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Description:Excerpt from Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, From His Entry Into the State of New York Until His Surrender at Saratoga, 16th Oct;, 1777: From the Original Manuscript Deposited at Washington's Head Quarters, Newburgh, N. YThe execution of this plan was confided to Bur goyne, who then held the rank of Brigadier. No inconfiderable difficulties ﬂood in the way of this enterprife; but the fpirit of the commander was not of a nature to be depreﬂ'ed by fuch confiderations. He crolfed the Tagus, at midnight on the 23d, and with 400 of his own regiment, was joined as he ad vanced by one or two fmall detachments, and after a laborious march of more than fifteen leagues, per formed through bad roads, and without halting, he arrived on the morning of the a6th at fome difiance from the town of Alcantara. His intention had been to furprife the place before break of day, but he now found that from the delay, occafioned by the ignorance of the guides, the dawn was at hand, and his fcheme would be frul'trated if he waited till his whole divifion could cooperate in the attack. He, therefore, boldly pulhed forward with his dragoons alone. This audacity was favoured by fortune. At the head of his handful of foldiers he entered the town with fuch determined refolution, that the guards in the fquare were all killed or made prifoners before they could take arms, and the ends of the fireets were fecured after a triﬂing re fifiance. Some parties, having rallied, attempted to return to the charge; but their lives paid the forfeit of their temerity. A firing was for a fhort time kept up from the windows. It was, however, put a {top to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne. To get started finding Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, From His Entry Into the State of New York Until His Surrender at Saratoga, 16th Oct;, 1777: From the Original Manuscript Deposited at Washington's Head Quarters, Newburgh, N. YThe execution of this plan was confided to Bur goyne, who then held the rank of Brigadier. No inconfiderable difficulties ﬂood in the way of this enterprife; but the fpirit of the commander was not of a nature to be depreﬂ'ed by fuch confiderations. He crolfed the Tagus, at midnight on the 23d, and with 400 of his own regiment, was joined as he ad vanced by one or two fmall detachments, and after a laborious march of more than fifteen leagues, per formed through bad roads, and without halting, he arrived on the morning of the a6th at fome difiance from the town of Alcantara. His intention had been to furprife the place before break of day, but he now found that from the delay, occafioned by the ignorance of the guides, the dawn was at hand, and his fcheme would be frul'trated if he waited till his whole divifion could cooperate in the attack. He, therefore, boldly pulhed forward with his dragoons alone. This audacity was favoured by fortune. At the head of his handful of foldiers he entered the town with fuch determined refolution, that the guards in the fquare were all killed or made prifoners before they could take arms, and the ends of the fireets were fecured after a triﬂing re fifiance. Some parties, having rallied, attempted to return to the charge; but their lives paid the forfeit of their temerity. A firing was for a fhort time kept up from the windows. It was, however, put a {top to.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne. To get started finding Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John Burgoyne, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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