A history of the United States for schools . s 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 m
A history of the United States for schools . s 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,utterly ignorant of the coun-try as well as of Americanmethods of warfare. Onthe 16th of August, they were entrapped, surrounded, and captured by the saga-cious Colonel John Stark. About 200 Germans werekilled and wounded, about 70 returned to Burgoyne, and * After a silhouette given in Rev. Albert Tylers Bennington, the Battle^?^777 > Centejinial Celeh-ation, 226 THE REVOLUTION. Ch. XL all the rest weretaken prisoners,with all theirguns and Americanloss was 14 killedand 42 brilliant vic-tory prepared theAmericans tosend forces intoBurgoynes rearand cut off hiscommunicationswith Lake Cham-plain. 90. St. LegersArmy in the For-est. Meanwhile,St. Legers littleJ army was having strange and wild adventures in the primeval forest. Inwhat is now Oneida County, near the site of Rome, therewas a stronghold called Fort Stanwix. St. Leger, ad-vancing from Oswego, laid siege to this fort, on the 3dof August. On the 6th, a force of 800 militia, led byGeneral Nicholas Herkimer, was marching to relieve the
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