The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-26

! presently beset him, and he had but
six thousand left wherewith To save
himself.
He crossed the river, for he still
expected Howe; and there was stub
born fighting about Saratoga (Septem-
Der 10, October y, in which Arnold
once more made his name in battle.
But the odds we're too great; Bur
goyne's supplies were cut of, his
troops beaten; there was nothing for
it but capitulation October I'D.
He had been trapped and taken by
a rising OF the country.
Washington outseneraIs Howe.
Howe had not succored him, part
ly because he lacked judgment and
capacity, partly because Washington
had thwarted him at every turn From
his position at Morristown, Washing
ton could send achievements to the
north or recall them at will, without
serious delay; and Howe, in his hesi-
tation, gave him abundant time to do
what he would
1t was Sir Williams purpose 10 &C.
cupy the early summer ere Burgoyne
should need him, in an attack on Phil
adelpaia. On the 18th of June. &C
cordingly. he threw a force of eighteen
thousand men into New Jersey
But Washington foiled him at each
attempt to advance by banging always
upon his flank in such a position that
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 ~ the
insurgent confederacy, and wished to
discredit congress and win men of
doubtful allegiance to his standard by
it's capture; and he reckoned upon
some advantage in drawing Washing
ton 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 it for granted that Howe
would go north, and he had gone
south!
'Howe's in q manner abandoning
Burgoyne is so unaccountable," he
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eyes continually behind me-" and he
followed very cautiously, ready upon
the moment to turn back. lest the
movement should prove feint.
But there was no mistake. Howe
entered the Delaware, and, being
frightened thence by reports of OBJ
structions in 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.
It was then the 18th Of August.
Washington met him september I'D
behind the fords Of the Brandywine,
and, unable to check CORVALLIS 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 I'D
Burgoyne was by that time deep
within the net spread for him at Sara
toga On the morning of the 4th of
, October, in a thick mist, Washington
threw himself upon Howe's main
force encamped across the village
streetsof Germantown, and would have
overwhelmed it in the surprising on
set had not two of his own columns
gone astray in the fog, attacked each
other, and SO lost the moments OPP
| portunity.
But an Empty Success.
General Howe knew very soon how
barren success he had had. The
| end of November came before he had
made himself master of the forts up
on the Delaware below the capital"
| and removed the distractions from
the river to give access to his fleet;
the British power was broken and
made an end of in the north; and
Washington was still at hand as men
acing and dangerous as ever
DR.. Franklin was told in Paris that
General Howe had taken Philadelphia.
philadelphia has taken Howe" he
laughed.
Winters at Valley Forge.
Philadelphia kept Howe safely
through the winter, and his officers
made themselves easy amidst round
of gaydties In the complacent town,
while Washington went to Valley
Forge to face the hardships and the
intrigues of bitter season.
A deep decentralization fell that win
ter. ike a blight. upon all the nusi-
ness of the struggling confederacy.
The congress-, in its exile az fora, nau
lost its tone and its commanu ~ q
fairs. It would have iost II ~ Cyl ~
nletelv IN Philadelphia, no doubt, for
It was no longer the Dody II nau 49, 49,,
It's best members were 49, +he
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