Identifier: americanrevolution01fisk (find matches)
Title: The American Revolution
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Subjects: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin and Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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re-tions of militia, had now grown to more than20,000, and armed yeomanry were still pouring inby the hundred. A diversion threatened by lessthan 3,000 men, who were still more than fiftymiles distant, could hardly have averted the doomof the British army. The only effect which it didproduce was, perhaps, to work upon the timidGates, and induce him to offer easy terms in or-der to hasten the surrender. On the 17th ofOctober, accordingly, the articles were signed, ex-changed, and put into execution. It was agreedthat the British army should march out of campwith the honours of war, and pile their arms at anappointed place; they should then march throughMassachusetts to Boston, from which port theymight sail for Europe, it being understood that noneof them should serve again in America during thewar; all the officers might retain their small arms,and no ones private luggage should be searchedor molested. At Burgoynes earnest solicitationthe American general consented that these proceed-
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SARATOGA. 33T ings should be styled a convention, instead ofa surrender, in imitation of the famous Conven-tion of Kloster-Seven, by which the Duke of Cum-berland, twenty years before, had sought to savehis feelings while losing his army, beleaguered bythe French in Hanover. The soothing phrase hasbeen well remembered by British historians, whoto this day continue to speak of Burgoynes sur=render as the Convention of Saratoga. In carrying out the terms of the convention, bothGates and his soldiers showed praiseworthy deli-cacy. As the British marched off to a meadowby the river side and laid down their arms, theAmericans remained within their lines, refusingto add to the humiliation of a gallant enemy bystanding and looking on. As the disarmed sol-diers then passed by the American lines, saysLieutenant Anbury, one of the captured officers, I did not observe the least disrespect or evena taunting look, but all was mute astonishmentand pity. Burgoyne stepped up and handed hissword to Ga

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