The Washington herald., 1913-02-13

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NO. "a.
A thousand men Burgoyne felt Obliged.
to leave in garrison at TicondercSa:
thousand more, sent to Bennington 10
seize the stores there, were overwhelmed
and taken august l6) Quite twenty
thousand provincials presently beset him'
and he had but six thousand LETT where-
with TO save himself.
He crossed the river, for he still ex-
pected Howe: and there was stubborn
fighting about Saratoga (September ~
October y. in which Arnold once more
made his name in battle. But the oods
were too great: Burgoyne's supplies were
cut of, his troops beaten; there was
nothing for it but capitulation October
n.
He had been trapped and taken by
rising OF the country.
Washington Outgenerals Howe.
Howe had not succored him. partly be-
cause he lacked Judgment and capacity
partly because Washington had thwsrted
him at every turn. From his position At
Morristown, Washington could send re-
endorsements to the north or recall them
in his hesitation, gave him ABUNDANT
time to do what he would.
II was Sir Williams purpose to occupy
the early summer. ere Burgoyne shoulo
need him, in an attack on Philadeiphla.
On the 18th Of June, accordingly, he
threw a force of eighteen thousand men
into New Jersey.
But Washington foiled him at each
attempt to advance by hanging always
he could neither be safely ignored nor
forced to fight: and the prudent Howe,
abandoning the march, withdrew once
more TO New York.
British Come to Philadelphia.
But he did not abandon his project
against Philadelphia.
He deemed it the capital Of the
insurgent confederacy, and wished to
discredit Congress and win men OF DOUBT
full allegiance to his standard by its cap
ture: and he reckoned upon some advan-
tage in drawing Washington after him
TO the southwark, away from Burgoyne's
field of operations in the north. Though
July had come, therefore, and Burgoyne
must need him presently, he put his
eighteen thousand men aboard the fleet
and carried them by sea to the Chesa-
peake.
Washington Puzzled.
Washington was sorely puzzled. He
had taken ii for granted that Howe
would go north. and he had gone south.
..Howe's in a manner abandoning Bur-
goyne is so unaccountable, he said,
that I cannot help casting my eyes con-
tinually behind me- and he followed
very cautiously. ready upon the mo-
ment to turn back. lest the movement
should prove a feint.
But there was no mistake. Howe enter
cd the Delaware, and, being frightened
thence by reports of obstructions III the
river. went all the long four hundred
miles about the capes of Chesapeake,
and put his army ashore at Elkton for its
advance upon Philadelphia.
Defeat, But Not Rout.
II was then the 18th of August. WASH
ington met him (September III behind
the fords of the Brandywine. and, unable
TO check Cornwallis on his flank, was
defeated.
But for him defeat was never rout:
his army was still intact and steady;
and he held his foe yet another fort
night on the road ere capital could
be entered (September 10.
Burgoyne was by that time deep with
in the net spread for him at Saratoga.
On the morning of the 4th Of October.
In a thick mist, Washington threw him
self upon Howe's main force encamped
across the village street OF Germantown.
and would have overwhelmed 1t in the
surprising onset had not two of his own
columns gone astray in the fog, attacked
each other. and so lost the moments
opportunity.
General Howe knew very soon how
barren a success he had had. The end
of November came before he had made
himself master Of the forts upon the
Delaware below the capital and re-