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Title: Seventeen hundred and seventy-six, or, The war of independence : a history of the Anglo-Americans, from the period of the union of the colonies against the French, to the inauguration of Washington, the first president of the United States of America ...
Year: 1852 (1850s)
Authors: Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891
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Publisher: New York : Edward Walker, 114 Fulton Street
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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pe and Mount Defiance, and attackedTiconderoga. They were repulsed, however, and proceeded in thevessels they had captured tov Diamond Island, where there was aconsiderable depot of provisions, but were there also repulsed.They then pushed for the shore, burned the vessels, and returned tothe rear of Burgoynes army. This partial success caused otherlarge bodies of Americans to collect along the line of Browns expe-dition, and completely cut off all supplies of provisions for the Britishfrom the north. The soldiers were reduced to half rations, and theIndians, finding Burgoyne would not allow them to plunder, becamedissatisfied, and deserted, whole tribes at a time. Thus situated, Burgoyne found it necessary to make a movementfor his own preservation. I On the seventh of October, he sent outabout fifteen hundred men to forage and reconnoitre. They ad-vanced within half a mile of the left wing of the Americans, when * The loss is variously stated, from three to six hundred on each side.
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chap, m) EVENTS OF 1777. 239 Second Battle at Stillwater. Burgoynes attempted retreat northward. Arnold sallied forth, attacked, and drove them back to their camp. Inthe meanwhile, Morgan and his riflemen stole round through the woodsand opened a fire on the flank of the enemys column, and other troopswent out from the American entrenchments, and attempted to throwthemselves between Burgoynes column of fifteen hundred men, andhis line, but were prevented by the grenadiers under Major Ackland.Burgoyne, however, was obliged to abandon six field-pieces whichhe took out with him, and retreated to his camp. The brave Gene-ral Fraser attempted to dislodge Morgan and his men, but fell mor-tally wounded ; and at this moment a general battle commenced allalong the lines. From the British quarter, the Americans wererepulsed, but they carried the entrenchments of the Germans, andcompletely routed them. About two hundred of them were takenprisoners, and several leading officers were killed, among

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