The Campaign of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne: And the Expedition of Lieut. Col. Barry St. LegerJ. Munsell, 1877 - 473 pagina's |
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Ackland Albany American army arms Arnold arrived artillery attack baggage ball battle battle of Saratoga Bemis's heights Bennington brave bridge British army Burgoyne Burgoyne's Burgoyne's army camp campaign Canada cannon Captain Colonel Gansevoort Colonel Willett command corps detachment Edward encamped enemy English expedition fell fire Fish creek flank force Fort Anne Fort Dayton Fort Edward Fort George Fort Schuyler Fraser garrison Gates Gates's German goyne grenadiers ground guard hill honor horses Hudson hundred Indians Jane McCrea John Burgoyne killed Lake George Leger letter Lieut Lieutenant Major miles militia Mohawk Morgan morning night o'clock officers party prisoners received redoubt regiment retreat Riedesel river road savages says Schuyler Schuylerville sent shot side Sir John Sir John Johnson Skenesborough soldiers soon spot surrender Ticonderoga took tories trees troops Tryon county tullalo Wilkinson woods wounded York
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Pagina 329 - Sir — Lady Harriet Ackland, a lady of the first distinction of family, rank, and personal virtues, is under such concern on account of Major Ackland, her husband, wounded and a prisoner in your hands, that I cannot refuse her request to commit her to your protection. Whatever general impropriety there may be in persons...
Pagina 80 - permission to attend her husband. Though I was ready to believe (for I had experienced) that patience and fortitude in a supreme degree were to be found, as well as every other virtue, under the most tender forms, I was astonished at this proposal. After so long an agitation of...
Pagina 120 - He desired me to think no more of it, saying that the occasion justified it, according to the principles and rules of war, and that he should have done the same upon the same occasion, or words to that effect. He did more, he sent an aide-de-camp to conduct me to Albany, in order, as he expressed it, to procure me better quarters than a stranger might be able to find. This gentleman conducted me to a very elegant house, and, to my great surprise, presented me to Mrs. Schuyler and her family ; and...
Pagina 196 - You have made a long speech on the occasion of your visit which, stripped of all its superfluities, amounts to this — that you come from a British colonel to the commandant of this garrison, to tell him that if he does not deliver up the garrison into the hands of your colonel, he will send his Indians to murder our w^omen and children. You will please to reflect, sir, that their blood will be upon your heads, not upon ours.
Pagina 178 - While engaged in the struggle, some of his own men called out to Gardenier, " For God's sake, captain, you are killing your own men !" He replied, " They are not our men— they are the enemy — fire away!" A deadly fire from the Provincials ensued, during which about thirty of the Greens fell slain, and many Indian warriors. The parties once more rushed upon each other with bayonet and spear, grappling and fighting with terrible fury ; while the shattering of shafts and the clashing of steel mingled...
Pagina 71 - I was sadly afraid my children would awake, and, by their crying, disturb the dying man in his last moments, who often addressed me, and apologized
Pagina 387 - but principally British." suppose that it is of this ground, that General Wi' kinson remarks, it " presented a scene of complicated horror and exultation. In the square space of twelve or fifteen yards, lay eighteen grenadiers, in the agonies of death; and three officers, propped up against stumps of trees, two of them mortally wounded, bleeding, and almost speechless.
Pagina 164 - The forces entrusted to my command are designed to act in concert and upon a common principle with the numerous armies and fleets which already display, in every quarter of America, the power, the justice and when properly sought, the mercy of the King.
Pagina 403 - The poor wretch instantly swelled in a most dreadful manner; a multitude of spots of different hues alternately appeared and vanished, on different parts of his body; his eyes were filled with madness and rage, he cast them on all present with the most vindictive looks: he thrust out his tongue as the snakes do; he hissed through his teeth with inconceivable strength, and became an object of terror...
Pagina 75 - To the canvas, and to the faithful page of a more important historian, gallant friend ! I consign thy memory. There may thy talents, thy manly virtues, their progress and their period, find due distinction ; and long may they survive, long after the frail record of my pen shall be forgotten...