A history of the United States for schools . 00 men to relieve Fort Stan-wix. Arnold caused reports to be sent ahead of him thatBurgoyne was totally defeated, and that a great Ameri-can force was coming against St. Leger. On August22, these rumors produced a panic in the British camp,and St. Leger hastily retreated to Lake Ontario. Thiswas a heavy blow to Burgoyne. All his hopes of aid fromthe Tories of the Mohawk valley were completely frus-trated, while Schuylers force in front of him was dailyincreased by fresh bands of armed yeomanry. Some New England delegates in Congress cherished amean
A history of the United States for schools . 00 men to relieve Fort Stan-wix. Arnold caused reports to be sent ahead of him thatBurgoyne was totally defeated, and that a great Ameri-can force was coming against St. Leger. On August22, these rumors produced a panic in the British camp,and St. Leger hastily retreated to Lake Ontario. Thiswas a heavy blow to Burgoyne. All his hopes of aid fromthe Tories of the Mohawk valley were completely frus-trated, while Schuylers force in front of him was dailyincreased by fresh bands of armed yeomanry. Some New England delegates in Congress cherished amean grudge against Schuyler, and succeeded Horatioin removing him from command and put- ^^*^^ting Horatio Gates in his place. Gates was a vain andsilly person, with no military ability ; but when he tookcommand, August 19, Burgoynes fate was alreadyalmost settled. His communications with Canada were 228 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. XL about to be cut by the Vermont forces, and then no-thing could save him except a British army coming upthe Hudson EVOLUTION 1 The flag on the right is the British union jack, a combination of theEnglish red cross of St. George with the Scottish white cross of , upon a blue ground. The British ensign is a plain red flag withthis union jack in the corner. The flag on the left is the one used by General Washington, at Cam-bridge, in January, 1776, and for a year or more afterward. It is like theBritish ensign except that thirteen red and white stripes are substitutedfor the solid red of the former. The flag at the top was adopted by Congress in June, 1777. A unionof thirteen white stars in a circle on a blue ground is substituted for theBritish union. The present American flag differs from this in the num-ber of stars ; one has been added for each new state, so that there arenow forty-five. Below this flag are shown the arms of the Washington family, with threered stars and two red bars on a white ground, and a Latin motto whichmeans The event ju
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