were aided by one ortwo armed vessels in the harbor. The fightraged until late at night, and a number ofAmericans were killed. They succeeded,however, in expelling the English from theisland, and completed their work of destruc-tion. Early on the following morning theprovincials discovered that one of the en-emys vessels had grounded during the night,and was abandoned by its crew. They im-mediately boarded her, and havi
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