 | sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1885 - 248 pàgines
...117, the "Narrative of the Murder of Miss M'Crea, the daughter of an American loyalist." » Burke. of which, the British sustained loss, and the Americans obtained advantage, the moral effectb of which were even more important than the immediate result of the encounters. When Burgoyne... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1887 - 560 pàgines
...accustomed to the use of firearms, and all partially trained by service in the provincial militias, were flocking to the standard of Gates and Arnold at Saratoga,...obtained advantage, the moral effects of which were oven more important than the immediate result of the encounters. . . . [One of these events was that... | |
 | 1887 - 832 pàgines
...accustomed to the use of fire-arms, and all partially trained by service in the provincial militias, were flocking to the standard of Gates and Arnold at Saratoga;...encounters. When Burgoyne left Canada, General St. Legcr was detached from that province with a mixed force of about one thousand men, and some light... | |
 | Archibald Wilberforce - 1898 - 608 pàgines
...of becoming a temporary soldier, not only for his own security, but for the protection and defense of those connections which are dearer than life itself....capturing this, he was to march along the Mohawk River to its confluence with the Hudson, between Saratoga and Albany, where his force and that of Burgoyne's... | |
 | Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne - 1899 - 488 pàgines
...be entirely wasted, the spirit of the country produced a much greater and more formidable force." J While resolute recruits, accustomed to the use of...detached from that province with a mixed force of about 1,000 men and some light field-pieces across Lake Ontario against Fort Stanwix, which the Americans... | |
 | John Davis Long - 1902 - 438 pàgines
...which are dearer than life itself. Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marches, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations...capturing this, he was to march along the Mohawk River to its confluence with the Hudson, between Saratoga and Albany, where his force and that of Burgoyne's... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1907 - 430 pàgines
...while Burgoyne was engaged at Fort Edward in providing the means for the further advance of his army, two events occurred, in each of which the British...important than the immediate result of the encounters. Notwithstanding these reverses, which added greatly to the spirit and numbers of the American forces,... | |
 | Charles Morris - 1913 - 434 pàgines
...accustomed to the use of firearms, and all partially trained by service in the provincial militias, were flocking to the standard of Gates and Arnold at Saratoga,...important than the immediate result of the encounters. . . . [One of these events was that last described, the siege and relief of Fort Schuyler. The panic... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1916 - 380 pàgines
...Burgoyne was engaged at Fort American Edward in providing the means for the further advance of his army, two events occurred, in each of which the British...detached from that province with a mixed force of about 1,000 men and some light field-pieces across Lake Ontario against Fort Stanwix, which the Americans... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 530 pàgines
...which are dearer than life itself. Thus an army was poured forth by the woods, mountains, and marches, which in this part were thickly sown with plantations...the encounters. When Burgoyne left Canada, General Saint Leger was detached from that province with a mixed force 12 of about 1,000 men and some light... | |
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While resolute recruits, accustomed to the use of firearms, and all partially trained by service in the provincial militias, were thus flocking to the standard of Gates and Arnold at Saratoga, and while Burgoyne was engaged at Fort Edward in providing... 
