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; : 31206 86 20 but but CC 31206 86 21 if if IN 31206 86 22 chance chance NN 31206 86 23 has have VBZ 31206 86 24 sometimes sometimes RB 31206 86 25 saved save VBN 31206 86 26 poor poor JJ 31206 86 27 generalship generalship NN 31206 86 28 , , , 31206 86 29 the the DT 31206 86 30 general general NN 31206 86 31 who who WP 31206 86 32 commits commit VBZ 31206 86 33 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 86 34 to to IN 31206 86 35 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 86 36 guidance guidance NN 31206 86 37 , , , 31206 86 38 does do VBZ 31206 86 39 so so RB 31206 86 40 with with IN 31206 86 41 full full JJ 31206 86 42 knowledge knowledge NN 31206 86 43 that that IN 31206 86 44 he -PRON- PRP 31206 86 45 is be VBZ 31206 86 46 casting cast VBG 31206 86 47 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 86 48 reputation reputation NN 31206 86 49 on on IN 31206 86 50 the the DT 31206 86 51 hazard hazard NN 31206 86 52 of of IN 31206 86 53 a a DT 31206 86 54 die die NN 31206 86 55 . . . 31206 87 1 As as IN 31206 87 2 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 87 3 did do VBD 31206 87 4 just just RB 31206 87 5 this this DT 31206 87 6 , , , 31206 87 7 he -PRON- PRP 31206 87 8 must must MD 31206 87 9 be be VB 31206 87 10 set set VBN 31206 87 11 down down RP 31206 87 12 , , , 31206 87 13 we -PRON- PRP 31206 87 14 think think VBP 31206 87 15 , , , 31206 87 16 notwithstanding notwithstanding IN 31206 87 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 87 18 chivalrous chivalrous JJ 31206 87 19 defence defence NN 31206 87 20 of of IN 31206 87 21 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 87 22 , , , 31206 87 23 as as IN 31206 87 24 the the DT 31206 87 25 conspicuous conspicuous JJ 31206 87 26 failure failure NN 31206 87 27 of of IN 31206 87 28 the the DT 31206 87 29 war war NN 31206 87 30 . . . 31206 88 1 And and CC 31206 88 2 we -PRON- PRP 31206 88 3 assume assume VBP 31206 88 4 that that IN 31206 88 5 the the DT 31206 88 6 importance importance NN 31206 88 7 which which WDT 31206 88 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 88 9 campaign campaign NN 31206 88 10 implied imply VBN 31206 88 11 to to IN 31206 88 12 Europe Europe NNP 31206 88 13 and and CC 31206 88 14 America America NNP 31206 88 15 , , , 31206 88 16 more more JJR 31206 88 17 than than IN 31206 88 18 any any DT 31206 88 19 high high JJ 31206 88 20 order order NN 31206 88 21 of of IN 31206 88 22 ability ability NN 31206 88 23 in in IN 31206 88 24 the the DT 31206 88 25 general general NN 31206 88 26 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 88 27 , , , 31206 88 28 has have VBZ 31206 88 29 lifted lift VBN 31206 88 30 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 88 31 into into IN 31206 88 32 undeserved undeserved JJ 31206 88 33 prominence prominence NN 31206 88 34 . . . 31206 89 1 PRELUDE PRELUDE NNP 31206 89 2 I. i. 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105 1 These these DT 31206 105 2 were be VBD 31206 105 3 the the DT 31206 105 4 gates gate NNS 31206 105 5 through through IN 31206 105 6 which which WDT 31206 105 7 a a DT 31206 105 8 hostile hostile JJ 31206 105 9 army army NN 31206 105 10 might may MD 31206 105 11 sally sally VB 31206 105 12 forth forth RB 31206 105 13 upon upon IN 31206 105 14 our -PRON- PRP$ 31206 105 15 naked naked JJ 31206 105 16 frontier frontier NN 31206 105 17 . . . 31206 106 1 Much much JJ 31206 106 2 , , , 31206 106 3 therefore therefore RB 31206 106 4 , , , 31206 106 5 depended depend VBD 31206 106 6 on on IN 31206 106 7 whether whether IN 31206 106 8 they -PRON- PRP 31206 106 9 were be VBD 31206 106 10 to to TO 31206 106 11 be be VB 31206 106 12 kept keep VBN 31206 106 13 by by IN 31206 106 14 friend friend NN 31206 106 15 or or CC 31206 106 16 foe foe NN 31206 106 17 . . . 31206 107 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 107 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 107 3 : : : 31206 107 4 Ticonderoga ticonderoga NN 31206 107 5 . . . 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27 behind behind IN 31206 111 28 it -PRON- PRP 31206 111 29 , , , 31206 111 30 but but CC 31206 111 31 growing grow VBG 31206 111 32 narrower narrower RBR 31206 111 33 as as IN 31206 111 34 it -PRON- PRP 31206 111 35 descends descend VBZ 31206 111 36 over over IN 31206 111 37 intervening intervene VBG 31206 111 38 hollows hollow NNS 31206 111 39 or or CC 31206 111 40 swells swell NNS 31206 111 41 to to IN 31206 111 42 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 111 43 farthest farth JJS 31206 111 44 point point NN 31206 111 45 in in IN 31206 111 46 the the DT 31206 111 47 lake lake NN 31206 111 48 . . . 31206 112 1 That that DT 31206 112 2 part part NN 31206 112 3 next next IN 31206 112 4 the the DT 31206 112 5 mainland mainland NN 31206 112 6 is be VBZ 31206 112 7 a a DT 31206 112 8 wooded woode VBN 31206 112 9 height height NN 31206 112 10 , , , 31206 112 11 having have VBG 31206 112 12 a a DT 31206 112 13 broad broad JJ 31206 112 14 plateau plateau NN 31206 112 15 on on IN 31206 112 16 the the DT 31206 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it -PRON- PRP 31206 113 17 , , , 31206 113 18 as as RB 31206 113 19 well well RB 31206 113 20 as as IN 31206 113 21 the the DT 31206 113 22 approach approach NN 31206 113 23 from from IN 31206 113 24 Lake Lake NNP 31206 113 25 George George NNP 31206 113 26 , , , 31206 113 27 opening open VBG 31206 113 28 behind behind IN 31206 113 29 it -PRON- PRP 31206 113 30 in in IN 31206 113 31 a a DT 31206 113 32 rugged rugged JJ 31206 113 33 mountain mountain NN 31206 113 34 pass pass NN 31206 113 35 , , , 31206 113 36 since since IN 31206 113 37 it -PRON- PRP 31206 113 38 must must MD 31206 113 39 be be VB 31206 113 40 either either CC 31206 113 41 crossed cross VBN 31206 113 42 or or CC 31206 113 43 turned turn VBN 31206 113 44 before before IN 31206 113 45 access access NN 31206 113 46 to to IN 31206 113 47 the the DT 31206 113 48 peninsula peninsula NN 31206 113 49 could could MD 31206 113 50 be be VB 31206 113 51 gained gain VBN 31206 113 52 . . . 31206 114 1 Except except IN 31206 114 2 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TO 31206 252 35 march march VB 31206 252 36 a a DT 31206 252 37 force force NN 31206 252 38 through through IN 31206 252 39 this this DT 31206 252 40 valley valley NN 31206 252 41 , , , 31206 252 42 clear clear JJ 31206 252 43 it -PRON- PRP 31206 252 44 of of IN 31206 252 45 enemies enemy NNS 31206 252 46 , , , 31206 252 47 and and CC 31206 252 48 so so RB 31206 252 49 effectively effectively RB 31206 252 50 bring bring VB 31206 252 51 about about RP 31206 252 52 a a DT 31206 252 53 timely timely JJ 31206 252 54 coöperation coöperation NN 31206 252 55 between between IN 31206 252 56 the the DT 31206 252 57 two two CD 31206 252 58 branches branch NNS 31206 252 59 of of IN 31206 252 60 the the DT 31206 252 61 expedition expedition NN 31206 252 62 . . . 31206 253 1 Freed freed NN 31206 253 2 of of IN 31206 253 3 fear fear NN 31206 253 4 for for IN 31206 253 5 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 253 6 , , , 31206 253 7 he -PRON- PRP 31206 253 8 could could MD 31206 253 9 materially materially RB 31206 253 10 aid aid VB 31206 253 11 in in IN 31206 253 12 the the DT 31206 253 13 work work NN 31206 253 14 intrusted intrust VBD 31206 253 15 to to IN 31206 253 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 253 17 auxiliary auxiliary NN 31206 253 18 . . . 31206 254 1 It -PRON- PRP 31206 254 2 followed follow VBD 31206 254 3 that that IN 31206 254 4 the the DT 31206 254 5 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 254 6 , , , 31206 254 7 with with IN 31206 254 8 whom whom WP 31206 254 9 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 254 10 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 254 11 might may MD 31206 254 12 be be VB 31206 254 13 contending contend VBG 31206 254 14 , , , 31206 254 15 would would MD 31206 254 16 , , , 31206 254 17 of of IN 31206 254 18 necessity necessity NN 31206 254 19 , , , 31206 254 20 be be VB 31206 254 21 greatly greatly RB 31206 254 22 distressed distressed JJ 31206 254 23 by by IN 31206 254 24 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 254 25 inability inability NN 31206 254 26 to to TO 31206 254 27 draw draw VB 31206 254 28 either either DT 31206 254 29 men man NNS 31206 254 30 or or CC 31206 254 31 supplies supply NNS 31206 254 32 from from IN 31206 254 33 the the DT 31206 254 34 Mohawk Mohawk NNP 31206 254 35 Valley Valley NNP 31206 254 36 , , , 31206 254 37 no no DT 31206 254 38 less less JJR 31206 254 39 than than IN 31206 254 40 by by IN 31206 254 41 the the DT 31206 254 42 appearance appearance NN 31206 254 43 of of IN 31206 254 44 this this DT 31206 254 45 force force NN 31206 254 46 upon upon IN 31206 254 47 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 254 48 own own JJ 31206 254 49 flank flank NN 31206 254 50 . . . 31206 255 1 The the DT 31206 255 2 command command NN 31206 255 3 of of IN 31206 255 4 it -PRON- PRP 31206 255 5 was be VBD 31206 255 6 given give VBN 31206 255 7 to to IN 31206 255 8 Colonel Colonel NNP 31206 255 9 St. St. NNP 31206 255 10 Leger Leger NNP 31206 255 11 , , , 31206 255 12 who who WP 31206 255 13 was be VBD 31206 255 14 ordered order VBN 31206 255 15 to to TO 31206 255 16 proceed proceed VB 31206 255 17 up up RP 31206 255 18 the the DT 31206 255 19 St. St. NNP 31206 255 20 Lawrence Lawrence NNP 31206 255 21 to to IN 31206 255 22 Oswego Oswego NNP 31206 255 23 , , , 31206 255 24 and and CC 31206 255 25 from from IN 31206 255 26 thence thence NN 31206 255 27 to to IN 31206 255 28 Fort Fort NNP 31206 255 29 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 255 30 and and CC 31206 255 31 Albany Albany NNP 31206 255 32 . . . 31206 256 1 It -PRON- PRP 31206 256 2 must must MD 31206 256 3 be be VB 31206 256 4 allowed allow VBN 31206 256 5 that that IN 31206 256 6 this this DT 31206 256 7 plan plan NN 31206 256 8 was be VBD 31206 256 9 well well RB 31206 256 10 conceived conceive VBN 31206 256 11 ; ; : 31206 256 12 yet yet CC 31206 256 13 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 256 14 success success NN 31206 256 15 depended depend VBD 31206 256 16 so so RB 31206 256 17 much much JJ 31206 256 18 upon upon IN 31206 256 19 all all PDT 31206 256 20 the the DT 31206 256 21 parts part NNS 31206 256 22 working work VBG 31206 256 23 in in IN 31206 256 24 harmony harmony NN 31206 256 25 together together RB 31206 256 26 , , , 31206 256 27 that that DT 31206 256 28 to to TO 31206 256 29 have have VB 31206 256 30 set set VBN 31206 256 31 it -PRON- PRP 31206 256 32 in in IN 31206 256 33 motion motion NN 31206 256 34 , , , 31206 256 35 without without IN 31206 256 36 consultation consultation NN 31206 256 37 or or CC 31206 256 38 clear clear JJ 31206 256 39 understanding understanding NN 31206 256 40 between between IN 31206 256 41 the the DT 31206 256 42 generals general NNS 31206 256 43 who who WP 31206 256 44 were be VBD 31206 256 45 to to TO 31206 256 46 execute execute VB 31206 256 47 it -PRON- PRP 31206 256 48 , , , 31206 256 49 is be VBZ 31206 256 50 inconceivable inconceivable JJ 31206 256 51 . . . 31206 257 1 At at IN 31206 257 2 a a DT 31206 257 3 distance distance NN 31206 257 4 of of IN 31206 257 5 three three CD 31206 257 6 thousand thousand CD 31206 257 7 miles mile NNS 31206 257 8 from from IN 31206 257 9 the the DT 31206 257 10 scene scene NN 31206 257 11 of of IN 31206 257 12 war war NN 31206 257 13 , , , 31206 257 14 the the DT 31206 257 15 British british JJ 31206 257 16 cabinet cabinet NN 31206 257 17 undertook undertake VBD 31206 257 18 to to TO 31206 257 19 direct direct VB 31206 257 20 complicated complicated JJ 31206 257 21 military military JJ 31206 257 22 operations operation NNS 31206 257 23 , , , 31206 257 24 in in IN 31206 257 25 which which WDT 31206 257 26 widely widely RB 31206 257 27 separated separate VBN 31206 257 28 armies army NNS 31206 257 29 were be VBD 31206 257 30 to to TO 31206 257 31 take take VB 31206 257 32 part part NN 31206 257 33 . . . 31206 258 1 General General NNP 31206 258 2 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 258 3 received receive VBD 31206 258 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 258 5 orders order NNS 31206 258 6 on on IN 31206 258 7 the the DT 31206 258 8 spot spot NN 31206 258 9 . . . 31206 259 1 General General NNP 31206 259 2 Howe Howe NNP 31206 259 3 did do VBD 31206 259 4 not not RB 31206 259 5 receive receive VB 31206 259 6 his -PRON- PRP 31206 259 7 until until IN 31206 259 8 the the DT 31206 259 9 16th 16th NN 31206 259 10 of of IN 31206 259 11 August August NNP 31206 259 12 ; ; : 31206 259 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 259 14 army army NN 31206 259 15 was be VBD 31206 259 16 then then RB 31206 259 17 entering enter VBG 31206 259 18 Chesapeake Chesapeake NNP 31206 259 19 Bay Bay NNP 31206 259 20 . . . 31206 260 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 260 2 was be VBD 31206 260 3 being be VBG 31206 260 4 defeated defeat VBN 31206 260 5 at at IN 31206 260 6 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 260 7 , , , 31206 260 8 at at IN 31206 260 9 the the DT 31206 260 10 time time NN 31206 260 11 Howe Howe NNP 31206 260 12 was be VBD 31206 260 13 reading read VBG 31206 260 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 260 15 despatch despatch NN 31206 260 16 , , , 31206 260 17 and and CC 31206 260 18 learning learn VBG 31206 260 19 from from IN 31206 260 20 it -PRON- PRP 31206 260 21 what what WP 31206 260 22 he -PRON- PRP 31206 260 23 had have VBD 31206 260 24 not not RB 31206 260 25 known know VBN 31206 260 26 before before RB 31206 260 27 ; ; : 31206 260 28 namely namely RB 31206 260 29 , , , 31206 260 30 that that IN 31206 260 31 he -PRON- PRP 31206 260 32 was be VBD 31206 260 33 expected expect VBN 31206 260 34 to to TO 31206 260 35 coöperate coöperate VB 31206 260 36 with with IN 31206 260 37 the the DT 31206 260 38 army army NN 31206 260 39 of of IN 31206 260 40 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 260 41 . . . 31206 261 1 These these DT 31206 261 2 facts fact NNS 31206 261 3 will will MD 31206 261 4 so so RB 31206 261 5 sufficiently sufficiently RB 31206 261 6 illustrate illustrate VB 31206 261 7 the the DT 31206 261 8 course course NN 31206 261 9 that that IN 31206 261 10 events event NNS 31206 261 11 were be VBD 31206 261 12 taking take VBG 31206 261 13 , , , 31206 261 14 as as IN 31206 261 15 to to TO 31206 261 16 foreshadow foreshadow VB 31206 261 17 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 261 18 conclusion conclusion NN 31206 261 19 to to IN 31206 261 20 the the DT 31206 261 21 feeblest feeble JJS 31206 261 22 understanding understanding NN 31206 261 23 . . . 31206 262 1 In in IN 31206 262 2 order order NN 31206 262 3 to to TO 31206 262 4 make make VB 31206 262 5 the the DT 31206 262 6 war war NN 31206 262 7 more more RBR 31206 262 8 terrible terrible JJ 31206 262 9 to to IN 31206 262 10 the the DT 31206 262 11 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 262 12 , , , 31206 262 13 the the DT 31206 262 14 British british JJ 31206 262 15 cabinet cabinet NN 31206 262 16 decided decide VBD 31206 262 17 to to TO 31206 262 18 use use VB 31206 262 19 the the DT 31206 262 20 Indians Indians NNPS 31206 262 21 of of IN 31206 262 22 Canada Canada NNP 31206 262 23 , , , 31206 262 24 and and CC 31206 262 25 the the DT 31206 262 26 Great Great NNP 31206 262 27 Lakes Lakes NNPS 31206 262 28 , , , 31206 262 29 against against IN 31206 262 30 them -PRON- PRP 31206 262 31 . . . 31206 263 1 Not not RB 31206 263 2 even even RB 31206 263 3 the the DT 31206 263 4 plea plea NN 31206 263 5 of of IN 31206 263 6 military military JJ 31206 263 7 necessity necessity NN 31206 263 8 could could MD 31206 263 9 reconcile reconcile VB 31206 263 10 some some DT 31206 263 11 Englishmen englishman NNS 31206 263 12 to to TO 31206 263 13 letting let VBG 31206 263 14 loose loose VB 31206 263 15 these these DT 31206 263 16 barbarians barbarian NNS 31206 263 17 upon upon IN 31206 263 18 the the DT 31206 263 19 colonists colonist NNS 31206 263 20 . . . 31206 264 1 Though though IN 31206 264 2 enemies enemy NNS 31206 264 3 , , , 31206 264 4 they -PRON- PRP 31206 264 5 were be VBD 31206 264 6 men man NNS 31206 264 7 . . . 31206 265 1 Lord Lord NNP 31206 265 2 Chatham Chatham NNP 31206 265 3 , , , 31206 265 4 the the DT 31206 265 5 noblest noble JJS 31206 265 6 Englishman Englishman NNP 31206 265 7 of of IN 31206 265 8 them -PRON- PRP 31206 265 9 all all DT 31206 265 10 , , , 31206 265 11 cried cry VBD 31206 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PRP 31206 267 4 meant mean VBD 31206 267 5 the the DT 31206 267 6 prime prime NNP 31206 267 7 minister minister NN 31206 267 8 , , , 31206 267 9 and and CC 31206 267 10 , , , 31206 267 11 behind behind IN 31206 267 12 him -PRON- PRP 31206 267 13 , , , 31206 267 14 the the DT 31206 267 15 king king NN 31206 267 16 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 267 17 . . . 31206 268 1 Had have VBD 31206 268 2 not not RB 31206 268 3 King King NNP 31206 268 4 George George NNP 31206 268 5 just just RB 31206 268 6 said say VBD 31206 268 7 that that IN 31206 268 8 any any DT 31206 268 9 means mean NNS 31206 268 10 of of IN 31206 268 11 distressing distress VBG 31206 268 12 the the DT 31206 268 13 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 268 14 must must MD 31206 268 15 meet meet VB 31206 268 16 with with IN 31206 268 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 268 18 approval approval NN 31206 268 19 ? ? . 31206 269 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 31206 269 2 : : : 31206 269 3 [ [ -LRB- 31206 269 4 12 12 CD 31206 269 5 ] ] -RRB- 31206 269 6 VICTORY VICTORY NNP 31206 269 7 AT at IN 31206 269 8 TRENTON TRENTON NNP 31206 269 9 . . . 31206 270 1 After after IN 31206 270 2 being be VBG 31206 270 3 driven drive VBN 31206 270 4 from from IN 31206 270 5 the the DT 31206 270 6 Jerseys Jerseys NNPS 31206 270 7 , , , 31206 270 8 Washington Washington NNP 31206 270 9 suddenly suddenly RB 31206 270 10 turned turn VBD 31206 270 11 on on RP 31206 270 12 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 270 13 pursuers pursuer NNS 31206 270 14 , , , 31206 270 15 and and CC 31206 270 16 by by IN 31206 270 17 the the DT 31206 270 18 two two CD 31206 270 19 fine fine JJ 31206 270 20 combats combat NNS 31206 270 21 of of IN 31206 270 22 Trenton Trenton NNP 31206 270 23 and and CC 31206 270 24 Princeton Princeton NNP 31206 270 25 , , , 31206 270 26 compelled compel VBD 31206 270 27 much much JJ 31206 270 28 superior superior JJ 31206 270 29 forces force NNS 31206 270 30 everywhere everywhere RB 31206 270 31 to to TO 31206 270 32 retreat retreat VB 31206 270 33 before before IN 31206 270 34 him -PRON- PRP 31206 270 35 , , , 31206 270 36 thus thus RB 31206 270 37 breaking break VBG 31206 270 38 up up RP 31206 270 39 all all PDT 31206 270 40 the the DT 31206 270 41 enemy enemy NN 31206 270 42 's 's POS 31206 270 43 plans plan NNS 31206 270 44 for for IN 31206 270 45 the the DT 31206 270 46 ensuing ensue VBG 31206 270 47 campaign campaign NN 31206 270 48 , , , 31206 270 49 saving save VBG 31206 270 50 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 31206 270 51 , , , 31206 270 52 and and CC 31206 270 53 putting put VBG 31206 270 54 new new JJ 31206 270 55 life life NN 31206 270 56 into into IN 31206 270 57 the the DT 31206 270 58 American american JJ 31206 270 59 cause cause NN 31206 270 60 . . . 31206 271 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 271 2 13 13 CD 31206 271 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 271 4 UNDERESTIMATING underestimate VBG 31206 271 5 HIS his PRP$ 31206 271 6 ENEMY enemy NN 31206 271 7 . . . 31206 272 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 272 2 candidly candidly RB 31206 272 3 admits admit VBZ 31206 272 4 as as RB 31206 272 5 much much JJ 31206 272 6 in in IN 31206 272 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 272 8 letter letter NN 31206 272 9 to to IN 31206 272 10 Lord Lord NNP 31206 272 11 G. G. NNP 31206 272 12 Germaine Germaine NNP 31206 272 13 . . . 31206 273 1 _ _ NNP 31206 273 2 State State NNP 31206 273 3 of of IN 31206 273 4 the the DT 31206 273 5 Expedition Expedition NNP 31206 273 6 _ _ NNP 31206 273 7 , , , 31206 273 8 Appendix Appendix NNP 31206 273 9 , , , 31206 273 10 xcii xcii NNP 31206 273 11 . . . 31206 274 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 274 2 14 14 CD 31206 274 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 274 4 NEW NEW NNP 31206 274 5 ENGLAND ENGLAND NNP 31206 274 6 THE the DT 31206 274 7 BATTLE BATTLE NNP 31206 274 8 - - HYPH 31206 274 9 GROUND GROUND NNP 31206 274 10 . . . 31206 275 1 Sir Sir NNP 31206 275 2 William William NNP 31206 275 3 Howe Howe NNP 31206 275 4 did do VBD 31206 275 5 propose propose NN 31206 275 6 , , , 31206 275 7 at at IN 31206 275 8 first first RB 31206 275 9 , , , 31206 275 10 operating operate VBG 31206 275 11 against against IN 31206 275 12 Boston Boston NNP 31206 275 13 from from IN 31206 275 14 Rhode Rhode NNP 31206 275 15 Island Island NNP 31206 275 16 , , , 31206 275 17 with with IN 31206 275 18 ten ten CD 31206 275 19 thousand thousand CD 31206 275 20 men man NNS 31206 275 21 , , , 31206 275 22 while while IN 31206 275 23 an an DT 31206 275 24 equal equal JJ 31206 275 25 force force NN 31206 275 26 should should MD 31206 275 27 effect effect VB 31206 275 28 a a DT 31206 275 29 junction junction NN 31206 275 30 with with IN 31206 275 31 the the DT 31206 275 32 army army NN 31206 275 33 of of IN 31206 275 34 Canada Canada NNP 31206 275 35 , , , 31206 275 36 by by IN 31206 275 37 way way NN 31206 275 38 of of IN 31206 275 39 the the DT 31206 275 40 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 275 41 . . . 31206 276 1 This this DT 31206 276 2 purpose purpose NN 31206 276 3 he -PRON- PRP 31206 276 4 subsequently subsequently RB 31206 276 5 deferred defer VBD 31206 276 6 for for IN 31206 276 7 an an DT 31206 276 8 advance advance NN 31206 276 9 into into IN 31206 276 10 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania NNP 31206 276 11 , , , 31206 276 12 but but CC 31206 276 13 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 276 14 asserts assert VBZ 31206 276 15 that that IN 31206 276 16 he -PRON- PRP 31206 276 17 was be VBD 31206 276 18 not not RB 31206 276 19 informed inform VBN 31206 276 20 of of IN 31206 276 21 the the DT 31206 276 22 change change NN 31206 276 23 of of IN 31206 276 24 plan plan NN 31206 276 25 when when WRB 31206 276 26 he -PRON- PRP 31206 276 27 sailed sail VBD 31206 276 28 for for IN 31206 276 29 Canada Canada NNP 31206 276 30 in in IN 31206 276 31 April April NNP 31206 276 32 ; ; : 31206 276 33 and and CC 31206 276 34 , , , 31206 276 35 though though IN 31206 276 36 Sir Sir NNP 31206 276 37 William William NNP 31206 276 38 Howe Howe NNP 31206 276 39 afterward afterward RB 31206 276 40 wrote write VBD 31206 276 41 him -PRON- PRP 31206 276 42 to to IN 31206 276 43 the the DT 31206 276 44 same same JJ 31206 276 45 effect effect NN 31206 276 46 ( ( -LRB- 31206 276 47 July July NNP 31206 276 48 17th 17th NN 31206 276 49 ) ) -RRB- 31206 276 50 a a DT 31206 276 51 letter letter NN 31206 276 52 which which WDT 31206 276 53 was be VBD 31206 276 54 received receive VBN 31206 276 55 early early RB 31206 276 56 in in IN 31206 276 57 August August NNP 31206 276 58 , , , 31206 276 59 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 276 60 , , , 31206 276 61 nevertheless nevertheless RB 31206 276 62 , , , 31206 276 63 persisted persist VBD 31206 276 64 in in IN 31206 276 65 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 276 66 intention intention NN 31206 276 67 of of IN 31206 276 68 passing pass VBG 31206 276 69 the the DT 31206 276 70 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 276 71 , , , 31206 276 72 notwithstanding notwithstanding IN 31206 276 73 he -PRON- PRP 31206 276 74 knew know VBD 31206 276 75 , , , 31206 276 76 and and CC 31206 276 77 says say VBZ 31206 276 78 ( ( -LRB- 31206 276 79 August August NNP 31206 276 80 20th 20th NN 31206 276 81 ) ) -RRB- 31206 276 82 , , , 31206 276 83 that that IN 31206 276 84 no no DT 31206 276 85 operation operation NN 31206 276 86 had have VBD 31206 276 87 yet yet RB 31206 276 88 been be VBN 31206 276 89 undertaken undertake VBN 31206 276 90 in in IN 31206 276 91 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 276 92 favor favor NN 31206 276 93 . . . 31206 277 1 _ _ NNP 31206 277 2 State State NNP 31206 277 3 of of IN 31206 277 4 the the DT 31206 277 5 Expedition Expedition NNP 31206 277 6 _ _ NNP 31206 277 7 , , , 31206 277 8 188 188 CD 31206 277 9 , , , 31206 277 10 189 189 CD 31206 277 11 ; ; : 31206 277 12 Appendix Appendix NNP 31206 277 13 , , , 31206 277 14 xlvii xlvii NN 31206 277 15 . . . 31206 278 1 II ii CD 31206 278 2 . . . 31206 279 1 BURGOYNE BURGOYNE NNP 31206 279 2 'S 'S NNP 31206 279 3 ARMY ARMY NNP 31206 279 4 . . . 31206 280 1 Having have VBG 31206 280 2 thus thus RB 31206 280 3 outlined outline VBN 31206 280 4 the the DT 31206 280 5 plan plan NN 31206 280 6 of of IN 31206 280 7 invasion invasion NN 31206 280 8 , , , 31206 280 9 let let VB 31206 280 10 us -PRON- PRP 31206 280 11 now now RB 31206 280 12 look look VB 31206 280 13 at at IN 31206 280 14 the the DT 31206 280 15 means mean NNS 31206 280 16 allotted allot VBN 31206 280 17 for for IN 31206 280 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 280 19 execution execution NN 31206 280 20 . . . 31206 281 1 There there EX 31206 281 2 were be VBD 31206 281 3 in in IN 31206 281 4 Canada Canada NNP 31206 281 5 ten ten CD 31206 281 6 thousand thousand CD 31206 281 7 British british JJ 31206 281 8 soldiers soldier NNS 31206 281 9 ; ; : 31206 281 10 in in IN 31206 281 11 New New NNP 31206 281 12 York York NNP 31206 281 13 , , , 31206 281 14 thirty thirty CD 31206 281 15 thousand thousand CD 31206 281 16 . . . 31206 282 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 282 2 was be VBD 31206 282 3 to to TO 31206 282 4 take take VB 31206 282 5 with with IN 31206 282 6 him -PRON- PRP 31206 282 7 seven seven CD 31206 282 8 thousand thousand CD 31206 282 9 , , , 31206 282 10 of of IN 31206 282 11 whom whom WP 31206 282 12 three three CD 31206 282 13 thousand thousand CD 31206 282 14 were be VBD 31206 282 15 Germans Germans NNPS 31206 282 16 in in IN 31206 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31206 284 8 searched search VBN 31206 284 9 through through IN 31206 284 10 and and CC 31206 284 11 through through RB 31206 284 12 before before IN 31206 284 13 such such JJ 31206 284 14 battalions battalion NNS 31206 284 15 could could MD 31206 284 16 be be VB 31206 284 17 raised raise VBN 31206 284 18 . . . 31206 285 1 Forty forty CD 31206 285 2 cannon cannon NN 31206 285 3 , , , 31206 285 4 splendidly splendidly RB 31206 285 5 served serve VBD 31206 285 6 and and CC 31206 285 7 equipped equip VBN 31206 285 8 , , , 31206 285 9 formed form VBD 31206 285 10 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 285 11 artillery artillery NN 31206 285 12 train train NN 31206 285 13 . . . 31206 286 1 All all PDT 31206 286 2 the the DT 31206 286 3 generals general NNS 31206 286 4 , , , 31206 286 5 and and CC 31206 286 6 most most JJS 31206 286 7 of of IN 31206 286 8 the the DT 31206 286 9 soldiers soldier NNS 31206 286 10 , , , 31206 286 11 were be VBD 31206 286 12 veterans veteran NNS 31206 286 13 . . . 31206 287 1 In in IN 31206 287 2 short short JJ 31206 287 3 , , , 31206 287 4 nothing nothing NN 31206 287 5 that that IN 31206 287 6 experience experience NN 31206 287 7 could could MD 31206 287 8 suggest suggest VB 31206 287 9 , , , 31206 287 10 or or CC 31206 287 11 unlimited unlimited JJ 31206 287 12 means mean NNS 31206 287 13 provide provide VB 31206 287 14 , , , 31206 287 15 was be VBD 31206 287 16 omitted omit VBN 31206 287 17 to to TO 31206 287 18 make make VB 31206 287 19 this this DT 31206 287 20 army army NN 31206 287 21 invincible invincible JJ 31206 287 22 . . . 31206 288 1 It -PRON- PRP 31206 288 2 was be VBD 31206 288 3 one one CD 31206 288 4 with with IN 31206 288 5 which which WDT 31206 288 6 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 288 7 felt feel VBD 31206 288 8 he -PRON- PRP 31206 288 9 could could MD 31206 288 10 do do VB 31206 288 11 anything anything NN 31206 288 12 , , , 31206 288 13 and and CC 31206 288 14 dare dare VB 31206 288 15 everything everything NN 31206 288 16 . . . 31206 289 1 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just RB 31206 430 12 long long RB 31206 430 13 enough enough RB 31206 430 14 for for IN 31206 430 15 the the DT 31206 430 16 defence defence NN 31206 430 17 to to TO 31206 430 18 become become VB 31206 430 19 difficult difficult JJ 31206 430 20 , , , 31206 430 21 to to TO 31206 430 22 admit admit VB 31206 430 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 430 24 impossibility impossibility NN 31206 430 25 . . . 31206 431 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 431 2 chose choose VBD 31206 431 3 the the DT 31206 431 4 part part NN 31206 431 5 of of IN 31206 431 6 safety safety NN 31206 431 7 rather rather RB 31206 431 8 than than IN 31206 431 9 that that DT 31206 431 10 of of IN 31206 431 11 glory glory NN 31206 431 12 . . . 31206 432 1 IV IV NNP 31206 432 2 . . . 31206 433 1 HUBBARDTON HUBBARDTON NNP 31206 433 2 . . . 31206 434 1 ( ( -LRB- 31206 434 2 _ _ NNP 31206 434 3 July July NNP 31206 434 4 7 7 CD 31206 434 5 , , , 31206 434 6 1777 1777 CD 31206 434 7 . . . 31206 434 8 _ _ NNP 31206 434 9 ) ) -RRB- 31206 434 10 Not not RB 31206 434 11 doubting doubt VBG 31206 434 12 he -PRON- PRP 31206 434 13 would would MD 31206 434 14 find find VB 31206 434 15 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 434 16 still still RB 31206 434 17 in in IN 31206 434 18 our -PRON- PRP$ 31206 434 19 possession possession NN 31206 434 20 , , , 31206 434 21 St. St. NNP 31206 434 22 Clair Clair NNP 31206 434 23 was be VBD 31206 434 24 pushing push VBG 31206 434 25 for for IN 31206 434 26 that that DT 31206 434 27 place place NN 31206 434 28 with with IN 31206 434 29 all all DT 31206 434 30 possible possible JJ 31206 434 31 speed speed NN 31206 434 32 . . . 31206 435 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 435 2 expected expect VBD 31206 435 3 to to TO 31206 435 4 get get VB 31206 435 5 there there RB 31206 435 6 by by IN 31206 435 7 land land NN 31206 435 8 , , , 31206 435 9 before before IN 31206 435 10 the the DT 31206 435 11 enemy enemy NN 31206 435 12 could could MD 31206 435 13 do do VB 31206 435 14 so so RB 31206 435 15 by by IN 31206 435 16 water water NN 31206 435 17 ; ; : 31206 435 18 then then RB 31206 435 19 , , , 31206 435 20 after after IN 31206 435 21 gathering gather VBG 31206 435 22 up up RP 31206 435 23 the the DT 31206 435 24 men man NNS 31206 435 25 and and CC 31206 435 26 stores store NNS 31206 435 27 saved save VBN 31206 435 28 from from IN 31206 435 29 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 435 30 , , , 31206 435 31 St. St. NNP 31206 435 32 Clair Clair NNP 31206 435 33 meant mean VBD 31206 435 34 to to TO 31206 435 35 fall fall VB 31206 435 36 back back RB 31206 435 37 toward toward IN 31206 435 38 Fort Fort NNP 31206 435 39 Edward Edward NNP 31206 435 40 , , , 31206 435 41 where where WRB 31206 435 42 General General NNP 31206 435 43 Schuyler,[22 Schuyler,[22 NNP 31206 435 44 ] ] -RRB- 31206 435 45 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 435 46 superior superior JJ 31206 435 47 officer officer NN 31206 435 48 , , , 31206 435 49 lay lie VBD 31206 435 50 with with IN 31206 435 51 two two CD 31206 435 52 thousand thousand CD 31206 435 53 men man NNS 31206 435 54 . . . 31206 436 1 This this DT 31206 436 2 was be VBD 31206 436 3 plainly plainly RB 31206 436 4 St St NNP 31206 436 5 Clair Clair NNP 31206 436 6 's 's POS 31206 436 7 true true JJ 31206 436 8 course course NN 31206 436 9 . . . 31206 437 1 Indeed indeed RB 31206 437 2 , , , 31206 437 3 there there EX 31206 437 4 was be VBD 31206 437 5 nothing nothing NN 31206 437 6 else else RB 31206 437 7 for for IN 31206 437 8 him -PRON- PRP 31206 437 9 to to TO 31206 437 10 do do VB 31206 437 11 , , , 31206 437 12 unless unless IN 31206 437 13 he -PRON- PRP 31206 437 14 decided decide VBD 31206 437 15 to to TO 31206 437 16 abandon abandon VB 31206 437 17 the the DT 31206 437 18 direct direct JJ 31206 437 19 route route NN 31206 437 20 to to IN 31206 437 21 Albany Albany NNP 31206 437 22 altogether altogether RB 31206 437 23 . . . 31206 438 1 So so RB 31206 438 2 St. St. NNP 31206 438 3 Clair Clair NNP 31206 438 4 did do VBD 31206 438 5 what what WP 31206 438 6 a a DT 31206 438 7 good good JJ 31206 438 8 general general NN 31206 438 9 should should MD 31206 438 10 . . . 31206 439 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 439 2 resolved resolve VBD 31206 439 3 to to TO 31206 439 4 throw throw VB 31206 439 5 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 439 6 between between IN 31206 439 7 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 439 8 and and CC 31206 439 9 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 439 10 , , , 31206 439 11 whose whose WP$ 31206 439 12 force force NN 31206 439 13 , , , 31206 439 14 joined join VBD 31206 439 15 to to IN 31206 439 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 439 17 own own JJ 31206 439 18 , , , 31206 439 19 would would MD 31206 439 20 thus thus RB 31206 439 21 be be VB 31206 439 22 able able JJ 31206 439 23 , , , 31206 439 24 even even RB 31206 439 25 if if IN 31206 439 26 not not RB 31206 439 27 strong strong JJ 31206 439 28 enough enough RB 31206 439 29 to to TO 31206 439 30 risk risk VB 31206 439 31 a a DT 31206 439 32 battle battle NN 31206 439 33 , , , 31206 439 34 at at IN 31206 439 35 least least JJS 31206 439 36 to to TO 31206 439 37 keep keep VB 31206 439 38 up up RP 31206 439 39 a a DT 31206 439 40 bold bold JJ 31206 439 41 front front NN 31206 439 42 toward toward IN 31206 439 43 the the DT 31206 439 44 enemy enemy NN 31206 439 45 . . . 31206 440 1 Though though IN 31206 440 2 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 440 3 really really RB 31206 440 4 knew know VBD 31206 440 5 nothing nothing NN 31206 440 6 about about IN 31206 440 7 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 440 8 's 's POS 31206 440 9 force force NN 31206 440 10 , , , 31206 440 11 he -PRON- PRP 31206 440 12 was be VBD 31206 440 13 keenly keenly RB 31206 440 14 alive alive JJ 31206 440 15 to to IN 31206 440 16 the the DT 31206 440 17 importance importance NN 31206 440 18 of of IN 31206 440 19 cutting cut VBG 31206 440 20 off off RP 31206 440 21 the the DT 31206 440 22 garrison garrison NN 31206 440 23 of of IN 31206 440 24 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 440 25 from from IN 31206 440 26 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 440 27 line line NN 31206 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disappointed disappoint VBN 31206 443 9 . . . 31206 444 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 444 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 444 3 : : : 31206 444 4 July July NNP 31206 444 5 6 6 CD 31206 444 6 . . . 31206 444 7 ] ] -RRB- 31206 445 1 In in IN 31206 445 2 the the DT 31206 445 3 first first JJ 31206 445 4 place place NN 31206 445 5 , , , 31206 445 6 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 445 7 had have VBD 31206 445 8 sent send VBN 31206 445 9 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 445 10 out out RP 31206 445 11 in in IN 31206 445 12 pursuit pursuit NN 31206 445 13 of of IN 31206 445 14 him -PRON- PRP 31206 445 15 , , , 31206 445 16 as as RB 31206 445 17 soon soon RB 31206 445 18 as as IN 31206 445 19 the the DT 31206 445 20 evacuation evacuation NN 31206 445 21 was be VBD 31206 445 22 discovered discover VBN 31206 445 23 ; ; : 31206 445 24 in in IN 31206 445 25 the the DT 31206 445 26 second second JJ 31206 445 27 , , , 31206 445 28 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 445 29 's 's POS 31206 445 30 gunboats gunboat NNS 31206 445 31 had have VBD 31206 445 32 hewed hew VBN 31206 445 33 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 445 34 way way NN 31206 445 35 through through IN 31206 445 36 the the DT 31206 445 37 obstructions obstruction NNS 31206 445 38 by by IN 31206 445 39 nine nine CD 31206 445 40 in in IN 31206 445 41 the the DT 31206 445 42 morning morning NN 31206 445 43 , , , 31206 445 44 and and CC 31206 445 45 were be VBD 31206 445 46 presently presently RB 31206 445 47 crowding crowd VBG 31206 445 48 all all DT 31206 445 49 sail sail NN 31206 445 50 after after IN 31206 445 51 the the DT 31206 445 52 American american JJ 31206 445 53 flotilla flotilla NN 31206 445 54 , , , 31206 445 55 under under IN 31206 445 56 command command NN 31206 445 57 of of IN 31206 445 58 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 445 59 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 445 60 . . . 31206 446 1 Riedesel Riedesel NNP 31206 446 2 's 's POS 31206 446 3 camp camp NN 31206 446 4 , , , 31206 446 5 we -PRON- PRP 31206 446 6 remember remember VBP 31206 446 7 , , , 31206 446 8 lay lie VBD 31206 446 9 on on IN 31206 446 10 the the DT 31206 446 11 Vermont Vermont NNP 31206 446 12 side side NN 31206 446 13 , , , 31206 446 14 and and CC 31206 446 15 so so RB 31206 446 16 nearest near JJS 31206 446 17 to to IN 31206 446 18 Mount Mount NNP 31206 446 19 Independence Independence NNP 31206 446 20 , , , 31206 446 21 and and CC 31206 446 22 St. St. NNP 31206 446 23 Clair Clair NNP 31206 446 24 's 's POS 31206 446 25 line line NN 31206 446 26 of of IN 31206 446 27 retreat retreat NN 31206 446 28 . . . 31206 447 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 447 2 , , , 31206 447 3 therefore therefore RB 31206 447 4 , , , 31206 447 5 ordered order VBD 31206 447 6 Riedesel Riedesel NNP 31206 447 7 to to TO 31206 447 8 fall fall VB 31206 447 9 in in IN 31206 447 10 behind behind IN 31206 447 11 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 447 12 , , , 31206 447 13 who who WP 31206 447 14 had have VBD 31206 447 15 just just RB 31206 447 16 marched march VBN 31206 447 17 , , , 31206 447 18 and and CC 31206 447 19 give give VB 31206 447 20 that that DT 31206 447 21 officer officer NN 31206 447 22 any any DT 31206 447 23 support support NN 31206 447 24 he -PRON- PRP 31206 447 25 might may MD 31206 447 26 be be VB 31206 447 27 in in IN 31206 447 28 want want NN 31206 447 29 of of IN 31206 447 30 . . . 31206 448 1 Thus thus RB 31206 448 2 , , , 31206 448 3 most most JJS 31206 448 4 of of IN 31206 448 5 the the DT 31206 448 6 hostile hostile JJ 31206 448 7 forces force NNS 31206 448 8 were be VBD 31206 448 9 in in IN 31206 448 10 active active JJ 31206 448 11 movement movement NN 31206 448 12 , , , 31206 448 13 either either CC 31206 448 14 by by IN 31206 448 15 land land NN 31206 448 16 or or CC 31206 448 17 water water NN 31206 448 18 , , , 31206 448 19 at at IN 31206 448 20 an an DT 31206 448 21 early early JJ 31206 448 22 hour hour NN 31206 448 23 of of IN 31206 448 24 the the DT 31206 448 25 sixth sixth JJ 31206 448 26 . . . 31206 449 1 Let let VB 31206 449 2 us -PRON- PRP 31206 449 3 first first JJ 31206 449 4 follow follow VB 31206 449 5 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 449 6 , , , 31206 449 7 in in IN 31206 449 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 449 9 effort effort NN 31206 449 10 to to TO 31206 449 11 strike strike VB 31206 449 12 the the DT 31206 449 13 American american JJ 31206 449 14 rear rear NN 31206 449 15 . . . 31206 450 1 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 450 2 had have VBD 31206 450 3 with with IN 31206 450 4 him -PRON- PRP 31206 450 5 eight eight CD 31206 450 6 hundred hundred CD 31206 450 7 and and CC 31206 450 8 fifty fifty CD 31206 450 9 men man NNS 31206 450 10 of of IN 31206 450 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 450 12 own own JJ 31206 450 13 corps corps NN 31206 450 14 . . . 31206 451 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 451 2 pushed push VBD 31206 451 3 on on RP 31206 451 4 so so RB 31206 451 5 eagerly eagerly RB 31206 451 6 that that IN 31206 451 7 the the DT 31206 451 8 slow slow RB 31206 451 9 - - HYPH 31206 451 10 moving move VBG 31206 451 11 Germans Germans NNPS 31206 451 12 were be VBD 31206 451 13 far far RB 31206 451 14 in in IN 31206 451 15 the the DT 31206 451 16 rear rear NN 31206 451 17 when when WRB 31206 451 18 the the DT 31206 451 19 British british JJ 31206 451 20 halted halt VBD 31206 451 21 for for IN 31206 451 22 the the DT 31206 451 23 night night NN 31206 451 24 , , , 31206 451 25 near near IN 31206 451 26 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 451 27 . . . 31206 452 1 The the DT 31206 452 2 day day NN 31206 452 3 had have VBD 31206 452 4 been be VBN 31206 452 5 sultry sultry NN 31206 452 6 , , , 31206 452 7 the the DT 31206 452 8 march march NNP 31206 452 9 fatiguing fatiguing NN 31206 452 10 . . . 31206 453 1 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 453 2 's 's POS 31206 453 3 men man NNS 31206 453 4 threw throw VBD 31206 453 5 themselves -PRON- PRP 31206 453 6 on on IN 31206 453 7 the the DT 31206 453 8 ground ground NN 31206 453 9 , , , 31206 453 10 and and CC 31206 453 11 slept sleep VBD 31206 453 12 on on IN 31206 453 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 453 14 arms arm NNS 31206 453 15 . . . 31206 454 1 St. St. NNP 31206 454 2 Clair Clair NNP 31206 454 3 had have VBD 31206 454 4 reached reach VBN 31206 454 5 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 454 6 the the DT 31206 454 7 same same JJ 31206 454 8 afternoon afternoon NN 31206 454 9 , , , 31206 454 10 in in IN 31206 454 11 great great JJ 31206 454 12 disorder disorder NN 31206 454 13 . . . 31206 455 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 455 2 halted halt VBD 31206 455 3 only only RB 31206 455 4 long long RB 31206 455 5 enough enough RB 31206 455 6 for for IN 31206 455 7 the the DT 31206 455 8 rearguard rearguard NN 31206 455 9 to to TO 31206 455 10 come come VB 31206 455 11 up up RP 31206 455 12 , , , 31206 455 13 and and CC 31206 455 14 then then RB 31206 455 15 hastened hasten VBD 31206 455 16 on on IN 31206 455 17 , , , 31206 455 18 six six CD 31206 455 19 miles mile NNS 31206 455 20 farther farther RB 31206 455 21 , , , 31206 455 22 to to IN 31206 455 23 Castleton Castleton NNP 31206 455 24 , , , 31206 455 25 leaving leave VBG 31206 455 26 Warner,[24 Warner,[24 NNP 31206 455 27 ] ] -RRB- 31206 455 28 with with IN 31206 455 29 three three CD 31206 455 30 regiments regiment NNS 31206 455 31 , , , 31206 455 32 to to TO 31206 455 33 cover cover VB 31206 455 34 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 455 35 retreat retreat NN 31206 455 36 . . . 31206 456 1 Instead instead RB 31206 456 2 of of IN 31206 456 3 keeping keep VBG 31206 456 4 within within IN 31206 456 5 supporting support VBG 31206 456 6 distance distance NN 31206 456 7 of of IN 31206 456 8 the the DT 31206 456 9 main main JJ 31206 456 10 body body NN 31206 456 11 , , , 31206 456 12 Warner Warner NNP 31206 456 13 foolishly foolishly RB 31206 456 14 decided decide VBD 31206 456 15 to to TO 31206 456 16 halt halt VB 31206 456 17 for for IN 31206 456 18 the the DT 31206 456 19 night night NN 31206 456 20 where where WRB 31206 456 21 he -PRON- PRP 31206 456 22 was be VBD 31206 456 23 , , , 31206 456 24 because because IN 31206 456 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 456 26 men man NNS 31206 456 27 were be VBD 31206 456 28 tired tired JJ 31206 456 29 , , , 31206 456 30 thus thus RB 31206 456 31 putting put VBG 31206 456 32 a a DT 31206 456 33 gap gap NN 31206 456 34 of of IN 31206 456 35 six six CD 31206 456 36 miles mile NNS 31206 456 37 between between IN 31206 456 38 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 456 39 commander commander NN 31206 456 40 and and CC 31206 456 41 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 456 42 . . . 31206 457 1 Warner Warner NNP 31206 457 2 did do VBD 31206 457 3 not not RB 31206 457 4 neglect neglect VB 31206 457 5 , , , 31206 457 6 however however RB 31206 457 7 , , , 31206 457 8 to to TO 31206 457 9 fell fall VBD 31206 457 10 some some DT 31206 457 11 trees tree NNS 31206 457 12 in in IN 31206 457 13 front front NN 31206 457 14 of of IN 31206 457 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 457 16 camp camp NN 31206 457 17 , , , 31206 457 18 and and CC 31206 457 19 this this DT 31206 457 20 simple simple JJ 31206 457 21 precaution precaution NN 31206 457 22 , , , 31206 457 23 perhaps perhaps RB 31206 457 24 , , , 31206 457 25 proved prove VBD 31206 457 26 the the DT 31206 457 27 salvation salvation NN 31206 457 28 of of IN 31206 457 29 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 457 30 command command NN 31206 457 31 the the DT 31206 457 32 next next JJ 31206 457 33 day day NN 31206 457 34 . . . 31206 458 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 458 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 458 3 : : : 31206 458 4 July July NNP 31206 458 5 7 7 CD 31206 458 6 . . . 31206 458 7 ] ] -RRB- 31206 459 1 At at IN 31206 459 2 five five CD 31206 459 3 in in IN 31206 459 4 the the DT 31206 459 5 morning morning NN 31206 459 6 , , , 31206 459 7 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 459 8 's 's POS 31206 459 9 scouts scout NNS 31206 459 10 fell fall VBD 31206 459 11 upon upon IN 31206 459 12 Warner Warner NNP 31206 459 13 's 's POS 31206 459 14 pickets picket NNS 31206 459 15 while while IN 31206 459 16 they -PRON- PRP 31206 459 17 were be VBD 31206 459 18 cooking cook VBG 31206 459 19 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 459 20 breakfasts breakfast NNS 31206 459 21 , , , 31206 459 22 unsuspicious unsuspicious JJ 31206 459 23 of of IN 31206 459 24 danger danger NN 31206 459 25 . . . 31206 460 1 The the DT 31206 460 2 surprise surprise NN 31206 460 3 was be VBD 31206 460 4 complete complete JJ 31206 460 5 . . . 31206 461 1 With with IN 31206 461 2 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 461 3 usual usual JJ 31206 461 4 dash dash NN 31206 461 5 , , , 31206 461 6 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 461 7 's 's POS 31206 461 8 men man NNS 31206 461 9 rushed rush VBD 31206 461 10 on on RP 31206 461 11 to to IN 31206 461 12 the the DT 31206 461 13 assault assault NN 31206 461 14 , , , 31206 461 15 but but CC 31206 461 16 soon soon RB 31206 461 17 found find VBD 31206 461 18 themselves -PRON- PRP 31206 461 19 entangled entangle VBN 31206 461 20 among among IN 31206 461 21 the the DT 31206 461 22 felled fell VBN 31206 461 23 trees tree NNS 31206 461 24 and and CC 31206 461 25 brushwood brushwood NN 31206 461 26 , , , 31206 461 27 behind behind IN 31206 461 28 which which WDT 31206 461 29 the the DT 31206 461 30 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 461 31 were be VBD 31206 461 32 hurriedly hurriedly RB 31206 461 33 endeavoring endeavor VBG 31206 461 34 to to TO 31206 461 35 form form VB 31206 461 36 . . . 31206 462 1 At at IN 31206 462 2 the the DT 31206 462 3 moment moment NN 31206 462 4 of of IN 31206 462 5 attack attack NN 31206 462 6 , , , 31206 462 7 one one CD 31206 462 8 regiment regiment NN 31206 462 9 made make VBD 31206 462 10 a a DT 31206 462 11 shameful shameful JJ 31206 462 12 retreat retreat NN 31206 462 13 . . . 31206 463 1 The the DT 31206 463 2 rest rest NN 31206 463 3 were be VBD 31206 463 4 rallied rally VBN 31206 463 5 by by IN 31206 463 6 Warner Warner NNP 31206 463 7 and and CC 31206 463 8 Francis,[25 francis,[25 NN 31206 463 9 ] ] -RRB- 31206 463 10 behind behind IN 31206 463 11 trees tree NNS 31206 463 12 , , , 31206 463 13 in in IN 31206 463 14 copses copse NNS 31206 463 15 , , , 31206 463 16 or or CC 31206 463 17 wherever wherever WRB 31206 463 18 a a DT 31206 463 19 vantage vantage NN 31206 463 20 - - HYPH 31206 463 21 ground ground NN 31206 463 22 could could MD 31206 463 23 be be VB 31206 463 24 had have VBN 31206 463 25 . . . 31206 464 1 As as IN 31206 464 2 the the DT 31206 464 3 combat combat NN 31206 464 4 took take VBD 31206 464 5 place place NN 31206 464 6 in in IN 31206 464 7 the the DT 31206 464 8 woods wood NNS 31206 464 9 , , , 31206 464 10 the the DT 31206 464 11 British British NNPS 31206 464 12 were be VBD 31206 464 13 forced force VBN 31206 464 14 to to TO 31206 464 15 adopt adopt VB 31206 464 16 the the DT 31206 464 17 same same JJ 31206 464 18 tactics tactic NNS 31206 464 19 . . . 31206 465 1 Musket musket NN 31206 465 2 and and CC 31206 465 3 rifle rifle NN 31206 465 4 were be VBD 31206 465 5 soon soon RB 31206 465 6 doing do VBG 31206 465 7 deadly deadly JJ 31206 465 8 work work NN 31206 465 9 in in IN 31206 465 10 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 465 11 ranks rank NNS 31206 465 12 , , , 31206 465 13 every every DT 31206 465 14 foot foot NN 31206 465 15 of of IN 31206 465 16 ground ground NN 31206 465 17 was be VBD 31206 465 18 obstinately obstinately RB 31206 465 19 disputed dispute VBN 31206 465 20 , , , 31206 465 21 and and CC 31206 465 22 when when WRB 31206 465 23 they -PRON- PRP 31206 465 24 thought think VBD 31206 465 25 the the DT 31206 465 26 battle battle NN 31206 465 27 already already RB 31206 465 28 won win VBD 31206 465 29 they -PRON- PRP 31206 465 30 found find VBD 31206 465 31 the the DT 31206 465 32 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 465 33 had have VBD 31206 465 34 only only RB 31206 465 35 just just RB 31206 465 36 begun begin VBN 31206 465 37 to to TO 31206 465 38 fight fight VB 31206 465 39 . . . 31206 466 1 For for IN 31206 466 2 three three CD 31206 466 3 hours hour NNS 31206 466 4 , , , 31206 466 5 eight eight CD 31206 466 6 hundred hundred CD 31206 466 7 men man NNS 31206 466 8 maintained maintain VBD 31206 466 9 a a DT 31206 466 10 gallant gallant JJ 31206 466 11 and and CC 31206 466 12 stubborn stubborn JJ 31206 466 13 fight fight NN 31206 466 14 against against IN 31206 466 15 the the DT 31206 466 16 picked pick VBN 31206 466 17 soldiers soldier NNS 31206 466 18 of of IN 31206 466 19 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 466 20 's 's POS 31206 466 21 army army NN 31206 466 22 , , , 31206 466 23 each each DT 31206 466 24 side side NN 31206 466 25 being be VBG 31206 466 26 repeatedly repeatedly RB 31206 466 27 driven drive VBN 31206 466 28 from from IN 31206 466 29 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 466 30 ground ground NN 31206 466 31 without without IN 31206 466 32 gaining gain VBG 31206 466 33 decided decide VBD 31206 466 34 advantage advantage NN 31206 466 35 over over IN 31206 466 36 the the DT 31206 466 37 other other JJ 31206 466 38 . . . 31206 467 1 Nor nor CC 31206 467 2 would would MD 31206 467 3 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 467 4 have have VB 31206 467 5 gained gain VBN 31206 467 6 the the DT 31206 467 7 day day NN 31206 467 8 , , , 31206 467 9 as as IN 31206 467 10 he 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3 greatly greatly RB 31206 473 4 outnumbered outnumber VBN 31206 473 5 , , , 31206 473 6 the the DT 31206 473 7 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 473 8 scattered scatter VBN 31206 473 9 in in IN 31206 473 10 the the DT 31206 473 11 woods wood NNS 31206 473 12 around around IN 31206 473 13 them -PRON- PRP 31206 473 14 . . . 31206 474 1 Although although IN 31206 474 2 a a DT 31206 474 3 defeat defeat NN 31206 474 4 , , , 31206 474 5 this this DT 31206 474 6 spirited spirited JJ 31206 474 7 little little JJ 31206 474 8 battle battle NN 31206 474 9 was be VBD 31206 474 10 every every DT 31206 474 11 way way NN 31206 474 12 honorable honorable JJ 31206 474 13 to to IN 31206 474 14 the the DT 31206 474 15 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 474 16 , , , 31206 474 17 who who WP 31206 474 18 fought fight VBD 31206 474 19 on on IN 31206 474 20 until until IN 31206 474 21 all all DT 31206 474 22 hope hope NN 31206 474 23 of of IN 31206 474 24 relief relief NN 31206 474 25 had have VBD 31206 474 26 vanished vanish VBN 31206 474 27 . . . 31206 475 1 A a DT 31206 475 2 single single JJ 31206 475 3 company company NN 31206 475 4 would would MD 31206 475 5 have have VB 31206 475 6 turned turn VBN 31206 475 7 defeat defeat NN 31206 475 8 into into IN 31206 475 9 victory victory NN 31206 475 10 , , , 31206 475 11 when when WRB 31206 475 12 to to IN 31206 475 13 the the DT 31206 475 14 British British NNPS 31206 475 15 , , , 31206 475 16 defeat defeat NN 31206 475 17 in in IN 31206 475 18 the the DT 31206 475 19 woods wood NNS 31206 475 20 , , , 31206 475 21 thirty thirty CD 31206 475 22 miles mile NNS 31206 475 23 from from IN 31206 475 24 help help NN 31206 475 25 , , , 31206 475 26 meant meant JJ 31206 475 27 destruction destruction NN 31206 475 28 . . . 31206 476 1 Even even RB 31206 476 2 as as IN 31206 476 3 it -PRON- PRP 31206 476 4 was be VBD 31206 476 5 , , , 31206 476 6 they -PRON- PRP 31206 476 7 did do VBD 31206 476 8 not not RB 31206 476 9 know know VB 31206 476 10 what what WP 31206 476 11 to to TO 31206 476 12 do do VB 31206 476 13 with with IN 31206 476 14 the the DT 31206 476 15 victory victory NN 31206 476 16 they -PRON- PRP 31206 476 17 had have VBD 31206 476 18 just just RB 31206 476 19 won win VBN 31206 476 20 , , , 31206 476 21 with with IN 31206 476 22 the the DT 31206 476 23 loss loss NN 31206 476 24 of of IN 31206 476 25 two two CD 31206 476 26 hundred hundred CD 31206 476 27 men man NNS 31206 476 28 , , , 31206 476 29 killed kill VBN 31206 476 30 and and CC 31206 476 31 wounded wound VBN 31206 476 32 , , , 31206 476 33 seventeen seventeen CD 31206 476 34 of of IN 31206 476 35 whom whom WP 31206 476 36 were be VBD 31206 476 37 officers officer NNS 31206 476 38 . . . 31206 477 1 They -PRON- PRP 31206 477 2 had have VBD 31206 477 3 neither neither CC 31206 477 4 shelter shelter NN 31206 477 5 nor nor CC 31206 477 6 medicines medicine NNS 31206 477 7 for for IN 31206 477 8 the the DT 31206 477 9 wounded wound VBN 31206 477 10 , , , 31206 477 11 nor nor CC 31206 477 12 provisions provision NNS 31206 477 13 for for IN 31206 477 14 themselves -PRON- PRP 31206 477 15 . . . 31206 478 1 The the DT 31206 478 2 battle battle NN 31206 478 3 had have VBD 31206 478 4 exhausted exhaust VBN 31206 478 5 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 478 6 ammunition ammunition NN 31206 478 7 , , , 31206 478 8 and and CC 31206 478 9 every every DT 31206 478 10 moment moment NN 31206 478 11 was be VBD 31206 478 12 expected expect VBN 31206 478 13 to to TO 31206 478 14 bring bring VB 31206 478 15 another another DT 31206 478 16 swarm swarm NN 31206 478 17 of of IN 31206 478 18 foes foe NNS 31206 478 19 about about IN 31206 478 20 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 478 21 ears ear NNS 31206 478 22 . . . 31206 479 1 The the DT 31206 479 2 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 479 3 had have VBD 31206 479 4 three three CD 31206 479 5 hundred hundred CD 31206 479 6 men man NNS 31206 479 7 killed kill VBN 31206 479 8 and and CC 31206 479 9 wounded wound VBN 31206 479 10 , , , 31206 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hands hand NNS 31206 495 10 than than IN 31206 495 11 that that DT 31206 495 12 cut cut VBD 31206 495 13 out out RP 31206 495 14 for for IN 31206 495 15 them -PRON- PRP 31206 495 16 . . . 31206 496 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 496 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 496 3 : : : 31206 496 4 July July NNP 31206 496 5 7 7 CD 31206 496 6 . . . 31206 496 7 ] ] -RRB- 31206 497 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 497 2 was be VBD 31206 497 3 determined determined JJ 31206 497 4 to to TO 31206 497 5 give give VB 31206 497 6 the the DT 31206 497 7 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 497 8 no no DT 31206 497 9 time time NN 31206 497 10 either either RB 31206 497 11 to to TO 31206 497 12 rally rally VB 31206 497 13 , , , 31206 497 14 or or CC 31206 497 15 again again RB 31206 497 16 unite unite VB 31206 497 17 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 497 18 scattered scatter VBN 31206 497 19 bands band NNS 31206 497 20 in in IN 31206 497 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 497 22 front front NN 31206 497 23 . . . 31206 498 1 Without without IN 31206 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, , , 31206 499 15 the the DT 31206 499 16 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 499 17 sallied sally VBD 31206 499 18 out out RP 31206 499 19 upon upon IN 31206 499 20 it -PRON- PRP 31206 499 21 with with IN 31206 499 22 spirit spirit NN 31206 499 23 , , , 31206 499 24 and and CC 31206 499 25 were be VBD 31206 499 26 driving drive VBG 31206 499 27 it -PRON- PRP 31206 499 28 before before IN 31206 499 29 them -PRON- PRP 31206 499 30 in in IN 31206 499 31 full full JJ 31206 499 32 retreat retreat NN 31206 499 33 , , , 31206 499 34 when when WRB 31206 499 35 the the DT 31206 499 36 yells yell NNS 31206 499 37 of of IN 31206 499 38 some some DT 31206 499 39 Indians Indians NNPS 31206 499 40 , , , 31206 499 41 who who WP 31206 499 42 were be VBD 31206 499 43 lurking lurk VBG 31206 499 44 in in IN 31206 499 45 the the DT 31206 499 46 neighboring neighbor VBG 31206 499 47 woods wood NNS 31206 499 48 , , , 31206 499 49 spread spread VBD 31206 499 50 such such PDT 31206 499 51 a a DT 31206 499 52 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WRB 31206 507 33 to to TO 31206 507 34 compel compel VB 31206 507 35 when when WRB 31206 507 36 withheld withhold VBN 31206 507 37 . . . 31206 508 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 31206 508 2 : : : 31206 508 3 [ [ -LRB- 31206 508 4 22 22 CD 31206 508 5 ] ] -RRB- 31206 508 6 GENERAL GENERAL NNP 31206 508 7 PHILIP PHILIP NNP 31206 508 8 SCHUYLER SCHUYLER NNS 31206 508 9 , , , 31206 508 10 one one CD 31206 508 11 of of IN 31206 508 12 the the DT 31206 508 13 four four CD 31206 508 14 major major JJ 31206 508 15 - - HYPH 31206 508 16 generals general NNS 31206 508 17 first first RB 31206 508 18 created create VBN 31206 508 19 by by IN 31206 508 20 Congress Congress NNP 31206 508 21 , , , 31206 508 22 June June NNP 31206 508 23 , , , 31206 508 24 1775 1775 CD 31206 508 25 . . . 31206 509 1 Had have VBD 31206 509 2 seen see VBN 31206 509 3 some some DT 31206 509 4 service service NN 31206 509 5 in in IN 31206 509 6 the the DT 31206 509 7 French French NNP 31206 509 8 War War NNP 31206 509 9 ; ; : 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Massachusetts NNP 31206 515 11 , , , 31206 515 12 colonel colonel NN 31206 515 13 , , , 31206 515 14 11th 11th NNP 31206 515 15 Massachusetts Massachusetts NNP 31206 515 16 Regiment Regiment NNP 31206 515 17 . . . 31206 516 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 31206 516 2 bravery bravery NN 31206 516 3 was be VBD 31206 516 4 so so RB 31206 516 5 conspicuous conspicuous JJ 31206 516 6 that that IN 31206 516 7 the the DT 31206 516 8 British british JJ 31206 516 9 thought thought NN 31206 516 10 he -PRON- PRP 31206 516 11 was be VBD 31206 516 12 in in IN 31206 516 13 chief chief JJ 31206 516 14 command command NN 31206 516 15 of of IN 31206 516 16 the the DT 31206 516 17 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 516 18 . . . 31206 517 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 517 2 26 26 CD 31206 517 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 517 4 FORT FORT NNP 31206 517 5 ANNE ANNE NNP 31206 517 6 , , , 31206 517 7 one one CD 31206 517 8 of of IN 31206 517 9 the the DT 31206 517 10 minor minor JJ 31206 517 11 posts post NNS 31206 517 12 built build VBN 31206 517 13 during during IN 31206 517 14 the the DT 31206 517 15 French French NNP 31206 517 16 War War NNP 31206 517 17 to to TO 31206 517 18 protect protect VB 31206 517 19 the the DT 31206 517 20 route route NN 31206 517 21 from from IN 31206 517 22 Albany Albany NNP 31206 517 23 to to IN 31206 517 24 Lake Lake NNP 31206 517 25 Champlain Champlain NNP 31206 517 26 . . . 31206 518 1 It -PRON- PRP 31206 518 2 consisted consist VBD 31206 518 3 of of IN 31206 518 4 a a DT 31206 518 5 log log NN 31206 518 6 blockhouse blockhouse NN 31206 518 7 surrounded surround VBN 31206 518 8 by by IN 31206 518 9 a a DT 31206 518 10 palisade palisade NN 31206 518 11 . . . 31206 519 1 Boat boat NN 31206 519 2 navigation navigation NN 31206 519 3 of of IN 31206 519 4 Lake Lake NNP 31206 519 5 Champlain Champlain NNP 31206 519 6 began begin VBD 31206 519 7 here here RB 31206 519 8 , , , 31206 519 9 fourteen fourteen CD 31206 519 10 miles mile NNS 31206 519 11 from from IN 31206 519 12 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 519 13 , , , 31206 519 14 by by IN 31206 519 15 Wood Wood NNP 31206 519 16 Creek Creek NNP 31206 519 17 flowing flow VBG 31206 519 18 into into IN 31206 519 19 it -PRON- PRP 31206 519 20 . . . 31206 520 1 V. V. 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31206 530 2 , , , 31206 530 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 530 4 name name NN 31206 530 5 became become VBD 31206 530 6 a a DT 31206 530 7 bugbear bugbear NN 31206 530 8 , , , 31206 530 9 to to TO 31206 530 10 frighten frighten VB 31206 530 11 unruly unruly JJ 31206 530 12 children child NNS 31206 530 13 with with IN 31206 530 14 . . . 31206 531 1 Of of IN 31206 531 2 those those DT 31206 531 3 who who WP 31206 531 4 had have VBD 31206 531 5 been be VBN 31206 531 6 with with IN 31206 531 7 the the DT 31206 531 8 army army NN 31206 531 9 , , , 31206 531 10 many many JJ 31206 531 11 believed believe VBD 31206 531 12 it -PRON- PRP 31206 531 13 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 531 14 first first JJ 31206 531 15 duty duty NN 31206 531 16 to to TO 31206 531 17 protect protect VB 31206 531 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 531 19 families family NNS 31206 531 20 , , , 31206 531 21 and and CC 31206 531 22 so so RB 31206 531 23 went go VBD 31206 531 24 home home RB 31206 531 25 . . . 31206 532 1 Numbers number NNS 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31206 545 3 , , , 31206 545 4 since since IN 31206 545 5 Washington Washington NNP 31206 545 6 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 545 7 believed believe VBD 31206 545 8 New New NNP 31206 545 9 England England NNP 31206 545 10 to to TO 31206 545 11 be be VB 31206 545 12 the the DT 31206 545 13 threatened threaten VBN 31206 545 14 point point NN 31206 545 15 ! ! . 31206 546 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 546 2 27 27 CD 31206 546 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 546 4 Warner Warner NNP 31206 546 5 's 's POS 31206 546 6 regiment regiment NN 31206 546 7 had have VBD 31206 546 8 been be VBN 31206 546 9 recruited recruit VBN 31206 546 10 among among IN 31206 546 11 the the DT 31206 546 12 Green Green NNP 31206 546 13 Mountain Mountain NNP 31206 546 14 Boys Boys NNPS 31206 546 15 of of IN 31206 546 16 this this DT 31206 546 17 very very JJ 31206 546 18 section section NN 31206 546 19 . . . 31206 547 1 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 547 2 posted post VBD 31206 547 3 what what WP 31206 547 4 was be VBD 31206 547 5 left leave VBN 31206 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August NNP 31206 707 1 6 6 LS 31206 707 2 . . . 31206 707 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 708 1 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 31206 708 2 found find VBD 31206 708 3 six six CD 31206 708 4 hundred hundred CD 31206 708 5 men man NNS 31206 708 6 assembled assemble VBN 31206 708 7 at at IN 31206 708 8 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 708 9 , , , 31206 708 10 most most JJS 31206 708 11 of of IN 31206 708 12 whom whom WP 31206 708 13 belonged belong VBD 31206 708 14 to to IN 31206 708 15 Stark Stark NNP 31206 708 16 's 's POS 31206 708 17 brigade brigade NN 31206 708 18 . . . 31206 709 1 On on IN 31206 709 2 the the DT 31206 709 3 seventh seventh JJ 31206 709 4 , , , 31206 709 5 Stark Stark NNP 31206 709 6 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 709 7 arrived arrive VBD 31206 709 8 with with IN 31206 709 9 eight eight CD 31206 709 10 hundred hundred CD 31206 709 11 more more JJR 31206 709 12 . . . 31206 710 1 By by IN 31206 710 2 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 710 3 's 's POS 31206 710 4 order order NN 31206 710 5 , , , 31206 710 6 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 31206 710 7 desired desire VBD 31206 710 8 Stark Stark NNP 31206 710 9 to to TO 31206 710 10 march march VB 31206 710 11 them -PRON- PRP 31206 710 12 to to IN 31206 710 13 the the DT 31206 710 14 main main JJ 31206 710 15 army army NN 31206 710 16 at at IN 31206 710 17 once once RB 31206 710 18 . . . 31206 711 1 Stark Stark NNP 31206 711 2 replied reply VBD 31206 711 3 that that IN 31206 711 4 , , , 31206 711 5 being be VBG 31206 711 6 in in IN 31206 711 7 an an DT 31206 711 8 independent independent JJ 31206 711 9 command command NN 31206 711 10 , , , 31206 711 11 he -PRON- PRP 31206 711 12 would would MD 31206 711 13 take take VB 31206 711 14 orders order NNS 31206 711 15 from from IN 31206 711 16 nobody nobody NN 31206 711 17 as as IN 31206 711 18 to to IN 31206 711 19 how how WRB 31206 711 20 or or CC 31206 711 21 where where WRB 31206 711 22 he -PRON- PRP 31206 711 23 should should MD 31206 711 24 move move VB 31206 711 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 711 26 troops troop NNS 31206 711 27 . . . 31206 712 1 Though though IN 31206 712 2 plainly plainly RB 31206 712 3 subversive subversive NN 31206 712 4 of of IN 31206 712 5 all all DT 31206 712 6 military military JJ 31206 712 7 rules rule NNS 31206 712 8 , , , 31206 712 9 Stark Stark NNP 31206 712 10 's 's POS 31206 712 11 obstinacy obstinacy NN 31206 712 12 proved prove VBD 31206 712 13 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 712 14 's 's POS 31206 712 15 destruction destruction NN 31206 712 16 ; ; : 31206 712 17 for for IN 31206 712 18 if if IN 31206 712 19 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 712 20 had have VBD 31206 712 21 prevailed prevail VBN 31206 712 22 , , , 31206 712 23 there there EX 31206 712 24 would would MD 31206 712 25 never never RB 31206 712 26 have have VB 31206 712 27 been be VBN 31206 712 28 a a DT 31206 712 29 battle battle NN 31206 712 30 of of IN 31206 712 31 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 712 32 . . . 31206 713 1 Though though IN 31206 713 2 undoubtedly undoubtedly RB 31206 713 3 perplexed perplex VBN 31206 713 4 by by IN 31206 713 5 the the DT 31206 713 6 situation situation NN 31206 713 7 in in IN 31206 713 8 which which WDT 31206 713 9 he -PRON- PRP 31206 713 10 found find VBD 31206 713 11 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 713 12 placed place VBN 31206 713 13 , , , 31206 713 14 of of IN 31206 713 15 antagonism antagonism NN 31206 713 16 to to IN 31206 713 17 the the DT 31206 713 18 regularly regularly RB 31206 713 19 constituted constitute VBN 31206 713 20 military military JJ 31206 713 21 authority authority NN 31206 713 22 of of IN 31206 713 23 the the DT 31206 713 24 nation nation NN 31206 713 25 , , , 31206 713 26 Stark Stark NNP 31206 713 27 's 's POS 31206 713 28 future future JJ 31206 713 29 operations operation NNS 31206 713 30 show show VBP 31206 713 31 excellent excellent JJ 31206 713 32 military military JJ 31206 713 33 judgment judgment NN 31206 713 34 on on IN 31206 713 35 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 713 36 part part NN 31206 713 37 . . . 31206 714 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 714 2 was be VBD 31206 714 3 not not RB 31206 714 4 going go VBG 31206 714 5 to to TO 31206 714 6 abandon abandon VB 31206 714 7 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 714 8 , , , 31206 714 9 or or CC 31206 714 10 leave leave VB 31206 714 11 Vermont Vermont NNP 31206 714 12 uncovered uncover VBD 31206 714 13 ; ; : 31206 714 14 still still RB 31206 714 15 less less RBR 31206 714 16 was be VBD 31206 714 17 he -PRON- PRP 31206 714 18 disposed disposed JJ 31206 714 19 to to TO 31206 714 20 throw throw VB 31206 714 21 away away RB 31206 714 22 the the DT 31206 714 23 chance chance NN 31206 714 24 of of IN 31206 714 25 striking strike VBG 31206 714 26 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 714 27 by by IN 31206 714 28 hanging hang VBG 31206 714 29 on on IN 31206 714 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 714 31 flank flank NN 31206 714 32 , , , 31206 714 33 and and CC 31206 714 34 of of IN 31206 714 35 thus thus RB 31206 714 36 achieving achieve VBG 31206 714 37 something something NN 31206 714 38 on on IN 31206 714 39 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 714 40 own own JJ 31206 714 41 account account NN 31206 714 42 . . . 31206 715 1 Stark Stark NNP 31206 715 2 's 's POS 31206 715 3 sagacity sagacity NN 31206 715 4 was be VBD 31206 715 5 soon soon RB 31206 715 6 justified justify VBN 31206 715 7 to to IN 31206 715 8 the the DT 31206 715 9 world world NN 31206 715 10 . . . 31206 716 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 716 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 716 3 : : : 31206 716 4 Aug. August NNP 31206 717 1 9 9 CD 31206 717 2 . . . 31206 717 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 718 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 718 2 determined determine VBD 31206 718 3 to to IN 31206 718 4 march march NNP 31206 718 5 with with IN 31206 718 6 part part NN 31206 718 7 of of IN 31206 718 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 718 9 force force NN 31206 718 10 to to IN 31206 718 11 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 718 12 , , , 31206 718 13 twenty twenty CD 31206 718 14 - - HYPH 31206 718 15 five five CD 31206 718 16 miles mile NNS 31206 718 17 south south RB 31206 718 18 of of IN 31206 718 19 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 718 20 , , , 31206 718 21 and and CC 31206 718 22 about about IN 31206 718 23 the the DT 31206 718 24 same same JJ 31206 718 25 distance distance NN 31206 718 26 from from IN 31206 718 27 Stillwater Stillwater NNP 31206 718 28 . . . 31206 719 1 In in IN 31206 719 2 this this DT 31206 719 3 position position NN 31206 719 4 he -PRON- PRP 31206 719 5 would would MD 31206 719 6 easily easily RB 31206 719 7 be be VB 31206 719 8 able able JJ 31206 719 9 to to TO 31206 719 10 carry carry VB 31206 719 11 out out RP 31206 719 12 either either DT 31206 719 13 of of IN 31206 719 14 the the DT 31206 719 15 objects object NNS 31206 719 16 he -PRON- PRP 31206 719 17 had have VBD 31206 719 18 in in IN 31206 719 19 view view NN 31206 719 20 , , , 31206 719 21 assist assist NN 31206 719 22 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 719 23 , , , 31206 719 24 cover cover NN 31206 719 25 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 719 26 , , , 31206 719 27 or or CC 31206 719 28 get get VB 31206 719 29 in in IN 31206 719 30 a a DT 31206 719 31 telling tell VBG 31206 719 32 blow blow NN 31206 719 33 somewhere somewhere RB 31206 719 34 , , , 31206 719 35 when when WRB 31206 719 36 least least JJS 31206 719 37 expected expect VBN 31206 719 38 . . . 31206 720 1 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 720 2 's 's POS 31206 720 3 expectation expectation NN 31206 720 4 of of IN 31206 720 5 surprising surprising JJ 31206 720 6 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 720 7 was be VBD 31206 720 8 thus thus RB 31206 720 9 completely completely RB 31206 720 10 frustrated frustrated JJ 31206 720 11 . . . 31206 721 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 721 2 Sidenote sidenote NN 31206 721 3 : : : 31206 721 4 Aug. August NNP 31206 722 1 14 14 CD 31206 722 2 . . . 31206 722 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 723 1 Baum Baum NNP 31206 723 2 learned learn VBD 31206 723 3 at at IN 31206 723 4 Cambridge Cambridge NNP 31206 723 5 that that IN 31206 723 6 the the DT 31206 723 7 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 723 8 were be VBD 31206 723 9 at at IN 31206 723 10 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 723 11 , , , 31206 723 12 to to IN 31206 723 13 the the DT 31206 723 14 number number NN 31206 723 15 of of IN 31206 723 16 eighteen eighteen CD 31206 723 17 hundred hundred CD 31206 723 18 . . . 31206 724 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 724 2 immediately immediately RB 31206 724 3 wrote write VBD 31206 724 4 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 724 5 to to IN 31206 724 6 this this DT 31206 724 7 effect effect NN 31206 724 8 . . . 31206 725 1 On on IN 31206 725 2 the the DT 31206 725 3 next next JJ 31206 725 4 day day NN 31206 725 5 , , , 31206 725 6 he -PRON- PRP 31206 725 7 marched march VBD 31206 725 8 to to IN 31206 725 9 Sancoic Sancoic NNP 31206 725 10 , , , 31206 725 11 a a DT 31206 725 12 mill mill NN 31206 725 13 - - HYPH 31206 725 14 stream stream NN 31206 725 15 falling fall VBG 31206 725 16 into into IN 31206 725 17 the the DT 31206 725 18 Walloomsac Walloomsac NNP 31206 725 19 River River NNP 31206 725 20 in in IN 31206 725 21 North North NNP 31206 725 22 Hoosac Hoosac NNP 31206 725 23 , , , 31206 725 24 and and CC 31206 725 25 after after IN 31206 725 26 again again RB 31206 725 27 writing write VBG 31206 725 28 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 725 29 , , , 31206 725 30 confirming confirm VBG 31206 725 31 the the DT 31206 725 32 account account NN 31206 725 33 he -PRON- PRP 31206 725 34 had have VBD 31206 725 35 previously previously RB 31206 725 36 sent send VBN 31206 725 37 about about IN 31206 725 38 the the DT 31206 725 39 force force NN 31206 725 40 in in IN 31206 725 41 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 725 42 front front NN 31206 725 43 , , , 31206 725 44 moved move VBD 31206 725 45 on on RB 31206 725 46 toward toward IN 31206 725 47 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 725 48 , , , 31206 725 49 under under IN 31206 725 50 the the DT 31206 725 51 impression impression NN 31206 725 52 that that IN 31206 725 53 the the DT 31206 725 54 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 725 55 would would MD 31206 725 56 not not RB 31206 725 57 wait wait VB 31206 725 58 to to TO 31206 725 59 be be VB 31206 725 60 attacked attack VBN 31206 725 61 . . . 31206 726 1 FOOTNOTES footnote NNS 31206 726 2 : : : 31206 726 3 [ [ -LRB- 31206 726 4 30 30 CD 31206 726 5 ] ] -RRB- 31206 726 6 A a DT 31206 726 7 COSTLY COSTLY NNP 31206 726 8 MISTAKE MISTAKE NNS 31206 726 9 to to TO 31206 726 10 give give VB 31206 726 11 the the DT 31206 726 12 command command NN 31206 726 13 to to IN 31206 726 14 an an DT 31206 726 15 officer officer NN 31206 726 16 who who WP 31206 726 17 could could MD 31206 726 18 not not RB 31206 726 19 speak speak VB 31206 726 20 English English NNP 31206 726 21 ; ; : 31206 726 22 still still RB 31206 726 23 another another DT 31206 726 24 , , , 31206 726 25 to to TO 31206 726 26 intrust intrust VB 31206 726 27 an an DT 31206 726 28 expedition expedition NN 31206 726 29 in in IN 31206 726 30 which which WDT 31206 726 31 celerity celerity NN 31206 726 32 of of IN 31206 726 33 movement movement NN 31206 726 34 was be VBD 31206 726 35 all all RB 31206 726 36 - - HYPH 31206 726 37 important important JJ 31206 726 38 , , , 31206 726 39 to to IN 31206 726 40 soldiers soldier NNS 31206 726 41 loaded load VBN 31206 726 42 down down RP 31206 726 43 with with IN 31206 726 44 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 726 45 equipments equipment NNS 31206 726 46 , , , 31206 726 47 as as IN 31206 726 48 the the DT 31206 726 49 Germans Germans NNPS 31206 726 50 were be VBD 31206 726 51 , , , 31206 726 52 instead instead RB 31206 726 53 of of IN 31206 726 54 to to IN 31206 726 55 light light JJ 31206 726 56 troops troop NNS 31206 726 57 . . . 31206 727 1 Colonel Colonel NNP 31206 727 2 Skene Skene NNP 31206 727 3 went go VBD 31206 727 4 with with IN 31206 727 5 Baum Baum NNP 31206 727 6 . . . 31206 728 1 See see VB 31206 728 2 note note NN 31206 728 3 4 4 CD 31206 728 4 , , , 31206 728 5 p. p. NN 31206 728 6 18 18 CD 31206 728 7 . . . 31206 729 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 729 2 31 31 CD 31206 729 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 729 4 GENERAL GENERAL NNP 31206 729 5 BENJAMIN BENJAMIN NNP 31206 729 6 LINCOLN LINCOLN NNP 31206 729 7 , , , 31206 729 8 born bear VBN 31206 729 9 at at IN 31206 729 10 Hingham Hingham NNP 31206 729 11 , , , 31206 729 12 Mass. Massachusetts NNP 31206 729 13 , , , 31206 729 14 1733 1733 CD 31206 729 15 . . . 31206 730 1 Made make VBN 31206 730 2 a a DT 31206 730 3 major major JJ 31206 730 4 - - HYPH 31206 730 5 general general JJ 31206 730 6 , , , 31206 730 7 February February NNP 31206 730 8 , , , 31206 730 9 1777 1777 CD 31206 730 10 . . . 31206 731 1 Joined Joined NNP 31206 731 2 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 731 3 , , , 31206 731 4 July July NNP 31206 731 5 29 29 CD 31206 731 6 , , , 31206 731 7 at at IN 31206 731 8 Fort Fort NNP 31206 731 9 Miller Miller NNP 31206 731 10 , , , 31206 731 11 while while IN 31206 731 12 our -PRON- PRP$ 31206 731 13 army army NN 31206 731 14 was be VBD 31206 731 15 retreating retreat VBG 31206 731 16 ; ; : 31206 731 17 sent send VBD 31206 731 18 thence thence NN 31206 731 19 to to IN 31206 731 20 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 731 21 . . . 31206 732 1 One one CD 31206 732 2 of of IN 31206 732 3 those those DT 31206 732 4 captains captain NNS 31206 732 5 who who WP 31206 732 6 , , , 31206 732 7 while while IN 31206 732 8 seldom seldom RB 31206 732 9 successful successful JJ 31206 732 10 , , , 31206 732 11 are be VBP 31206 732 12 yet yet RB 31206 732 13 considered consider VBN 31206 732 14 brave brave JJ 31206 732 15 and and CC 31206 732 16 skilful skilful JJ 31206 732 17 commanders commander NNS 31206 732 18 . . . 31206 733 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 733 2 32 32 CD 31206 733 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 733 4 GENERAL GENERAL NNP 31206 733 5 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 733 6 STARK STARK NNP 31206 733 7 , , , 31206 733 8 born bear VBN 31206 733 9 at at IN 31206 733 10 Londonderry Londonderry NNP 31206 733 11 , , , 31206 733 12 N.H. New Hampshire NNP 31206 733 13 , , , 31206 733 14 1728 1728 CD 31206 733 15 , , , 31206 733 16 had have VBD 31206 733 17 seen see VBN 31206 733 18 more more RBR 31206 733 19 active active JJ 31206 733 20 service service NN 31206 733 21 than than IN 31206 733 22 most most JJS 31206 733 23 officers officer NNS 31206 733 24 of of IN 31206 733 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 733 26 time time NN 31206 733 27 . . . 31206 734 1 He -PRON- PRP 31206 734 2 had have VBD 31206 734 3 fought fight VBN 31206 734 4 with with IN 31206 734 5 Abercromby Abercromby NNP 31206 734 6 at at IN 31206 734 7 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 734 8 , , , 31206 734 9 against against IN 31206 734 10 Howe Howe NNP 31206 734 11 at at IN 31206 734 12 Bunker Bunker NNP 31206 734 13 Hill Hill NNP 31206 734 14 , , , 31206 734 15 and and CC 31206 734 16 with with IN 31206 734 17 Washington Washington NNP 31206 734 18 at at IN 31206 734 19 Trenton Trenton NNP 31206 734 20 . . . 31206 735 1 Notwithstanding notwithstanding IN 31206 735 2 this this DT 31206 735 3 , , , 31206 735 4 he -PRON- PRP 31206 735 5 was be VBD 31206 735 6 passed pass VBN 31206 735 7 over over RP 31206 735 8 in in IN 31206 735 9 making make VBG 31206 735 10 promotions promotion NNS 31206 735 11 , , , 31206 735 12 perhaps perhaps RB 31206 735 13 because because IN 31206 735 14 he -PRON- PRP 31206 735 15 had have VBD 31206 735 16 less less JJR 31206 735 17 education education NN 31206 735 18 than than IN 31206 735 19 some some DT 31206 735 20 others other NNS 31206 735 21 , , , 31206 735 22 who who WP 31206 735 23 lacked lack VBD 31206 735 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 735 25 natural natural JJ 31206 735 26 capacity capacity NN 31206 735 27 for for IN 31206 735 28 a a DT 31206 735 29 military military JJ 31206 735 30 life life NN 31206 735 31 . . . 31206 736 1 Congress Congress NNP 31206 736 2 first first RB 31206 736 3 censured censure VBD 31206 736 4 him -PRON- PRP 31206 736 5 for for IN 31206 736 6 insubordination insubordination NN 31206 736 7 , , , 31206 736 8 and and CC 31206 736 9 then then RB 31206 736 10 voted vote VBD 31206 736 11 him -PRON- PRP 31206 736 12 thanks thank NNS 31206 736 13 , , , 31206 736 14 and and CC 31206 736 15 promotion promotion NN 31206 736 16 to to IN 31206 736 17 a a DT 31206 736 18 brigadiership brigadiership NN 31206 736 19 for for IN 31206 736 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 736 21 victory victory NN 31206 736 22 over over IN 31206 736 23 Baum Baum NNP 31206 736 24 . . . 31206 737 1 VIII VIII NNP 31206 737 2 . . . 31206 738 1 BATTLE BATTLE NNP 31206 738 2 OF of IN 31206 738 3 BENNINGTON BENNINGTON NNP 31206 738 4 . . . 31206 739 1 [ [ -LRB- 31206 739 2 33 33 CD 31206 739 3 ] ] -RRB- 31206 739 4 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 739 5 's 's POS 31206 739 6 movements movement NNS 31206 739 7 convinced convince VBD 31206 739 8 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 739 9 that that IN 31206 739 10 he -PRON- PRP 31206 739 11 would would MD 31206 739 12 shortly shortly RB 31206 739 13 be be VB 31206 739 14 attacked attack VBN 31206 739 15 by by IN 31206 739 16 the the DT 31206 739 17 whole whole JJ 31206 739 18 British british JJ 31206 739 19 army army NN 31206 739 20 , , , 31206 739 21 as as IN 31206 739 22 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 739 23 had have VBD 31206 739 24 intended intend VBN 31206 739 25 and and CC 31206 739 26 foreseen foreseen NN 31206 739 27 . . . 31206 740 1 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 740 2 therefore therefore RB 31206 740 3 again again RB 31206 740 4 urged urge VBD 31206 740 5 Stark Stark NNP 31206 740 6 to to TO 31206 740 7 come come VB 31206 740 8 to to IN 31206 740 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 740 10 assistance assistance NN 31206 740 11 without without IN 31206 740 12 more more JJR 31206 740 13 delay delay NN 31206 740 14 , , , 31206 740 15 if if IN 31206 740 16 he -PRON- PRP 31206 740 17 would would MD 31206 740 18 not not RB 31206 740 19 have have VB 31206 740 20 the the DT 31206 740 21 burden burden NN 31206 740 22 of of IN 31206 740 23 defeat defeat NN 31206 740 24 lie lie NN 31206 740 25 at at IN 31206 740 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 740 27 own own JJ 31206 740 28 door door NN 31206 740 29 . . . 31206 741 1 This this DT 31206 741 2 appeal appeal NN 31206 741 3 took take VBD 31206 741 4 present present JJ 31206 741 5 effect effect NN 31206 741 6 . . . 31206 742 1 Nothing nothing NN 31206 742 2 happened happen VBD 31206 742 3 till till IN 31206 742 4 the the DT 31206 742 5 thirteenth thirteenth JJ 31206 742 6 . . . 31206 743 1 Meantime meantime RB 31206 743 2 , , , 31206 743 3 Stark Stark NNP 31206 743 4 had have VBD 31206 743 5 decided decide VBN 31206 743 6 to to TO 31206 743 7 go go VB 31206 743 8 to to IN 31206 743 9 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 743 10 's 's POS 31206 743 11 assistance assistance NN 31206 743 12 . . . 31206 744 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 31206 744 2 brigade brigade NN 31206 744 3 was be VBD 31206 744 4 under under IN 31206 744 5 arms arm NNS 31206 744 6 , , , 31206 744 7 ready ready JJ 31206 744 8 to to TO 31206 744 9 march march NNP 31206 744 10 , , , 31206 744 11 when when WRB 31206 744 12 a a DT 31206 744 13 woman woman NN 31206 744 14 rode ride VBD 31206 744 15 up up RP 31206 744 16 in in IN 31206 744 17 haste haste NN 31206 744 18 with with IN 31206 744 19 the the DT 31206 744 20 news news NN 31206 744 21 that that IN 31206 744 22 hostile hostile JJ 31206 744 23 Indians Indians NNPS 31206 744 24 were be VBD 31206 744 25 running run VBG 31206 744 26 up up IN 31206 744 27 and and CC 31206 744 28 down down IN 31206 744 29 the the DT 31206 744 30 next next JJ 31206 744 31 town town NN 31206 744 32 , , , 31206 744 33 spreading spread VBG 31206 744 34 terror terror NN 31206 744 35 in in IN 31206 744 36 their -PRON- PRP$ 31206 744 37 path path NN 31206 744 38 . . . 31206 745 1 She -PRON- PRP 31206 745 2 had have VBD 31206 745 3 come come VBN 31206 745 4 herself -PRON- PRP 31206 745 5 , , , 31206 745 6 because because IN 31206 745 7 the the DT 31206 745 8 road road NN 31206 745 9 was be VBD 31206 745 10 no no RB 31206 745 11 longer long RBR 31206 745 12 safe safe JJ 31206 745 13 for for IN 31206 745 14 men man NNS 31206 745 15 to to TO 31206 745 16 travel travel VB 31206 745 17 it -PRON- PRP 31206 745 18 . . . 31206 746 1 Stark Stark NNP 31206 746 2 quickly quickly RB 31206 746 3 ordered order VBD 31206 746 4 out out RP 31206 746 5 two two CD 31206 746 6 hundred hundred CD 31206 746 7 men man NNS 31206 746 8 to to TO 31206 746 9 stop stop VB 31206 746 10 the the DT 31206 746 11 supposed suppose VBN 31206 746 12 marauders marauder NNS 31206 746 13 , , , 31206 746 14 and and CC 31206 746 15 gain gain VB 31206 746 16 further further JJ 31206 746 17 intelligence intelligence NN 31206 746 18 . . . 31206 747 1 This this DT 31206 747 2 detachment detachment NN 31206 747 3 soon soon RB 31206 747 4 sent send VBD 31206 747 5 back back RB 31206 747 6 word word NN 31206 747 7 that that IN 31206 747 8 the the DT 31206 747 9 Indians Indians NNPS 31206 747 10 were be VBD 31206 747 11 only only RB 31206 747 12 clearing clear VBG 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31206 1478 28 Saratoga Saratoga NNP 31206 1478 29 brought bring VBD 31206 1478 30 them -PRON- PRP 31206 1478 31 to to IN 31206 1478 32 light light NN 31206 1478 33 . . . 31206 1479 1 On on IN 31206 1479 2 such such JJ 31206 1479 3 trifles trifle NNS 31206 1479 4 does do VBZ 31206 1479 5 the the DT 31206 1479 6 fate fate NN 31206 1479 7 of of IN 31206 1479 8 nations nation NNS 31206 1479 9 sometimes sometimes RB 31206 1479 10 hang hang VBP 31206 1479 11 . . . 31206 1480 1 Certainly certainly RB 31206 1480 2 , , , 31206 1480 3 greater great JJR 31206 1480 4 unity unity NN 31206 1480 5 of of IN 31206 1480 6 purpose purpose NN 31206 1480 7 in in IN 31206 1480 8 the the DT 31206 1480 9 two two CD 31206 1480 10 generals general NNS 31206 1480 11 might may MD 31206 1480 12 have have VB 31206 1480 13 given give VBN 31206 1480 14 the the DT 31206 1480 15 history history NN 31206 1480 16 of of IN 31206 1480 17 the the DT 31206 1480 18 campaign campaign NN 31206 1480 19 a a DT 31206 1480 20 different different JJ 31206 1480 21 reading reading NN 31206 1480 22 . . . 31206 1481 1 But but CC 31206 1481 2 all all DT 31206 1481 3 such such JJ 31206 1481 4 conjectures conjecture NNS 31206 1481 5 must must MD 31206 1481 6 fall fall VB 31206 1481 7 before before IN 31206 1481 8 the the DT 31206 1481 9 inexorable inexorable JJ 31206 1481 10 logic logic NN 31206 1481 11 of of IN 31206 1481 12 accomplished accomplish VBN 31206 1481 13 results result NNS 31206 1481 14 . . . 31206 1482 1 The the DT 31206 1482 2 world world NN 31206 1482 3 has have VBZ 31206 1482 4 long long RB 31206 1482 5 since since RB 31206 1482 6 passed pass VBN 31206 1482 7 upon upon IN 31206 1482 8 the the DT 31206 1482 9 merits merit NNS 31206 1482 10 of of IN 31206 1482 11 the the DT 31206 1482 12 great great JJ 31206 1482 13 conflict conflict NN 31206 1482 14 which which WDT 31206 1482 15 set set VBD 31206 1482 16 America America NNP 31206 1482 17 free free JJ 31206 1482 18 . . . 31206 1483 1 Its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1483 2 verdict verdict NN 31206 1483 3 is be VBZ 31206 1483 4 recorded record VBN 31206 1483 5 . . . 31206 1484 1 The the DT 31206 1484 2 actors actor NNS 31206 1484 3 are be VBP 31206 1484 4 but but CC 31206 1484 5 as as IN 31206 1484 6 dust dust NN 31206 1484 7 in in IN 31206 1484 8 the the DT 31206 1484 9 balance balance NN 31206 1484 10 . . . 31206 1485 1 INDEX index NN 31206 1485 2 . . . 31206 1486 1 ALLEN ALLEN NNP 31206 1486 2 , , , 31206 1486 3 ETHAN ETHAN NNP 31206 1486 4 , , , 31206 1486 5 takes take VBZ 31206 1486 6 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1486 7 , , , 31206 1486 8 17 17 CD 31206 1486 9 ; ; : 31206 1486 10 goes go VBZ 31206 1486 11 before before IN 31206 1486 12 Montgomery Montgomery NNP 31206 1486 13 , , , 31206 1486 14 19 19 CD 31206 1486 15 . . . 31206 1487 1 ARNOLD ARNOLD NNP 31206 1487 2 , , , 31206 1487 3 BENEDICT BENEDICT NNP 31206 1487 4 , , , 31206 1487 5 marches marche NNS 31206 1487 6 to to IN 31206 1487 7 Canada Canada NNP 31206 1487 8 , , , 31206 1487 9 19 19 CD 31206 1487 10 ; ; : 31206 1487 11 takes take VBZ 31206 1487 12 command command NN 31206 1487 13 of of IN 31206 1487 14 our -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1487 15 flotilla flotilla NN 31206 1487 16 , , , 31206 1487 17 and and CC 31206 1487 18 fights fight VBZ 31206 1487 19 the the DT 31206 1487 20 enemy enemy NN 31206 1487 21 , , , 31206 1487 22 22 22 CD 31206 1487 23 ; ; SYM 31206 1487 24 25 25 CD 31206 1487 25 , , , 31206 1487 26 _ _ NNP 31206 1487 27 note note NN 31206 1487 28 _ _ NNP 31206 1487 29 ; ; : 31206 1487 30 sent send VBN 31206 1487 31 to to TO 31206 1487 32 relieve relieve VB 31206 1487 33 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1487 34 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1487 35 , , , 31206 1487 36 and and CC 31206 1487 37 does do VBZ 31206 1487 38 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1487 39 by by IN 31206 1487 40 a a DT 31206 1487 41 stratagem stratagem NN 31206 1487 42 , , , 31206 1487 43 92 92 CD 31206 1487 44 ; ; : 31206 1487 45 part part NN 31206 1487 46 at at IN 31206 1487 47 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1487 48 ' ' '' 31206 1487 49 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1487 50 , , , 31206 1487 51 112 112 CD 31206 1487 52 ; ; : 31206 1487 53 storms storm NNS 31206 1487 54 the the DT 31206 1487 55 enemy enemy NN 31206 1487 56 's 's POS 31206 1487 57 intrenchments intrenchment NNS 31206 1487 58 , , , 31206 1487 59 121 121 CD 31206 1487 60 , , , 31206 1487 61 122 122 CD 31206 1487 62 ; ; , 31206 1487 63 wounded wound VBN 31206 1487 64 , , , 31206 1487 65 122 122 CD 31206 1487 66 . . . 31206 1488 1 BATTEN BATTEN NNP 31206 1488 2 - - HYPH 31206 1488 3 KILL KILL NNP 31206 1488 4 , , , 31206 1488 5 British British NNPS 31206 1488 6 take take VBP 31206 1488 7 post post NN 31206 1488 8 at at IN 31206 1488 9 , , , 31206 1488 10 70 70 CD 31206 1488 11 , , , 31206 1488 12 87 87 CD 31206 1488 13 . . . 31206 1489 1 BAUM BAUM NNP 31206 1489 2 , , , 31206 1489 3 FREDERIC FREDERIC NNP 31206 1489 4 , , , 31206 1489 5 commands command VBZ 31206 1489 6 British british JJ 31206 1489 7 expedition expedition NN 31206 1489 8 to to IN 31206 1489 9 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1489 10 , , , 31206 1489 11 and and CC 31206 1489 12 marches marche NNS 31206 1489 13 , , , 31206 1489 14 70 70 CD 31206 1489 15 ; ; : 31206 1489 16 composition composition NN 31206 1489 17 of of IN 31206 1489 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1489 19 force force NN 31206 1489 20 , , , 31206 1489 21 70 70 CD 31206 1489 22 ; ; : 31206 1489 23 hears hear VBZ 31206 1489 24 the the DT 31206 1489 25 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1489 26 are be VBP 31206 1489 27 waiting wait VBG 31206 1489 28 for for IN 31206 1489 29 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1489 30 , , , 31206 1489 31 75 75 CD 31206 1489 32 ; ; : 31206 1489 33 notifies notify VBZ 31206 1489 34 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1489 35 , , , 31206 1489 36 and and CC 31206 1489 37 goes go VBZ 31206 1489 38 on on RB 31206 1489 39 , , , 31206 1489 40 75 75 CD 31206 1489 41 ; ; : 31206 1489 42 discovers discover NNS 31206 1489 43 Stark Stark NNP 31206 1489 44 , , , 31206 1489 45 and and CC 31206 1489 46 intrenches intrench VBZ 31206 1489 47 himself -PRON- PRP 31206 1489 48 on on IN 31206 1489 49 the the DT 31206 1489 50 Walloomsac Walloomsac NNP 31206 1489 51 , , , 31206 1489 52 78 78 CD 31206 1489 53 , , , 31206 1489 54 81 81 CD 31206 1489 55 ; ; : 31206 1489 56 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1489 57 , , , 31206 1489 58 83 83 CD 31206 1489 59 , , , 31206 1489 60 132 132 CD 31206 1489 61 . . . 31206 1490 1 BENNINGTON BENNINGTON NNP 31206 1490 2 , , , 31206 1490 3 VT VT NNP 31206 1490 4 . . . 31206 1490 5 ; ; : 31206 1490 6 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1490 7 's 's POS 31206 1490 8 plan plan NN 31206 1490 9 to to TO 31206 1490 10 seize seize VB 31206 1490 11 stores store NNS 31206 1490 12 at at IN 31206 1490 13 , , , 31206 1490 14 68 68 CD 31206 1490 15 ; ; : 31206 1490 16 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1490 17 marches march VBZ 31206 1490 18 for for IN 31206 1490 19 , , , 31206 1490 20 72 72 CD 31206 1490 21 ; ; : 31206 1490 22 Battle Battle NNP 31206 1490 23 of of IN 31206 1490 24 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1490 25 , , , 31206 1490 26 83 83 CD 31206 1490 27 , , , 31206 1490 28 84 84 CD 31206 1490 29 , , , 31206 1490 30 85 85 CD 31206 1490 31 ; ; : 31206 1490 32 trophies trophy NNS 31206 1490 33 of of IN 31206 1490 34 , , , 31206 1490 35 85 85 CD 31206 1490 36 ; ; SYM 31206 1490 37 86 86 CD 31206 1490 38 , , , 31206 1490 39 _ _ NNP 31206 1490 40 note note NN 31206 1490 41 _ _ NNP 31206 1490 42 ; ; : 31206 1490 43 results result NNS 31206 1490 44 of of IN 31206 1490 45 the the DT 31206 1490 46 battle battle NN 31206 1490 47 , , , 31206 1490 48 88 88 CD 31206 1490 49 , , , 31206 1490 50 89 89 CD 31206 1490 51 . . . 31206 1491 1 BEMIS BEMIS NNP 31206 1491 2 ' ' POS 31206 1491 3 HEIGHTS height NNS 31206 1491 4 ; ; : 31206 1491 5 position position NN 31206 1491 6 of of IN 31206 1491 7 the the DT 31206 1491 8 army army NN 31206 1491 9 described describe VBN 31206 1491 10 , , , 31206 1491 11 99 99 CD 31206 1491 12 ; ; : 31206 1491 13 battle battle NN 31206 1491 14 of of IN 31206 1491 15 September September NNP 31206 1491 16 19 19 CD 31206 1491 17 , , , 31206 1491 18 106 106 CD 31206 1491 19 , , , 31206 1491 20 107 107 CD 31206 1491 21 , , , 31206 1491 22 108 108 CD 31206 1491 23 , , , 31206 1491 24 111 111 CD 31206 1491 25 ; ; SYM 31206 1491 26 112 112 CD 31206 1491 27 , , , 31206 1491 28 _ _ NNP 31206 1491 29 note note NN 31206 1491 30 _ _ NNP 31206 1491 31 . . . 31206 1492 1 BOUQUET BOUQUET NNP 31206 1492 2 RIVER RIVER NNP 31206 1492 3 ; ; : 31206 1492 4 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1492 5 halts halt NNS 31206 1492 6 at at IN 31206 1492 7 , , , 31206 1492 8 37 37 CD 31206 1492 9 . . . 31206 1493 1 BRANT BRANT NNP 31206 1493 2 , , , 31206 1493 3 JOSEPH JOSEPH NNP 31206 1493 4 , , , 31206 1493 5 at at IN 31206 1493 6 Oriskany Oriskany NNP 31206 1493 7 , , , 31206 1493 8 91 91 CD 31206 1493 9 ; ; SYM 31206 1493 10 94 94 CD 31206 1493 11 , , , 31206 1493 12 _ _ NNP 31206 1493 13 note note NN 31206 1493 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1493 15 . . . 31206 1494 1 BREYMAN BREYMAN NNP 31206 1494 2 , , , 31206 1494 3 HEINRICH HEINRICH NNP 31206 1494 4 C. C. NNP 31206 1494 5 , , , 31206 1494 6 posted post VBN 31206 1494 7 in in IN 31206 1494 8 support support NN 31206 1494 9 of of IN 31206 1494 10 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1494 11 , , , 31206 1494 12 70 70 CD 31206 1494 13 ; ; : 31206 1494 14 marches marche NNS 31206 1494 15 to to IN 31206 1494 16 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1494 17 's 's POS 31206 1494 18 aid aid NN 31206 1494 19 , , , 31206 1494 20 81 81 CD 31206 1494 21 ; ; : 31206 1494 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1494 23 slowness slowness NN 31206 1494 24 fatal fatal JJ 31206 1494 25 to to IN 31206 1494 26 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1494 27 , , , 31206 1494 28 84 84 CD 31206 1494 29 ; ; : 31206 1494 30 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1494 31 , , , 31206 1494 32 and and CC 31206 1494 33 badly badly RB 31206 1494 34 cut cut VBD 31206 1494 35 up up RP 31206 1494 36 , , , 31206 1494 37 85 85 CD 31206 1494 38 ; ; : 31206 1494 39 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1494 40 retreat retreat NN 31206 1494 41 to to IN 31206 1494 42 camp camp NN 31206 1494 43 , , , 31206 1494 44 89 89 CD 31206 1494 45 ; ; : 31206 1494 46 part part NN 31206 1494 47 in in IN 31206 1494 48 Battle Battle NNP 31206 1494 49 of of IN 31206 1494 50 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1494 51 ' ' '' 31206 1494 52 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1494 53 , , , 31206 1494 54 105 105 CD 31206 1494 55 ; ; : 31206 1494 56 killed kill VBN 31206 1494 57 , , , 31206 1494 58 122 122 CD 31206 1494 59 . . . 31206 1495 1 BROWN BROWN NNP 31206 1495 2 , , , 31206 1495 3 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1495 4 , , , 31206 1495 5 attacks attack NNS 31206 1495 6 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1495 7 , , , 31206 1495 8 114 114 CD 31206 1495 9 ; ; SYM 31206 1495 10 115 115 CD 31206 1495 11 , , , 31206 1495 12 _ _ NNP 31206 1495 13 note note NN 31206 1495 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1495 15 . . . 31206 1496 1 BURGOYNE BURGOYNE NNP 31206 1496 2 'S 'S NNP 31206 1496 3 ARMY ARMY NNP 31206 1496 4 , , , 31206 1496 5 composition composition NN 31206 1496 6 of of IN 31206 1496 7 , , , 31206 1496 8 33 33 CD 31206 1496 9 , , , 31206 1496 10 34 34 CD 31206 1496 11 ; ; : 31206 1496 12 passes pass VBZ 31206 1496 13 Lake Lake NNP 31206 1496 14 Champlain Champlain NNP 31206 1496 15 , , , 31206 1496 16 35 35 CD 31206 1496 17 ; ; SYM 31206 1496 18 36 36 CD 31206 1496 19 , , , 31206 1496 20 _ _ NNP 31206 1496 21 notes note NNS 31206 1496 22 _ _ NNP 31206 1496 23 1 1 CD 31206 1496 24 and and CC 31206 1496 25 2 2 CD 31206 1496 26 ; ; : 31206 1496 27 invests invest VBZ 31206 1496 28 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1496 29 , , , 31206 1496 30 40 40 CD 31206 1496 31 , , , 31206 1496 32 43 43 CD 31206 1496 33 ; ; : 31206 1496 34 fights fight NNS 31206 1496 35 at at IN 31206 1496 36 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1496 37 , , , 31206 1496 38 47 47 CD 31206 1496 39 , , , 31206 1496 40 48 48 CD 31206 1496 41 ; ; : 31206 1496 42 at at IN 31206 1496 43 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1496 44 Anne Anne NNP 31206 1496 45 , , , 31206 1496 46 52 52 CD 31206 1496 47 ; ; : 31206 1496 48 joined join VBN 31206 1496 49 by by IN 31206 1496 50 loyalists loyalist NNS 31206 1496 51 , , , 31206 1496 52 61 61 CD 31206 1496 53 ; ; : 31206 1496 54 concentrated concentrate VBD 31206 1496 55 , , , 31206 1496 56 and and CC 31206 1496 57 leaves leave VBZ 31206 1496 58 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 1496 59 , , , 31206 1496 60 66 66 CD 31206 1496 61 ; ; : 31206 1496 62 arrives arrive VBZ 31206 1496 63 at at IN 31206 1496 64 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1496 65 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1496 66 , , , 31206 1496 67 66 66 CD 31206 1496 68 ; ; : 31206 1496 69 joined join VBN 31206 1496 70 by by IN 31206 1496 71 savages savage NNS 31206 1496 72 , , , 31206 1496 73 66 66 CD 31206 1496 74 ; ; : 31206 1496 75 compelled compel VBN 31206 1496 76 to to TO 31206 1496 77 halt halt VB 31206 1496 78 for for IN 31206 1496 79 provisions provision NNS 31206 1496 80 , , , 31206 1496 81 66 66 CD 31206 1496 82 , , , 31206 1496 83 69 69 CD 31206 1496 84 ; ; : 31206 1496 85 is be VBZ 31206 1496 86 moved move VBN 31206 1496 87 forward forward RB 31206 1496 88 to to TO 31206 1496 89 support support VB 31206 1496 90 the the DT 31206 1496 91 expedition expedition NN 31206 1496 92 to to IN 31206 1496 93 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1496 94 , , , 31206 1496 95 70 70 CD 31206 1496 96 ; ; : 31206 1496 97 falls fall VBZ 31206 1496 98 back back RB 31206 1496 99 after after IN 31206 1496 100 the the DT 31206 1496 101 defeat defeat NN 31206 1496 102 of of IN 31206 1496 103 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1496 104 , , , 31206 1496 105 87 87 CD 31206 1496 106 ; ; : 31206 1496 107 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1496 108 losses loss NNS 31206 1496 109 , , , 31206 1496 110 88 88 CD 31206 1496 111 ; ; : 31206 1496 112 crosses cross VBZ 31206 1496 113 the the DT 31206 1496 114 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 1496 115 , , , 31206 1496 116 102 102 CD 31206 1496 117 ; ; : 31206 1496 118 order order NN 31206 1496 119 of of IN 31206 1496 120 march march NNP 31206 1496 121 from from IN 31206 1496 122 Saratoga Saratoga NNP 31206 1496 123 to to IN 31206 1496 124 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1496 125 ' ' '' 31206 1496 126 Heights height NNS 31206 1496 127 , , , 31206 1496 128 105 105 CD 31206 1496 129 ; ; : 31206 1496 130 slow slow JJ 31206 1496 131 advance advance NN 31206 1496 132 , , , 31206 1496 133 105 105 CD 31206 1496 134 ; ; : 31206 1496 135 gives give VBZ 31206 1496 136 battle battle NN 31206 1496 137 to to IN 31206 1496 138 Gates Gates NNP 31206 1496 139 , , , 31206 1496 140 106 106 CD 31206 1496 141 ; ; : 31206 1496 142 troops troop NNS 31206 1496 143 in in IN 31206 1496 144 action action NN 31206 1496 145 , , , 31206 1496 146 107 107 CD 31206 1496 147 ; ; : 31206 1496 148 on on IN 31206 1496 149 the the DT 31206 1496 150 defensive defensive NN 31206 1496 151 , , , 31206 1496 152 116 116 CD 31206 1496 153 ; ; : 31206 1496 154 on on IN 31206 1496 155 short short JJ 31206 1496 156 rations ration NNS 31206 1496 157 , , , 31206 1496 158 117 117 CD 31206 1496 159 ; ; : 31206 1496 160 inactivity inactivity NN 31206 1496 161 of of IN 31206 1496 162 , , , 31206 1496 163 117 117 CD 31206 1496 164 ; ; , 31206 1496 165 ordered order VBN 31206 1496 166 to to TO 31206 1496 167 fight fight VB 31206 1496 168 Gates Gates NNP 31206 1496 169 again again RB 31206 1496 170 , , , 31206 1496 171 118 118 CD 31206 1496 172 ; ; : 31206 1496 173 troops troop NNS 31206 1496 174 selected select VBN 31206 1496 175 , , , 31206 1496 176 119 119 CD 31206 1496 177 ; ; : 31206 1496 178 meets meet VBZ 31206 1496 179 defeat defeat NN 31206 1496 180 , , , 31206 1496 181 121 121 CD 31206 1496 182 ; ; : 31206 1496 183 camp camp NN 31206 1496 184 assaulted assault VBN 31206 1496 185 and and CC 31206 1496 186 turned turn VBD 31206 1496 187 , , , 31206 1496 188 122 122 CD 31206 1496 189 ; ; : 31206 1496 190 forms form VBZ 31206 1496 191 new new JJ 31206 1496 192 line line NN 31206 1496 193 , , , 31206 1496 194 124 124 CD 31206 1496 195 ; ; : 31206 1496 196 retreats retreat NNS 31206 1496 197 , , , 31206 1496 198 127 127 CD 31206 1496 199 ; ; : 31206 1496 200 soldiers soldier NNS 31206 1496 201 dispirited dispirit VBN 31206 1496 202 , , , 31206 1496 203 129 129 CD 31206 1496 204 ; ; : 31206 1496 205 reaches reach VBZ 31206 1496 206 Saratoga Saratoga NNP 31206 1496 207 , , , 31206 1496 208 129 129 CD 31206 1496 209 ; ; : 31206 1496 210 makes make VBZ 31206 1496 211 a a DT 31206 1496 212 last last JJ 31206 1496 213 stand stand NN 31206 1496 214 , , , 31206 1496 215 130 130 CD 31206 1496 216 ; ; : 31206 1496 217 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1496 218 camps camp NNS 31206 1496 219 , , , 31206 1496 220 130 130 CD 31206 1496 221 ; ; : 31206 1496 222 compelled compel VBN 31206 1496 223 to to TO 31206 1496 224 surrender surrender VB 31206 1496 225 , , , 31206 1496 226 133 133 CD 31206 1496 227 ; ; : 31206 1496 228 numbers number NNS 31206 1496 229 at at IN 31206 1496 230 this this DT 31206 1496 231 time time NN 31206 1496 232 , , , 31206 1496 233 138 138 CD 31206 1496 234 . . . 31206 1497 1 BURGOYNE BURGOYNE NNP 31206 1497 2 'S 'S NNP 31206 1497 3 CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN NNS 31206 1497 4 discussed discuss VBD 31206 1497 5 , , , 31206 1497 6 10 10 CD 31206 1497 7 - - SYM 31206 1497 8 14 14 CD 31206 1497 9 ; ; : 31206 1497 10 demand demand NN 31206 1497 11 for for IN 31206 1497 12 re re NNS 31206 1497 13 - - NNS 31206 1497 14 enforcements enforcement NNS 31206 1497 15 , , , 31206 1497 16 11 11 CD 31206 1497 17 ; ; : 31206 1497 18 deficiency deficiency NN 31206 1497 19 of of IN 31206 1497 20 transportation transportation NN 31206 1497 21 service service NN 31206 1497 22 , , , 31206 1497 23 12 12 CD 31206 1497 24 ; ; : 31206 1497 25 cause cause NN 31206 1497 26 of of IN 31206 1497 27 failure failure NN 31206 1497 28 , , , 31206 1497 29 13 13 CD 31206 1497 30 ; ; : 31206 1497 31 plan plan NN 31206 1497 32 of of IN 31206 1497 33 , , , 31206 1497 34 26 26 CD 31206 1497 35 - - SYM 31206 1497 36 32 32 CD 31206 1497 37 ; ; : 31206 1497 38 results result NNS 31206 1497 39 in in IN 31206 1497 40 surrender surrender NN 31206 1497 41 , , , 31206 1497 42 133 133 CD 31206 1497 43 ; ; : 31206 1497 44 effect effect NN 31206 1497 45 of of IN 31206 1497 46 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1497 47 in in IN 31206 1497 48 Europe Europe NNP 31206 1497 49 , , , 31206 1497 50 especially especially RB 31206 1497 51 in in IN 31206 1497 52 France France NNP 31206 1497 53 , , , 31206 1497 54 140 140 CD 31206 1497 55 ; ; : 31206 1497 56 effect effect NN 31206 1497 57 at at IN 31206 1497 58 home home NN 31206 1497 59 , , , 31206 1497 60 141 141 CD 31206 1497 61 ; ; : 31206 1497 62 said say VBD 31206 1497 63 to to TO 31206 1497 64 have have VB 31206 1497 65 failed fail VBN 31206 1497 66 through through IN 31206 1497 67 blundering blunder VBG 31206 1497 68 in in IN 31206 1497 69 the the DT 31206 1497 70 War War NNP 31206 1497 71 Office Office NNP 31206 1497 72 , , , 31206 1497 73 142 142 CD 31206 1497 74 . . . 31206 1498 1 BURGOYNE BURGOYNE NNP 31206 1498 2 , , , 31206 1498 3 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1498 4 ; ; : 31206 1498 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 6 personal personal JJ 31206 1498 7 traits trait NNS 31206 1498 8 , , , 31206 1498 9 9 9 CD 31206 1498 10 ; ; : 31206 1498 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 12 plan plan NN 31206 1498 13 of of IN 31206 1498 14 campaign campaign NN 31206 1498 15 , , , 31206 1498 16 26 26 CD 31206 1498 17 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 18 et et NNP 31206 1498 19 seq seq NN 31206 1498 20 . . . 31206 1498 21 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 22 ; ; : 31206 1498 23 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 24 army army NN 31206 1498 25 , , , 31206 1498 26 33 33 CD 31206 1498 27 ; ; : 31206 1498 28 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 29 proclamation proclamation NN 31206 1498 30 , , , 31206 1498 31 38 38 CD 31206 1498 32 ; ; : 31206 1498 33 aims aim VBZ 31206 1498 34 to to TO 31206 1498 35 cut cut VB 31206 1498 36 off off RP 31206 1498 37 St. St. NNP 31206 1498 38 Clair Clair NNP 31206 1498 39 from from IN 31206 1498 40 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1498 41 , , , 31206 1498 42 45 45 CD 31206 1498 43 ; ; : 31206 1498 44 takes take VBZ 31206 1498 45 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 1498 46 , , , 31206 1498 47 51 51 CD 31206 1498 48 ; ; : 31206 1498 49 follows follow VBZ 31206 1498 50 up up RP 31206 1498 51 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 52 successes success NNS 31206 1498 53 , , , 31206 1498 54 52 52 CD 31206 1498 55 ; ; : 31206 1498 56 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 57 résumé résumé NN 31206 1498 58 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 59 of of IN 31206 1498 60 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 61 campaign campaign NN 31206 1498 62 thus thus RB 31206 1498 63 far far RB 31206 1498 64 , , , 31206 1498 65 52 52 CD 31206 1498 66 ; ; : 31206 1498 67 sends send VBZ 31206 1498 68 Riedesel Riedesel NNP 31206 1498 69 to to IN 31206 1498 70 Castleton Castleton NNP 31206 1498 71 , , , 31206 1498 72 61 61 CD 31206 1498 73 ; ; : 31206 1498 74 chooses choose VBZ 31206 1498 75 the the DT 31206 1498 76 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1498 77 Anne Anne NNP 31206 1498 78 route route NN 31206 1498 79 to to IN 31206 1498 80 Albany Albany NNP 31206 1498 81 , , , 31206 1498 82 61 61 CD 31206 1498 83 ; ; : 31206 1498 84 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 85 reasons reason NNS 31206 1498 86 , , , 31206 1498 87 62 62 CD 31206 1498 88 ; ; : 31206 1498 89 march march NNP 31206 1498 90 obstructed obstructed NNP 31206 1498 91 , , , 31206 1498 92 65 65 CD 31206 1498 93 ; ; : 31206 1498 94 reaches reach VBZ 31206 1498 95 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1498 96 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1498 97 , , , 31206 1498 98 66 66 CD 31206 1498 99 ; ; : 31206 1498 100 plans plan VBZ 31206 1498 101 how how WRB 31206 1498 102 to to TO 31206 1498 103 provide provide VB 31206 1498 104 for for IN 31206 1498 105 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 106 army army NN 31206 1498 107 , , , 31206 1498 108 68 68 CD 31206 1498 109 ; ; : 31206 1498 110 desire desire NN 31206 1498 111 to to TO 31206 1498 112 strike strike VB 31206 1498 113 New New NNP 31206 1498 114 England England NNP 31206 1498 115 , , , 31206 1498 116 68 68 CD 31206 1498 117 ; ; : 31206 1498 118 orders order VBZ 31206 1498 119 the the DT 31206 1498 120 expedition expedition NN 31206 1498 121 to to IN 31206 1498 122 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1498 123 , , , 31206 1498 124 70 70 CD 31206 1498 125 ; ; : 31206 1498 126 how how WRB 31206 1498 127 composed compose VBN 31206 1498 128 , , , 31206 1498 129 70 70 CD 31206 1498 130 ; ; : 31206 1498 131 combinations combination NNS 31206 1498 132 overthrown overthrow VBN 31206 1498 133 by by IN 31206 1498 134 Baum Baum NNP 31206 1498 135 's 's POS 31206 1498 136 defeat defeat NN 31206 1498 137 , , , 31206 1498 138 87 87 CD 31206 1498 139 ; ; : 31206 1498 140 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 141 losses loss NNS 31206 1498 142 up up RP 31206 1498 143 to to IN 31206 1498 144 this this DT 31206 1498 145 time time NN 31206 1498 146 , , , 31206 1498 147 88 88 CD 31206 1498 148 ; ; : 31206 1498 149 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 150 Indians Indians NNPS 31206 1498 151 desert desert VBP 31206 1498 152 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1498 153 , , , 31206 1498 154 88 88 CD 31206 1498 155 ; ; : 31206 1498 156 compelled compel VBN 31206 1498 157 to to TO 31206 1498 158 halt halt VB 31206 1498 159 again again RB 31206 1498 160 , , , 31206 1498 161 90 90 CD 31206 1498 162 ; ; : 31206 1498 163 hears hear NNS 31206 1498 164 of of IN 31206 1498 165 St. St. NNP 31206 1498 166 Leger Leger NNP 31206 1498 167 's 's POS 31206 1498 168 retreat retreat NN 31206 1498 169 , , , 31206 1498 170 93 93 CD 31206 1498 171 ; ; : 31206 1498 172 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 173 choice choice NN 31206 1498 174 of of IN 31206 1498 175 evils evil NNS 31206 1498 176 , , , 31206 1498 177 101 101 CD 31206 1498 178 ; ; : 31206 1498 179 decides decide VBZ 31206 1498 180 to to TO 31206 1498 181 cross cross VB 31206 1498 182 the the DT 31206 1498 183 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 1498 184 , , , 31206 1498 185 102 102 CD 31206 1498 186 ; ; : 31206 1498 187 marches marche NNS 31206 1498 188 in in IN 31206 1498 189 search search NN 31206 1498 190 of of IN 31206 1498 191 Gates Gates NNP 31206 1498 192 , , , 31206 1498 193 105 105 CD 31206 1498 194 ; ; : 31206 1498 195 order order NN 31206 1498 196 of of IN 31206 1498 197 march march NNP 31206 1498 198 , , , 31206 1498 199 105 105 CD 31206 1498 200 ; ; : 31206 1498 201 gives give VBZ 31206 1498 202 battle battle NN 31206 1498 203 , , , 31206 1498 204 106 106 CD 31206 1498 205 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 206 et et NNP 31206 1498 207 seq seq NN 31206 1498 208 . . . 31206 1498 209 _ _ NNP 31206 1498 210 ; ; : 31206 1498 211 troops troop NNS 31206 1498 212 in in IN 31206 1498 213 action action NN 31206 1498 214 , , , 31206 1498 215 107 107 CD 31206 1498 216 ; ; : 31206 1498 217 holds hold VBZ 31206 1498 218 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 219 position position NN 31206 1498 220 , , , 31206 1498 221 but but CC 31206 1498 222 makes make VBZ 31206 1498 223 no no DT 31206 1498 224 advance advance NN 31206 1498 225 , , , 31206 1498 226 113 113 CD 31206 1498 227 ; ; : 31206 1498 228 brings bring VBZ 31206 1498 229 on on IN 31206 1498 230 another another DT 31206 1498 231 battle battle NN 31206 1498 232 , , , 31206 1498 233 118 118 CD 31206 1498 234 , , , 31206 1498 235 119 119 CD 31206 1498 236 ; ; : 31206 1498 237 calls call VBZ 31206 1498 238 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 239 three three CD 31206 1498 240 best good JJS 31206 1498 241 generals general NNS 31206 1498 242 to to IN 31206 1498 243 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 244 aid aid NN 31206 1498 245 , , , 31206 1498 246 and and CC 31206 1498 247 commands command NNS 31206 1498 248 in in IN 31206 1498 249 person person NN 31206 1498 250 , , , 31206 1498 251 119 119 CD 31206 1498 252 ; ; : 31206 1498 253 is be VBZ 31206 1498 254 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1498 255 , , , 31206 1498 256 and and CC 31206 1498 257 driven drive VBN 31206 1498 258 into into IN 31206 1498 259 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 260 works work NNS 31206 1498 261 , , , 31206 1498 262 121 121 CD 31206 1498 263 ; ; : 31206 1498 264 orders order VBZ 31206 1498 265 a a DT 31206 1498 266 retreat retreat NN 31206 1498 267 , , , 31206 1498 268 127 127 CD 31206 1498 269 ; ; : 31206 1498 270 finds find VBZ 31206 1498 271 a a DT 31206 1498 272 force force NN 31206 1498 273 confronting confront VBG 31206 1498 274 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1498 275 on on IN 31206 1498 276 the the DT 31206 1498 277 east east NNP 31206 1498 278 bank bank NNP 31206 1498 279 of of IN 31206 1498 280 the the DT 31206 1498 281 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 1498 282 , , , 31206 1498 283 128 128 CD 31206 1498 284 ; ; : 31206 1498 285 loses lose VBZ 31206 1498 286 valuable valuable JJ 31206 1498 287 time time NN 31206 1498 288 , , , 31206 1498 289 128 128 CD 31206 1498 290 ; ; : 31206 1498 291 burns burn VBZ 31206 1498 292 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 293 baggage baggage NN 31206 1498 294 , , , 31206 1498 295 129 129 CD 31206 1498 296 ; ; : 31206 1498 297 arrives arrive VBZ 31206 1498 298 at at IN 31206 1498 299 Saratoga Saratoga NNP 31206 1498 300 , , , 31206 1498 301 129 129 CD 31206 1498 302 ; ; : 31206 1498 303 finds find VBZ 31206 1498 304 retreat retreat NN 31206 1498 305 cut cut VBN 31206 1498 306 off off RP 31206 1498 307 , , , 31206 1498 308 131 131 CD 31206 1498 309 ; ; : 31206 1498 310 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 311 camp camp NN 31206 1498 312 untenable untenable NN 31206 1498 313 , , , 31206 1498 314 132 132 CD 31206 1498 315 ; ; : 31206 1498 316 surrenders surrender VBZ 31206 1498 317 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1498 318 army army NN 31206 1498 319 , , , 31206 1498 320 133 133 CD 31206 1498 321 ; ; : 31206 1498 322 scene scene NN 31206 1498 323 described describe VBN 31206 1498 324 by by IN 31206 1498 325 eyewitnesses eyewitness NNS 31206 1498 326 , , , 31206 1498 327 135 135 CD 31206 1498 328 , , , 31206 1498 329 138 138 CD 31206 1498 330 . . . 31206 1499 1 CANADA CANADA NNP 31206 1499 2 'S 'S NNP 31206 1499 3 alliance alliance NN 31206 1499 4 desired desire VBD 31206 1499 5 , , , 31206 1499 6 15 15 CD 31206 1499 7 ; ; : 31206 1499 8 invasion invasion NN 31206 1499 9 of of IN 31206 1499 10 begun begin VBN 31206 1499 11 , , , 31206 1499 12 19 19 CD 31206 1499 13 ; ; : 31206 1499 14 attitude attitude NN 31206 1499 15 toward toward IN 31206 1499 16 the the DT 31206 1499 17 colonies colony NNS 31206 1499 18 , , , 31206 1499 19 25 25 CD 31206 1499 20 , , , 31206 1499 21 _ _ NNP 31206 1499 22 note note NN 31206 1499 23 _ _ NNP 31206 1499 24 . . . 31206 1500 1 CARLETON CARLETON NNP 31206 1500 2 , , , 31206 1500 3 GUY GUY NNP 31206 1500 4 ; ; : 31206 1500 5 attitude attitude NN 31206 1500 6 toward toward IN 31206 1500 7 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1500 8 , , , 31206 1500 9 11 11 CD 31206 1500 10 , , , 31206 1500 11 12 12 CD 31206 1500 12 ; ; , 31206 1500 13 gains gain VBZ 31206 1500 14 a a DT 31206 1500 15 naval naval JJ 31206 1500 16 victory victory NN 31206 1500 17 over over IN 31206 1500 18 Arnold Arnold NNP 31206 1500 19 , , , 31206 1500 20 22 22 CD 31206 1500 21 , , , 31206 1500 22 25 25 CD 31206 1500 23 . . . 31206 1501 1 CASTLETON CASTLETON NNP 31206 1501 2 , , , 31206 1501 3 VT VT NNP 31206 1501 4 . . . 31206 1501 5 ; ; : 31206 1501 6 Riedesel Riedesel NNP 31206 1501 7 posted post VBD 31206 1501 8 there there RB 31206 1501 9 by by IN 31206 1501 10 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1501 11 , , , 31206 1501 12 61 61 CD 31206 1501 13 . . . 31206 1502 1 CHAMBLY CHAMBLY NNP 31206 1502 2 , , , 31206 1502 3 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1502 4 ; ; : 31206 1502 5 position position NN 31206 1502 6 of of IN 31206 1502 7 , , , 31206 1502 8 16 16 CD 31206 1502 9 ; ; : 31206 1502 10 taken take VBN 31206 1502 11 by by IN 31206 1502 12 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1502 13 , , , 31206 1502 14 19 19 CD 31206 1502 15 ; ; : 31206 1502 16 burnt burn VBN 31206 1502 17 , , , 31206 1502 18 20 20 CD 31206 1502 19 . . . 31206 1503 1 CLINTON CLINTON NNP 31206 1503 2 , , , 31206 1503 3 SIR SIR NNP 31206 1503 4 HENRY HENRY NNP 31206 1503 5 , , , 31206 1503 6 notifies notify VBZ 31206 1503 7 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1503 8 that that IN 31206 1503 9 he -PRON- PRP 31206 1503 10 is be VBZ 31206 1503 11 coming come VBG 31206 1503 12 to to IN 31206 1503 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1503 14 relief relief NN 31206 1503 15 , , , 31206 1503 16 116 116 CD 31206 1503 17 ; ; : 31206 1503 18 thinks think VBZ 31206 1503 19 he -PRON- PRP 31206 1503 20 is be VBZ 31206 1503 21 only only RB 31206 1503 22 to to TO 31206 1503 23 make make VB 31206 1503 24 a a DT 31206 1503 25 diversion diversion NN 31206 1503 26 , , , 31206 1503 27 117 117 CD 31206 1503 28 ; ; SYM 31206 1503 29 122 122 CD 31206 1503 30 , , , 31206 1503 31 _ _ NNP 31206 1503 32 note note NN 31206 1503 33 _ _ NNP 31206 1503 34 ; ; : 31206 1503 35 is be VBZ 31206 1503 36 near near IN 31206 1503 37 Albany Albany NNP 31206 1503 38 when when WRB 31206 1503 39 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1503 40 surrenders surrender NNS 31206 1503 41 , , , 31206 1503 42 133 133 CD 31206 1503 43 ; ; SYM 31206 1503 44 134 134 CD 31206 1503 45 , , , 31206 1503 46 _ _ NNP 31206 1503 47 note note NN 31206 1503 48 _ _ NNP 31206 1503 49 . . . 31206 1504 1 CROWN CROWN NNP 31206 1504 2 POINT POINT NNS 31206 1504 3 , , , 31206 1504 4 position position NN 31206 1504 5 of of IN 31206 1504 6 , , , 31206 1504 7 16 16 CD 31206 1504 8 ; ; : 31206 1504 9 when when WRB 31206 1504 10 built build VBN 31206 1504 11 , , , 31206 1504 12 18 18 CD 31206 1504 13 , , , 31206 1504 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1504 15 note note NN 31206 1504 16 _ _ NNP 31206 1504 17 ; ; : 31206 1504 18 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1504 19 fall fall VBP 31206 1504 20 back back RB 31206 1504 21 to to IN 31206 1504 22 , , , 31206 1504 23 20 20 CD 31206 1504 24 ; ; : 31206 1504 25 evacuated evacuate VBN 31206 1504 26 , , , 31206 1504 27 20 20 CD 31206 1504 28 ; ; : 31206 1504 29 naval naval JJ 31206 1504 30 battle battle NN 31206 1504 31 near near IN 31206 1504 32 , , , 31206 1504 33 22 22 CD 31206 1504 34 . . . 31206 1505 1 DIAMOND DIAMOND NNP 31206 1505 2 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 31206 1505 3 , , , 31206 1505 4 unsuccessful unsuccessful JJ 31206 1505 5 attack attack NN 31206 1505 6 upon upon IN 31206 1505 7 , , , 31206 1505 8 114 114 CD 31206 1505 9 . . . 31206 1506 1 DUER DUER NNP 31206 1506 2 'S 's POS 31206 1506 3 HOUSE HOUSE NNP 31206 1506 4 , , , 31206 1506 5 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 1506 6 's 's POS 31206 1506 7 corps corps NN 31206 1506 8 at at IN 31206 1506 9 , , , 31206 1506 10 68 68 CD 31206 1506 11 ; ; : 31206 1506 12 British british JJ 31206 1506 13 army army NN 31206 1506 14 posted post VBD 31206 1506 15 at at IN 31206 1506 16 , , , 31206 1506 17 70 70 CD 31206 1506 18 , , , 31206 1506 19 87 87 CD 31206 1506 20 . . . 31206 1507 1 FELLOWS FELLOWS NNP 31206 1507 2 , , , 31206 1507 3 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1507 4 , , , 31206 1507 5 commands command VBZ 31206 1507 6 a a DT 31206 1507 7 detachment detachment NN 31206 1507 8 to to TO 31206 1507 9 watch watch VB 31206 1507 10 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1507 11 , , , 31206 1507 12 134 134 CD 31206 1507 13 . . . 31206 1508 1 FISHKILL FISHKILL NNP 31206 1508 2 CREEK CREEK NNP 31206 1508 3 , , , 31206 1508 4 129 129 CD 31206 1508 5 ; ; SYM 31206 1508 6 134 134 CD 31206 1508 7 , , , 31206 1508 8 _ _ NNP 31206 1508 9 note note NN 31206 1508 10 _ _ NNP 31206 1508 11 . . . 31206 1509 1 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1509 2 ANNE ANNE NNP 31206 1509 3 , , , 31206 1509 4 N. N. NNP 31206 1509 5 Y. Y. NNP 31206 1509 6 ; ; : 31206 1509 7 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1509 8 retreat retreat VBP 31206 1509 9 to to TO 31206 1509 10 , , , 31206 1509 11 from from IN 31206 1509 12 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 1509 13 , , , 31206 1509 14 51 51 CD 31206 1509 15 ; ; : 31206 1509 16 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1509 17 re re NN 31206 1509 18 - - VBZ 31206 1509 19 enforces enforce VBZ 31206 1509 20 them -PRON- PRP 31206 1509 21 , , , 31206 1509 22 52 52 CD 31206 1509 23 ; ; : 31206 1509 24 combat combat NN 31206 1509 25 at at IN 31206 1509 26 , , , 31206 1509 27 52 52 CD 31206 1509 28 ; ; : 31206 1509 29 burnt burn VBN 31206 1509 30 and and CC 31206 1509 31 abandoned abandon VBN 31206 1509 32 , , , 31206 1509 33 52 52 CD 31206 1509 34 ; ; : 31206 1509 35 described describe VBN 31206 1509 36 , , , 31206 1509 37 55 55 CD 31206 1509 38 , , , 31206 1509 39 _ _ NNP 31206 1509 40 note note NN 31206 1509 41 _ _ NNP 31206 1509 42 ; ; : 31206 1509 43 importance importance NN 31206 1509 44 to to IN 31206 1509 45 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1509 46 , , , 31206 1509 47 62 62 CD 31206 1509 48 ; ; : 31206 1509 49 neighborhood neighborhood NN 31206 1509 50 described describe VBN 31206 1509 51 , , , 31206 1509 52 62 62 CD 31206 1509 53 , , , 31206 1509 54 63 63 CD 31206 1509 55 . . . 31206 1510 1 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1510 2 EDWARD EDWARD NNP 31206 1510 3 , , , 31206 1510 4 position position NN 31206 1510 5 of of IN 31206 1510 6 , , , 31206 1510 7 16 16 CD 31206 1510 8 ; ; : 31206 1510 9 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1510 10 at at IN 31206 1510 11 , , , 31206 1510 12 51 51 CD 31206 1510 13 ; ; : 31206 1510 14 is be VBZ 31206 1510 15 joined join VBN 31206 1510 16 by by IN 31206 1510 17 St. St. NNP 31206 1510 18 Clair Clair NNP 31206 1510 19 , , , 31206 1510 20 after after IN 31206 1510 21 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1510 22 falls fall VBZ 31206 1510 23 , , , 31206 1510 24 51 51 CD 31206 1510 25 ; ; : 31206 1510 26 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1510 27 arrives arrive VBZ 31206 1510 28 at at IN 31206 1510 29 , , , 31206 1510 30 66 66 CD 31206 1510 31 ; ; : 31206 1510 32 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1510 33 evacuates evacuate VBZ 31206 1510 34 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1510 35 , , , 31206 1510 36 66 66 CD 31206 1510 37 ; ; : 31206 1510 38 described describe VBN 31206 1510 39 , , , 31206 1510 40 66 66 CD 31206 1510 41 , , , 31206 1510 42 _ _ NNP 31206 1510 43 note note NN 31206 1510 44 _ _ NNP 31206 1510 45 . . . 31206 1511 1 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1511 2 GEORGE GEORGE NNP 31206 1511 3 , , , 31206 1511 4 position position NN 31206 1511 5 of of IN 31206 1511 6 , , , 31206 1511 7 16 16 CD 31206 1511 8 ; ; : 31206 1511 9 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1511 10 evacuate evacuate VBP 31206 1511 11 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1511 12 , , , 31206 1511 13 66 66 CD 31206 1511 14 ; ; : 31206 1511 15 and and CC 31206 1511 16 British british JJ 31206 1511 17 occupy occupy VBP 31206 1511 18 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1511 19 , , , 31206 1511 20 66 66 CD 31206 1511 21 . . . 31206 1512 1 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1512 2 OSWEGO OSWEGO NNP 31206 1512 3 , , , 31206 1512 4 position position NN 31206 1512 5 of of IN 31206 1512 6 , , , 31206 1512 7 30 30 CD 31206 1512 8 . . . 31206 1513 1 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1513 2 STANWIX STANWIX NNP 31206 1513 3 , , , 31206 1513 4 position position NN 31206 1513 5 of of IN 31206 1513 6 , , , 31206 1513 7 30 30 CD 31206 1513 8 ; ; : 31206 1513 9 St. St. NNP 31206 1513 10 Leger Leger NNP 31206 1513 11 's 's POS 31206 1513 12 force force NN 31206 1513 13 , , , 31206 1513 14 35 35 CD 31206 1513 15 ; ; : 31206 1513 16 garrisoned garrison VBN 31206 1513 17 and and CC 31206 1513 18 defended defend VBN 31206 1513 19 , , , 31206 1513 20 90 90 CD 31206 1513 21 , , , 31206 1513 22 91 91 CD 31206 1513 23 ; ; : 31206 1513 24 attempt attempt NN 31206 1513 25 to to TO 31206 1513 26 relieve relieve VB 31206 1513 27 fails fail NNS 31206 1513 28 , , , 31206 1513 29 91 91 CD 31206 1513 30 ; ; : 31206 1513 31 garrison garrison NN 31206 1513 32 makes make VBZ 31206 1513 33 a a DT 31206 1513 34 sally sally NN 31206 1513 35 , , , 31206 1513 36 92 92 CD 31206 1513 37 ; ; : 31206 1513 38 siege siege NN 31206 1513 39 raised raise VBD 31206 1513 40 , , , 31206 1513 41 93 93 CD 31206 1513 42 ; ; SYM 31206 1513 43 94 94 CD 31206 1513 44 , , , 31206 1513 45 _ _ NNP 31206 1513 46 note note NN 31206 1513 47 _ _ NNP 31206 1513 48 . . . 31206 1514 1 FRANCIS FRANCIS NNP 31206 1514 2 , , , 31206 1514 3 EBENEZER EBENEZER NNP 31206 1514 4 , , , 31206 1514 5 covers cover VBZ 31206 1514 6 retreat retreat NN 31206 1514 7 from from IN 31206 1514 8 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1514 9 , , , 31206 1514 10 fights fight VBZ 31206 1514 11 Frazer Frazer NNP 31206 1514 12 at at IN 31206 1514 13 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1514 14 , , , 31206 1514 15 but but CC 31206 1514 16 is be VBZ 31206 1514 17 killed kill VBN 31206 1514 18 , , , 31206 1514 19 51 51 CD 31206 1514 20 ; ; SYM 31206 1514 21 55 55 CD 31206 1514 22 , , , 31206 1514 23 _ _ NNP 31206 1514 24 note note NN 31206 1514 25 _ _ NNP 31206 1514 26 . . . 31206 1515 1 FRAZER FRAZER NNP 31206 1515 2 , , , 31206 1515 3 SIMON SIMON NNP 31206 1515 4 , , , 31206 1515 5 commands command VBZ 31206 1515 6 a a DT 31206 1515 7 corps corps NN 31206 1515 8 under under IN 31206 1515 9 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1515 10 , , , 31206 1515 11 34 34 CD 31206 1515 12 , , , 31206 1515 13 35 35 CD 31206 1515 14 ; ; : 31206 1515 15 takes take VBZ 31206 1515 16 Mt. Mount NNP 31206 1516 1 Hope Hope NNP 31206 1516 2 , , , 31206 1516 3 40 40 CD 31206 1516 4 ; ; : 31206 1516 5 pursues pursue VBZ 31206 1516 6 St. St. NNP 31206 1516 7 Clair Clair NNP 31206 1516 8 , , , 31206 1516 9 46 46 CD 31206 1516 10 ; ; : 31206 1516 11 comes come VBZ 31206 1516 12 up up RP 31206 1516 13 with with IN 31206 1516 14 the the DT 31206 1516 15 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1516 16 at at IN 31206 1516 17 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1516 18 , , , 31206 1516 19 and and CC 31206 1516 20 fights fight VBZ 31206 1516 21 them -PRON- PRP 31206 1516 22 , , , 31206 1516 23 47 47 CD 31206 1516 24 ; ; : 31206 1516 25 on on IN 31206 1516 26 the the DT 31206 1516 27 point point NN 31206 1516 28 of of IN 31206 1516 29 defeat defeat NN 31206 1516 30 is be VBZ 31206 1516 31 re re VBN 31206 1516 32 - - VBN 31206 1516 33 enforced enforced JJ 31206 1516 34 , , , 31206 1516 35 and and CC 31206 1516 36 gains gain VBZ 31206 1516 37 the the DT 31206 1516 38 day day NN 31206 1516 39 , , , 31206 1516 40 48 48 CD 31206 1516 41 ; ; : 31206 1516 42 crosses cross VBZ 31206 1516 43 the the DT 31206 1516 44 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 1516 45 , , , 31206 1516 46 and and CC 31206 1516 47 takes take VBZ 31206 1516 48 post post NN 31206 1516 49 at at IN 31206 1516 50 Saratoga Saratoga NNP 31206 1516 51 , , , 31206 1516 52 70 70 CD 31206 1516 53 ; ; : 31206 1516 54 recrosses recrosse VBZ 31206 1516 55 the the DT 31206 1516 56 Hudson Hudson NNP 31206 1516 57 , , , 31206 1516 58 87 87 CD 31206 1516 59 ; ; : 31206 1516 60 is be VBZ 31206 1516 61 posted post VBN 31206 1516 62 on on IN 31206 1516 63 the the DT 31206 1516 64 right right NN 31206 1516 65 at at IN 31206 1516 66 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1516 67 ' ' '' 31206 1516 68 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1516 69 , , , 31206 1516 70 105 105 CD 31206 1516 71 ; ; : 31206 1516 72 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1516 73 force force NN 31206 1516 74 , , , 31206 1516 75 107 107 CD 31206 1516 76 ; ; : 31206 1516 77 killed kill VBN 31206 1516 78 , , , 31206 1516 79 121 121 CD 31206 1516 80 ; ; : 31206 1516 81 123 123 CD 31206 1516 82 , , , 31206 1516 83 _ _ NNP 31206 1516 84 note note NN 31206 1516 85 _ _ NNP 31206 1516 86 ; ; : 31206 1516 87 buried bury VBN 31206 1516 88 , , , 31206 1516 89 127 127 CD 31206 1516 90 ; ; SYM 31206 1516 91 134 134 CD 31206 1516 92 , , , 31206 1516 93 _ _ NNP 31206 1516 94 note note NN 31206 1516 95 _ _ NNP 31206 1516 96 . . . 31206 1517 1 FREEMAN FREEMAN NNP 31206 1517 2 'S 'S NNP 31206 1517 3 FARM FARM NNP 31206 1517 4 , , , 31206 1517 5 position position NN 31206 1517 6 of of IN 31206 1517 7 , , , 31206 1517 8 99 99 CD 31206 1517 9 ; ; : 31206 1517 10 100 100 CD 31206 1517 11 , , , 31206 1517 12 _ _ NNP 31206 1517 13 note note NN 31206 1517 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1517 15 , , , 31206 1517 16 105 105 CD 31206 1517 17 ; ; : 31206 1517 18 first first JJ 31206 1517 19 collision collision NN 31206 1517 20 at at IN 31206 1517 21 ( ( -LRB- 31206 1517 22 Sept. September NNP 31206 1517 23 19 19 CD 31206 1517 24 ) ) -RRB- 31206 1517 25 , , , 31206 1517 26 106 106 CD 31206 1517 27 ; ; : 31206 1517 28 second second JJ 31206 1517 29 battle battle NN 31206 1517 30 at at IN 31206 1517 31 , , , 31206 1517 32 120 120 CD 31206 1517 33 - - SYM 31206 1517 34 122 122 CD 31206 1517 35 . . . 31206 1518 1 GANSEVOORT GANSEVOORT NNP 31206 1518 2 , , , 31206 1518 3 PETER PETER NNP 31206 1518 4 , , , 31206 1518 5 at at IN 31206 1518 6 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1518 7 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1518 8 , , , 31206 1518 9 90 90 CD 31206 1518 10 ; ; : 31206 1518 11 sallies sally NNS 31206 1518 12 out out RB 31206 1518 13 upon upon IN 31206 1518 14 besiegers besieger NNS 31206 1518 15 , , , 31206 1518 16 91 91 CD 31206 1518 17 ; ; SYM 31206 1518 18 94 94 CD 31206 1518 19 , , , 31206 1518 20 _ _ NNP 31206 1518 21 note note NN 31206 1518 22 _ _ NNP 31206 1518 23 . . . 31206 1519 1 GATES GATES NNP 31206 1519 2 , , , 31206 1519 3 HORATIO HORATIO NNP 31206 1519 4 , , , 31206 1519 5 takes take VBZ 31206 1519 6 command command NN 31206 1519 7 of of IN 31206 1519 8 the the DT 31206 1519 9 Northern Northern NNP 31206 1519 10 Army Army NNP 31206 1519 11 , , , 31206 1519 12 20 20 CD 31206 1519 13 ; ; : 31206 1519 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1519 15 rank rank NN 31206 1519 16 , , , 31206 1519 17 25 25 CD 31206 1519 18 , , , 31206 1519 19 _ _ NNP 31206 1519 20 note note NN 31206 1519 21 _ _ NNP 31206 1519 22 ; ; : 31206 1519 23 supersedes supersede NNS 31206 1519 24 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1519 25 , , , 31206 1519 26 95 95 CD 31206 1519 27 ; ; , 31206 1519 28 good good JJ 31206 1519 29 effect effect NN 31206 1519 30 on on IN 31206 1519 31 the the DT 31206 1519 32 army army NN 31206 1519 33 , , , 31206 1519 34 97 97 CD 31206 1519 35 ; ; : 31206 1519 36 orders order VBZ 31206 1519 37 an an DT 31206 1519 38 advance advance NN 31206 1519 39 to to IN 31206 1519 40 Stillwater Stillwater NNP 31206 1519 41 , , , 31206 1519 42 97 97 CD 31206 1519 43 ; ; : 31206 1519 44 want want NN 31206 1519 45 of of IN 31206 1519 46 confidence confidence NN 31206 1519 47 in in IN 31206 1519 48 Arnold Arnold NNP 31206 1519 49 a a DT 31206 1519 50 drawback drawback NN 31206 1519 51 to to IN 31206 1519 52 success success NN 31206 1519 53 , , , 31206 1519 54 98 98 CD 31206 1519 55 ; ; : 31206 1519 56 posts post VBZ 31206 1519 57 the the DT 31206 1519 58 army army NN 31206 1519 59 on on IN 31206 1519 60 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1519 61 ' ' '' 31206 1519 62 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1519 63 , , , 31206 1519 64 98 98 CD 31206 1519 65 ; ; : 31206 1519 66 _ _ NNP 31206 1519 67 note note NN 31206 1519 68 _ _ NNP 31206 1519 69 , , , 31206 1519 70 99 99 CD 31206 1519 71 ; ; : 31206 1519 72 sends send VBZ 31206 1519 73 Morgan Morgan NNP 31206 1519 74 to to TO 31206 1519 75 feel feel VB 31206 1519 76 the the DT 31206 1519 77 enemy enemy NN 31206 1519 78 , , , 31206 1519 79 106 106 CD 31206 1519 80 ; ; : 31206 1519 81 re re NNS 31206 1519 82 - - NNS 31206 1519 83 enforces enforce NNS 31206 1519 84 in in IN 31206 1519 85 driblets driblet NNS 31206 1519 86 , , , 31206 1519 87 108 108 CD 31206 1519 88 ; ; : 31206 1519 89 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1519 90 camp camp NN 31206 1519 91 and and CC 31206 1519 92 army army NN 31206 1519 93 , , , 31206 1519 94 115 115 CD 31206 1519 95 , , , 31206 1519 96 _ _ NNP 31206 1519 97 note_s note_s NNP 31206 1519 98 1 1 CD 31206 1519 99 and and CC 31206 1519 100 2 2 CD 31206 1519 101 ; ; , 31206 1519 102 accepts accept VBZ 31206 1519 103 battle battle NN 31206 1519 104 again again RB 31206 1519 105 , , , 31206 1519 106 120 120 CD 31206 1519 107 ; ; : 31206 1519 108 is be VBZ 31206 1519 109 victorious victorious JJ 31206 1519 110 , , , 31206 1519 111 121 121 CD 31206 1519 112 , , , 31206 1519 113 122 122 CD 31206 1519 114 ; ; : 31206 1519 115 dilatory dilatory JJ 31206 1519 116 pursuit pursuit NN 31206 1519 117 of of IN 31206 1519 118 the the DT 31206 1519 119 enemy enemy NN 31206 1519 120 , , , 31206 1519 121 131 131 CD 31206 1519 122 ; ; : 31206 1519 123 comes come VBZ 31206 1519 124 up up RP 31206 1519 125 with with IN 31206 1519 126 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1519 127 , , , 31206 1519 128 131 131 CD 31206 1519 129 ; ; : 31206 1519 130 dispositions disposition NNS 31206 1519 131 for for IN 31206 1519 132 attacking attacking NN 31206 1519 133 , , , 31206 1519 134 131 131 CD 31206 1519 135 ; ; : 31206 1519 136 receives receive VBZ 31206 1519 137 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1519 138 's 's POS 31206 1519 139 surrender surrender NN 31206 1519 140 , , , 31206 1519 141 133 133 CD 31206 1519 142 . . . 31206 1520 1 HERKIMER HERKIMER NNP 31206 1520 2 , , , 31206 1520 3 NICHOLAS NICHOLAS NNP 31206 1520 4 , , , 31206 1520 5 marches march VBZ 31206 1520 6 to to TO 31206 1520 7 relieve relieve VB 31206 1520 8 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1520 9 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1520 10 , , , 31206 1520 11 91 91 CD 31206 1520 12 ; ; : 31206 1520 13 is be VBZ 31206 1520 14 waylaid waylaid JJ 31206 1520 15 and and CC 31206 1520 16 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1520 17 , , , 31206 1520 18 91 91 CD 31206 1520 19 , , , 31206 1520 20 92 92 CD 31206 1520 21 ; ; : 31206 1520 22 dies die NNS 31206 1520 23 of of IN 31206 1520 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1520 25 wounds wound NNS 31206 1520 26 , , , 31206 1520 27 92 92 CD 31206 1520 28 ; ; SYM 31206 1520 29 94 94 CD 31206 1520 30 , , , 31206 1520 31 _ _ NNP 31206 1520 32 note note NN 31206 1520 33 _ _ NNP 31206 1520 34 . . . 31206 1521 1 HESSIAN HESSIAN NNP 31206 1521 2 MERCENARIES MERCENARIES NNP 31206 1521 3 , , , 31206 1521 4 36 36 CD 31206 1521 5 , , , 31206 1521 6 _ _ NNP 31206 1521 7 note note NN 31206 1521 8 _ _ NNP 31206 1521 9 . . . 31206 1522 1 HOWE HOWE NNP 31206 1522 2 , , , 31206 1522 3 SIR SIR NNP 31206 1522 4 WILLIAM WILLIAM NNP 31206 1522 5 , , , 31206 1522 6 participation participation NN 31206 1522 7 in in IN 31206 1522 8 the the DT 31206 1522 9 campaign campaign NN 31206 1522 10 discussed discuss VBN 31206 1522 11 , , , 31206 1522 12 14 14 CD 31206 1522 13 ; ; : 31206 1522 14 driven drive VBN 31206 1522 15 from from IN 31206 1522 16 Boston Boston NNP 31206 1522 17 , , , 31206 1522 18 29 29 CD 31206 1522 19 ; ; : 31206 1522 20 George George NNP 31206 1522 21 III III NNP 31206 1522 22 . . . 31206 1523 1 disappointed disappointed JJ 31206 1523 2 in in IN 31206 1523 3 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1523 4 , , , 31206 1523 5 29 29 CD 31206 1523 6 ; ; : 31206 1523 7 gets get VBZ 31206 1523 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1523 9 orders order NNS 31206 1523 10 too too RB 31206 1523 11 late late RB 31206 1523 12 , , , 31206 1523 13 31 31 CD 31206 1523 14 . . . 31206 1524 1 HUBBARDTON HUBBARDTON NNP 31206 1524 2 , , , 31206 1524 3 VT VT NNP 31206 1524 4 . . NNP 31206 1524 5 , , , 31206 1524 6 garrison garrison NN 31206 1524 7 of of IN 31206 1524 8 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1524 9 retreats retreat NNS 31206 1524 10 to to IN 31206 1524 11 , , , 31206 1524 12 44 44 CD 31206 1524 13 ; ; : 31206 1524 14 St. St. NNP 31206 1524 15 Clair Clair NNP 31206 1524 16 's 's POS 31206 1524 17 rearguard rearguard NN 31206 1524 18 overtaken overtake VBN 31206 1524 19 at at IN 31206 1524 20 , , , 31206 1524 21 47 47 CD 31206 1524 22 ; ; : 31206 1524 23 battle battle NN 31206 1524 24 of of IN 31206 1524 25 , , , 31206 1524 26 47 47 CD 31206 1524 27 , , , 31206 1524 28 48 48 CD 31206 1524 29 , , , 31206 1524 30 49 49 CD 31206 1524 31 . . . 31206 1525 1 JOHNSON JOHNSON NNP 31206 1525 2 , , , 31206 1525 3 SIR SIR NNP 31206 1525 4 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1525 5 , , , 31206 1525 6 at at IN 31206 1525 7 Oriskany Oriskany NNP 31206 1525 8 , , , 31206 1525 9 91 91 CD 31206 1525 10 ; ; SYM 31206 1525 11 94 94 CD 31206 1525 12 , , , 31206 1525 13 _ _ NNP 31206 1525 14 note note NN 31206 1525 15 _ _ NNP 31206 1525 16 . . . 31206 1526 1 KOSCIUSKO KOSCIUSKO NNP 31206 1526 2 , , , 31206 1526 3 THADDEUS THADDEUS NNP 31206 1526 4 , , , 31206 1526 5 marks mark VBZ 31206 1526 6 out out RP 31206 1526 7 the the DT 31206 1526 8 lines line NNS 31206 1526 9 on on IN 31206 1526 10 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1526 11 ' ' '' 31206 1526 12 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1526 13 , , , 31206 1526 14 98 98 CD 31206 1526 15 ; ; : 31206 1526 16 100 100 CD 31206 1526 17 , , , 31206 1526 18 _ _ NNP 31206 1526 19 note note NN 31206 1526 20 _ _ NNP 31206 1526 21 . . . 31206 1527 1 LAKE LAKE NNP 31206 1527 2 CHAMPLAIN CHAMPLAIN NNP 31206 1527 3 , , , 31206 1527 4 the the DT 31206 1527 5 gateway gateway NN 31206 1527 6 of of IN 31206 1527 7 the the DT 31206 1527 8 north north NN 31206 1527 9 , , , 31206 1527 10 16 16 CD 31206 1527 11 ; ; : 31206 1527 12 naval naval JJ 31206 1527 13 battle battle NN 31206 1527 14 on on IN 31206 1527 15 , , , 31206 1527 16 22 22 CD 31206 1527 17 ; ; : 31206 1527 18 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1527 19 's 's POS 31206 1527 20 advance advance NN 31206 1527 21 , , , 31206 1527 22 35 35 CD 31206 1527 23 ; ; : 31206 1527 24 shores shore NNS 31206 1527 25 of of IN 31206 1527 26 , , , 31206 1527 27 37 37 CD 31206 1527 28 ; ; : 31206 1527 29 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1527 30 driven drive VBN 31206 1527 31 from from IN 31206 1527 32 , , , 31206 1527 33 51 51 CD 31206 1527 34 . . . 31206 1528 1 LINCOLN LINCOLN NNP 31206 1528 2 , , , 31206 1528 3 BENJAMIN BENJAMIN NNP 31206 1528 4 , , , 31206 1528 5 sent send VBN 31206 1528 6 to to IN 31206 1528 7 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 1528 8 , , , 31206 1528 9 74 74 CD 31206 1528 10 ; ; : 31206 1528 11 sketch sketch NN 31206 1528 12 of of IN 31206 1528 13 , , , 31206 1528 14 76 76 CD 31206 1528 15 , , , 31206 1528 16 _ _ NNP 31206 1528 17 note note NN 31206 1528 18 _ _ NNP 31206 1528 19 ; ; : 31206 1528 20 makes make VBZ 31206 1528 21 a a DT 31206 1528 22 raid raid NN 31206 1528 23 in in IN 31206 1528 24 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1528 25 's 's POS 31206 1528 26 rear rear NN 31206 1528 27 , , , 31206 1528 28 113 113 CD 31206 1528 29 ; ; : 31206 1528 30 joins join VBZ 31206 1528 31 Gates Gates NNP 31206 1528 32 , , , 31206 1528 33 115 115 CD 31206 1528 34 ; ; , 31206 1528 35 wounded wound VBN 31206 1528 36 , , , 31206 1528 37 128 128 CD 31206 1528 38 . . . 31206 1529 1 LYMAN LYMAN NNP 31206 1529 2 , , , 31206 1529 3 PHINEAS PHINEAS NNP 31206 1529 4 , , , 31206 1529 5 builds build VBZ 31206 1529 6 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1529 7 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1529 8 , , , 31206 1529 9 66 66 CD 31206 1529 10 . . . 31206 1530 1 MANCHESTER MANCHESTER NNP 31206 1530 2 , , , 31206 1530 3 VT VT NNP 31206 1530 4 . . NNP 31206 1530 5 , , , 31206 1530 6 Warner Warner NNP 31206 1530 7 posted post VBD 31206 1530 8 at at IN 31206 1530 9 , , , 31206 1530 10 57 57 CD 31206 1530 11 ; ; : 31206 1530 12 rendezvous rendezvous NN 31206 1530 13 for for IN 31206 1530 14 militia militia NN 31206 1530 15 , , , 31206 1530 16 73 73 CD 31206 1530 17 ; ; : 31206 1530 18 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 31206 1530 19 and and CC 31206 1530 20 Stark Stark NNP 31206 1530 21 at at IN 31206 1530 22 , , , 31206 1530 23 74 74 CD 31206 1530 24 . . . 31206 1531 1 MOHAWK MOHAWK NNP 31206 1531 2 VALLEY VALLEY NNP 31206 1531 3 , , , 31206 1531 4 plan plan VBP 31206 1531 5 for for IN 31206 1531 6 invading invade VBG 31206 1531 7 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1531 8 , , , 31206 1531 9 30 30 CD 31206 1531 10 , , , 31206 1531 11 35 35 CD 31206 1531 12 . . . 31206 1532 1 MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY NNP 31206 1532 2 , , , 31206 1532 3 RICHARD RICHARD NNP 31206 1532 4 , , , 31206 1532 5 leads lead VBZ 31206 1532 6 an an DT 31206 1532 7 army army NN 31206 1532 8 to to IN 31206 1532 9 Canada Canada NNP 31206 1532 10 , , , 31206 1532 11 19 19 CD 31206 1532 12 ; ; : 31206 1532 13 killed kill VBN 31206 1532 14 , , , 31206 1532 15 20 20 CD 31206 1532 16 ; ; : 31206 1532 17 sketch sketch NN 31206 1532 18 of of IN 31206 1532 19 , , , 31206 1532 20 25 25 CD 31206 1532 21 , , , 31206 1532 22 _ _ NNP 31206 1532 23 note note NN 31206 1532 24 _ _ NNP 31206 1532 25 . . . 31206 1533 1 MORGAN MORGAN NNP 31206 1533 2 'S 's POS 31206 1533 3 RIFLEMEN RIFLEMEN NNP 31206 1533 4 , , , 31206 1533 5 99 99 CD 31206 1533 6 , , , 31206 1533 7 _ _ NNP 31206 1533 8 note note NN 31206 1533 9 _ _ NNP 31206 1533 10 ; ; : 31206 1533 11 attack attack NN 31206 1533 12 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1533 13 , , , 31206 1533 14 106 106 CD 31206 1533 15 ; ; : 31206 1533 16 part part NN 31206 1533 17 in in IN 31206 1533 18 the the DT 31206 1533 19 battle battle NN 31206 1533 20 of of IN 31206 1533 21 October October NNP 31206 1533 22 7 7 CD 31206 1533 23 , , , 31206 1533 24 120 120 CD 31206 1533 25 , , , 31206 1533 26 121 121 CD 31206 1533 27 . . . 31206 1534 1 MOUNT MOUNT NNP 31206 1534 2 INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE NNP 31206 1534 3 described describe VBN 31206 1534 4 , , , 31206 1534 5 16 16 CD 31206 1534 6 ; ; : 31206 1534 7 named name VBN 31206 1534 8 , , , 31206 1534 9 21 21 CD 31206 1534 10 ; ; : 31206 1534 11 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1534 12 retreat retreat VBP 31206 1534 13 from from IN 31206 1534 14 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1534 15 to to IN 31206 1534 16 , , , 31206 1534 17 44 44 CD 31206 1534 18 . . . 31206 1535 1 MOUNT MOUNT NNP 31206 1535 2 DEFIANCE DEFIANCE NNP 31206 1535 3 , , , 31206 1535 4 the the DT 31206 1535 5 key key NN 31206 1535 6 of of IN 31206 1535 7 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1535 8 , , , 31206 1535 9 43 43 CD 31206 1535 10 ; ; : 31206 1535 11 seized seize VBN 31206 1535 12 by by IN 31206 1535 13 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1535 14 's 's POS 31206 1535 15 engineers engineer NNS 31206 1535 16 , , , 31206 1535 17 43 43 CD 31206 1535 18 ; ; : 31206 1535 19 compels compel VBZ 31206 1535 20 the the DT 31206 1535 21 evacuation evacuation NN 31206 1535 22 of of IN 31206 1535 23 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1535 24 , , , 31206 1535 25 43 43 CD 31206 1535 26 ; ; : 31206 1535 27 retaken retake VBN 31206 1535 28 by by IN 31206 1535 29 the the DT 31206 1535 30 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1535 31 , , , 31206 1535 32 114 114 CD 31206 1535 33 ; ; SYM 31206 1535 34 115 115 CD 31206 1535 35 , , , 31206 1535 36 _ _ NNP 31206 1535 37 note note NN 31206 1535 38 _ _ NNP 31206 1535 39 . . . 31206 1536 1 NEWPORT NEWPORT NNP 31206 1536 2 , , , 31206 1536 3 R. R. NNP 31206 1536 4 I. I. NNP 31206 1536 5 , , , 31206 1536 6 held hold VBN 31206 1536 7 by by IN 31206 1536 8 the the DT 31206 1536 9 enemy enemy NN 31206 1536 10 , , , 31206 1536 11 30 30 CD 31206 1536 12 ; ; : 31206 1536 13 Howe Howe NNP 31206 1536 14 's 's POS 31206 1536 15 strategy strategy NN 31206 1536 16 , , , 31206 1536 17 60 60 CD 31206 1536 18 , , , 31206 1536 19 _ _ NNP 31206 1536 20 note note NN 31206 1536 21 _ _ NNP 31206 1536 22 . . . 31206 1537 1 NEW NEW NNP 31206 1537 2 YORK YORK NNP 31206 1537 3 , , , 31206 1537 4 plans plan NNS 31206 1537 5 for for IN 31206 1537 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1537 7 invasion invasion NN 31206 1537 8 , , , 31206 1537 9 26 26 CD 31206 1537 10 , , , 31206 1537 11 29 29 CD 31206 1537 12 , , , 31206 1537 13 30 30 CD 31206 1537 14 ; ; : 31206 1537 15 resources resource NNS 31206 1537 16 of of IN 31206 1537 17 for for IN 31206 1537 18 resisting resist VBG 31206 1537 19 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1537 20 , , , 31206 1537 21 58 58 CD 31206 1537 22 , , , 31206 1537 23 59 59 CD 31206 1537 24 . . . 31206 1538 1 ORISKANY ORISKANY NNP 31206 1538 2 , , , 31206 1538 3 N. N. NNP 31206 1538 4 Y. Y. NNP 31206 1538 5 , , , 31206 1538 6 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1538 7 marching march VBG 31206 1538 8 to to IN 31206 1538 9 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1538 10 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1538 11 are be VBP 31206 1538 12 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1538 13 at at IN 31206 1538 14 , , , 31206 1538 15 91 91 CD 31206 1538 16 . . . 31206 1539 1 PHILLIPS PHILLIPS NNP 31206 1539 2 , , , 31206 1539 3 WILLIAM WILLIAM NNP 31206 1539 4 , , , 31206 1539 5 commands command VBZ 31206 1539 6 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1539 7 's 's POS 31206 1539 8 artillery artillery NN 31206 1539 9 , , , 31206 1539 10 34 34 CD 31206 1539 11 ; ; : 31206 1539 12 brings bring VBZ 31206 1539 13 up up RP 31206 1539 14 artillery artillery NN 31206 1539 15 at at IN 31206 1539 16 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1539 17 ' ' '' 31206 1539 18 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1539 19 , , , 31206 1539 20 111 111 CD 31206 1539 21 . . . 31206 1540 1 RIEDESEL RIEDESEL NNP 31206 1540 2 , , , 31206 1540 3 BARON BARON NNP 31206 1540 4 VON VON NNP 31206 1540 5 , , , 31206 1540 6 commands command VBZ 31206 1540 7 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1540 8 's 's POS 31206 1540 9 German german JJ 31206 1540 10 contingent contingent NN 31206 1540 11 , , , 31206 1540 12 34 34 CD 31206 1540 13 ; ; : 31206 1540 14 at at IN 31206 1540 15 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1540 16 , , , 31206 1540 17 40 40 CD 31206 1540 18 ; ; : 31206 1540 19 pursues pursue VBZ 31206 1540 20 the the DT 31206 1540 21 retreating retreat VBG 31206 1540 22 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1540 23 , , , 31206 1540 24 46 46 CD 31206 1540 25 ; ; : 31206 1540 26 turns turn VBZ 31206 1540 27 defeat defeat NN 31206 1540 28 to to IN 31206 1540 29 victory victory NN 31206 1540 30 at at IN 31206 1540 31 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1540 32 , , , 31206 1540 33 48 48 CD 31206 1540 34 ; ; : 31206 1540 35 is be VBZ 31206 1540 36 posted post VBN 31206 1540 37 at at IN 31206 1540 38 Castleton Castleton NNP 31206 1540 39 , , , 31206 1540 40 Vt Vt NNP 31206 1540 41 . . NNP 31206 1540 42 , , , 31206 1540 43 61 61 CD 31206 1540 44 ; ; : 31206 1540 45 falls fall VBZ 31206 1540 46 back back RB 31206 1540 47 to to IN 31206 1540 48 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1540 49 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1540 50 , , , 31206 1540 51 86 86 CD 31206 1540 52 ; ; : 31206 1540 53 supports support VBZ 31206 1540 54 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1540 55 at at IN 31206 1540 56 Bemis Bemis NNP 31206 1540 57 ' ' POS 31206 1540 58 Heights Heights NNPS 31206 1540 59 , , , 31206 1540 60 111 111 CD 31206 1540 61 . . . 31206 1541 1 SARATOGA SARATOGA NNP 31206 1541 2 , , , 31206 1541 3 occupied occupy VBN 31206 1541 4 by by IN 31206 1541 5 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1541 6 , , , 31206 1541 7 70 70 CD 31206 1541 8 ; ; : 31206 1541 9 country country NN 31206 1541 10 below below IN 31206 1541 11 described describe VBN 31206 1541 12 , , , 31206 1541 13 98 98 CD 31206 1541 14 ; ; : 31206 1541 15 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1541 16 's 's POS 31206 1541 17 army army NN 31206 1541 18 crosses cross VBZ 31206 1541 19 over over RP 31206 1541 20 to to IN 31206 1541 21 , , , 31206 1541 22 102 102 CD 31206 1541 23 ; ; : 31206 1541 24 falls fall VBZ 31206 1541 25 back back RB 31206 1541 26 to to IN 31206 1541 27 , , , 31206 1541 28 after after IN 31206 1541 29 being be VBG 31206 1541 30 defeated defeat VBN 31206 1541 31 , , , 31206 1541 32 129 129 CD 31206 1541 33 ; ; SYM 31206 1541 34 134 134 CD 31206 1541 35 , , , 31206 1541 36 _ _ NNP 31206 1541 37 note note NN 31206 1541 38 _ _ NNP 31206 1541 39 . . . 31206 1542 1 ST ST NNP 31206 1542 2 . . . 31206 1542 3 CLAIR CLAIR NNP 31206 1542 4 , , , 31206 1542 5 ARTHUR ARTHUR NNP 31206 1542 6 , , , 31206 1542 7 commands command VBZ 31206 1542 8 at at IN 31206 1542 9 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1542 10 , , , 31206 1542 11 39 39 CD 31206 1542 12 ; ; : 31206 1542 13 evacuates evacuate VBZ 31206 1542 14 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1542 15 , , , 31206 1542 16 43 43 CD 31206 1542 17 ; ; : 31206 1542 18 military military JJ 31206 1542 19 record record NN 31206 1542 20 of of IN 31206 1542 21 , , , 31206 1542 22 44 44 CD 31206 1542 23 , , , 31206 1542 24 _ _ NNP 31206 1542 25 note note NN 31206 1542 26 _ _ NNP 31206 1542 27 2 2 CD 31206 1542 28 ; ; : 31206 1542 29 also also RB 31206 1542 30 _ _ NNP 31206 1542 31 note note NN 31206 1542 32 _ _ NNP 31206 1542 33 5 5 CD 31206 1542 34 ; ; : 31206 1542 35 marches marche NNS 31206 1542 36 for for IN 31206 1542 37 Skenesborough Skenesborough NNP 31206 1542 38 , , , 31206 1542 39 45 45 CD 31206 1542 40 ; ; : 31206 1542 41 halts halt NNS 31206 1542 42 at at IN 31206 1542 43 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1542 44 , , , 31206 1542 45 46 46 CD 31206 1542 46 ; ; : 31206 1542 47 hears hear VBZ 31206 1542 48 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1542 49 has have VBZ 31206 1542 50 occupied occupy VBN 31206 1542 51 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1542 52 proposed propose VBN 31206 1542 53 line line NN 31206 1542 54 of of IN 31206 1542 55 retreat retreat NN 31206 1542 56 , , , 31206 1542 57 and and CC 31206 1542 58 now now RB 31206 1542 59 marches march VBZ 31206 1542 60 for for IN 31206 1542 61 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1542 62 , , , 31206 1542 63 51 51 CD 31206 1542 64 ; ; : 31206 1542 65 joins join VBZ 31206 1542 66 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1542 67 at at IN 31206 1542 68 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1542 69 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1542 70 , , , 31206 1542 71 51 51 CD 31206 1542 72 ; ; : 31206 1542 73 accused accuse VBN 31206 1542 74 of of IN 31206 1542 75 treachery treachery NN 31206 1542 76 , , , 31206 1542 77 58 58 CD 31206 1542 78 ; ; : 31206 1542 79 and and CC 31206 1542 80 ordered order VBN 31206 1542 81 to to IN 31206 1542 82 Philadelphia Philadelphia NNP 31206 1542 83 , , , 31206 1542 84 60 60 CD 31206 1542 85 . . . 31206 1543 1 ST ST NNP 31206 1543 2 . . . 31206 1543 3 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1543 4 'S 'S NNP 31206 1543 5 , , , 31206 1543 6 FORT FORT NNP 31206 1543 7 , , , 31206 1543 8 position position NN 31206 1543 9 of of IN 31206 1543 10 , , , 31206 1543 11 16 16 CD 31206 1543 12 ; ; : 31206 1543 13 taken take VBN 31206 1543 14 by by IN 31206 1543 15 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1543 16 , , , 31206 1543 17 19 19 CD 31206 1543 18 ; ; : 31206 1543 19 burnt burn VBN 31206 1543 20 , , , 31206 1543 21 20 20 CD 31206 1543 22 ; ; : 31206 1543 23 British british JJ 31206 1543 24 build build VBP 31206 1543 25 a a DT 31206 1543 26 fleet fleet NN 31206 1543 27 at at IN 31206 1543 28 , , , 31206 1543 29 21 21 CD 31206 1543 30 . . . 31206 1544 1 ST ST NNP 31206 1544 2 . . . 31206 1544 3 LEGER LEGER NNP 31206 1544 4 , , , 31206 1544 5 BARRY BARRY NNP 31206 1544 6 , , , 31206 1544 7 combination combination NN 31206 1544 8 with with IN 31206 1544 9 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1544 10 , , , 31206 1544 11 13 13 CD 31206 1544 12 ; ; : 31206 1544 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1544 14 part part NN 31206 1544 15 , , , 31206 1544 16 30 30 CD 31206 1544 17 , , , 31206 1544 18 31 31 CD 31206 1544 19 ; ; : 31206 1544 20 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1544 21 force force NN 31206 1544 22 , , , 31206 1544 23 35 35 CD 31206 1544 24 , , , 31206 1544 25 90 90 CD 31206 1544 26 ; ; : 31206 1544 27 lays lay VBZ 31206 1544 28 siege siege NN 31206 1544 29 to to IN 31206 1544 30 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1544 31 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1544 32 , , , 31206 1544 33 91 91 CD 31206 1544 34 ; ; : 31206 1544 35 Arnold Arnold NNP 31206 1544 36 's 's POS 31206 1544 37 stratagem stratagem NN 31206 1544 38 compels compel VBZ 31206 1544 39 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1544 40 to to TO 31206 1544 41 raise raise VB 31206 1544 42 the the DT 31206 1544 43 siege siege NN 31206 1544 44 , , , 31206 1544 45 93 93 CD 31206 1544 46 ; ; : 31206 1544 47 and and CC 31206 1544 48 retreat retreat NN 31206 1544 49 to to IN 31206 1544 50 Oswego Oswego NNP 31206 1544 51 , , , 31206 1544 52 93 93 CD 31206 1544 53 . . . 31206 1545 1 SCHUYLER SCHUYLER NNP 31206 1545 2 , , , 31206 1545 3 PHILIP PHILIP NNP 31206 1545 4 , , , 31206 1545 5 at at IN 31206 1545 6 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1545 7 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1545 8 , , , 31206 1545 9 51 51 CD 31206 1545 10 ; ; : 31206 1545 11 St. St. NNP 31206 1545 12 Clair Clair NNP 31206 1545 13 joins join VBZ 31206 1545 14 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1545 15 , , , 31206 1545 16 51 51 CD 31206 1545 17 ; ; : 31206 1545 18 sends send VBZ 31206 1545 19 a a DT 31206 1545 20 force force NN 31206 1545 21 to to IN 31206 1545 22 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1545 23 Anne Anne NNP 31206 1545 24 , , , 31206 1545 25 52 52 CD 31206 1545 26 ; ; : 31206 1545 27 military military JJ 31206 1545 28 record record NN 31206 1545 29 of of IN 31206 1545 30 , , , 31206 1545 31 55 55 CD 31206 1545 32 , , , 31206 1545 33 _ _ NNP 31206 1545 34 note note NN 31206 1545 35 _ _ NNP 31206 1545 36 ; ; : 31206 1545 37 holds hold VBZ 31206 1545 38 Warner Warner NNP 31206 1545 39 at at IN 31206 1545 40 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 1545 41 , , , 31206 1545 42 57 57 CD 31206 1545 43 ; ; : 31206 1545 44 evacuates evacuate VBZ 31206 1545 45 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1545 46 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1545 47 on on IN 31206 1545 48 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1545 49 's 's POS 31206 1545 50 approach approach NN 31206 1545 51 , , , 31206 1545 52 66 66 CD 31206 1545 53 ; ; : 31206 1545 54 state state NN 31206 1545 55 of of IN 31206 1545 56 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1545 57 army army NN 31206 1545 58 , , , 31206 1545 59 66 66 CD 31206 1545 60 ; ; : 31206 1545 61 urges urge VBZ 31206 1545 62 Stark Stark NNP 31206 1545 63 to to TO 31206 1545 64 join join VB 31206 1545 65 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1545 66 , , , 31206 1545 67 77 77 CD 31206 1545 68 ; ; : 31206 1545 69 sends send VBZ 31206 1545 70 Gansevoort gansevoort NN 31206 1545 71 to to IN 31206 1545 72 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1545 73 Stanwix Stanwix NNP 31206 1545 74 , , , 31206 1545 75 90 90 CD 31206 1545 76 ; ; : 31206 1545 77 then then RB 31206 1545 78 Arnold Arnold NNP 31206 1545 79 , , , 31206 1545 80 93 93 CD 31206 1545 81 ; ; , 31206 1545 82 superseded supersede VBN 31206 1545 83 by by IN 31206 1545 84 Gates Gates NNP 31206 1545 85 , , , 31206 1545 86 95 95 CD 31206 1545 87 . . . 31206 1546 1 SECOND second JJ 31206 1546 2 BATTLE BATTLE NNP 31206 1546 3 OF of IN 31206 1546 4 FREEMAN FREEMAN NNP 31206 1546 5 'S 'S NNP 31206 1546 6 FARM FARM NNP 31206 1546 7 , , , 31206 1546 8 120 120 CD 31206 1546 9 - - SYM 31206 1546 10 122 122 CD 31206 1546 11 . . . 31206 1547 1 SKENESBOROUGH SKENESBOROUGH VBD 31206 1547 2 taken take VBN 31206 1547 3 by by IN 31206 1547 4 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1547 5 , , , 31206 1547 6 17 17 CD 31206 1547 7 ; ; : 31206 1547 8 described describe VBN 31206 1547 9 , , , 31206 1547 10 18 18 CD 31206 1547 11 , , , 31206 1547 12 _ _ NNP 31206 1547 13 note note NN 31206 1547 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1547 15 ; ; : 31206 1547 16 made make VBD 31206 1547 17 a a DT 31206 1547 18 dockyard dockyard NN 31206 1547 19 , , , 31206 1547 20 21 21 CD 31206 1547 21 ; ; : 31206 1547 22 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1547 23 retreat retreat VBP 31206 1547 24 to to TO 31206 1547 25 , , , 31206 1547 26 from from IN 31206 1547 27 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1547 28 , , , 31206 1547 29 44 44 CD 31206 1547 30 ; ; : 31206 1547 31 set set VBN 31206 1547 32 fire fire NN 31206 1547 33 to to IN 31206 1547 34 , , , 31206 1547 35 and and CC 31206 1547 36 abandoned abandon VBN 31206 1547 37 , , , 31206 1547 38 51 51 CD 31206 1547 39 . . . 31206 1548 1 STARK STARK NNP 31206 1548 2 , , , 31206 1548 3 JOHN JOHN NNP 31206 1548 4 , , , 31206 1548 5 appointed appoint VBN 31206 1548 6 to to IN 31206 1548 7 sole sole JJ 31206 1548 8 command command NN 31206 1548 9 over over IN 31206 1548 10 New New NNP 31206 1548 11 Hampshire Hampshire NNP 31206 1548 12 militia militia NN 31206 1548 13 , , , 31206 1548 14 74 74 CD 31206 1548 15 ; ; : 31206 1548 16 musters muster VBZ 31206 1548 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1548 18 brigade brigade NN 31206 1548 19 at at IN 31206 1548 20 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 1548 21 , , , 31206 1548 22 74 74 CD 31206 1548 23 ; ; : 31206 1548 24 refuses refuse VBZ 31206 1548 25 to to TO 31206 1548 26 join join VB 31206 1548 27 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1548 28 , , , 31206 1548 29 74 74 CD 31206 1548 30 ; ; : 31206 1548 31 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1548 32 perplexity perplexity NN 31206 1548 33 , , , 31206 1548 34 75 75 CD 31206 1548 35 ; ; : 31206 1548 36 marches marche NNS 31206 1548 37 to to IN 31206 1548 38 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1548 39 , , , 31206 1548 40 75 75 CD 31206 1548 41 ; ; : 31206 1548 42 sketch sketch NN 31206 1548 43 of of IN 31206 1548 44 , , , 31206 1548 45 76 76 CD 31206 1548 46 , , , 31206 1548 47 _ _ NNP 31206 1548 48 note note NN 31206 1548 49 _ _ NNP 31206 1548 50 ; ; : 31206 1548 51 decides decide VBZ 31206 1548 52 to to TO 31206 1548 53 join join VB 31206 1548 54 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1548 55 , , , 31206 1548 56 77 77 CD 31206 1548 57 ; ; : 31206 1548 58 but but CC 31206 1548 59 hears hear NNS 31206 1548 60 of of IN 31206 1548 61 the the DT 31206 1548 62 enemy enemy NN 31206 1548 63 's 's POS 31206 1548 64 approach approach NN 31206 1548 65 , , , 31206 1548 66 and and CC 31206 1548 67 sends send VBZ 31206 1548 68 out out IN 31206 1548 69 scouts scout NNS 31206 1548 70 , , , 31206 1548 71 77 77 CD 31206 1548 72 ; ; : 31206 1548 73 sends send VBZ 31206 1548 74 for for IN 31206 1548 75 Warner Warner NNP 31206 1548 76 , , , 31206 1548 77 78 78 CD 31206 1548 78 ; ; : 31206 1548 79 re re IN 31206 1548 80 - - VBN 31206 1548 81 enforced enforced JJ 31206 1548 82 , , , 31206 1548 83 81 81 CD 31206 1548 84 ; ; : 31206 1548 85 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1548 86 force force NN 31206 1548 87 , , , 31206 1548 88 82 82 CD 31206 1548 89 ; ; : 31206 1548 90 gains gain VBZ 31206 1548 91 the the DT 31206 1548 92 victory victory NN 31206 1548 93 of of IN 31206 1548 94 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1548 95 , , , 31206 1548 96 83 83 CD 31206 1548 97 ; ; : 31206 1548 98 and and CC 31206 1548 99 defeats defeat VBZ 31206 1548 100 Breyman Breyman NNP 31206 1548 101 also also RB 31206 1548 102 , , , 31206 1548 103 84 84 CD 31206 1548 104 , , , 31206 1548 105 85 85 CD 31206 1548 106 ; ; : 31206 1548 107 at at IN 31206 1548 108 Fort Fort NNP 31206 1548 109 Edward Edward NNP 31206 1548 110 , , , 31206 1548 111 132 132 CD 31206 1548 112 . . . 31206 1549 1 STILLWATER STILLWATER NNP 31206 1549 2 , , , 31206 1549 3 position position NN 31206 1549 4 of of IN 31206 1549 5 the the DT 31206 1549 6 American american JJ 31206 1549 7 army army NN 31206 1549 8 described describe VBD 31206 1549 9 , , , 31206 1549 10 98 98 CD 31206 1549 11 . . . 31206 1550 1 TICONDEROGA TICONDEROGA NNP 31206 1550 2 , , , 31206 1550 3 position position NN 31206 1550 4 of of IN 31206 1550 5 described describe VBN 31206 1550 6 , , , 31206 1550 7 16 16 CD 31206 1550 8 ; ; : 31206 1550 9 taken take VBN 31206 1550 10 by by IN 31206 1550 11 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1550 12 , , , 31206 1550 13 17 17 CD 31206 1550 14 ; ; SYM 31206 1550 15 18 18 CD 31206 1550 16 , , , 31206 1550 17 _ _ NNP 31206 1550 18 note note NN 31206 1550 19 _ _ NNP 31206 1550 20 ; ; : 31206 1550 21 Montgomery Montgomery NNP 31206 1550 22 there there RB 31206 1550 23 , , , 31206 1550 24 19 19 CD 31206 1550 25 ; ; : 31206 1550 26 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1550 27 's 's POS 31206 1550 28 landing landing NN 31206 1550 29 , , , 31206 1550 30 39 39 CD 31206 1550 31 ; ; : 31206 1550 32 garrison garrison NN 31206 1550 33 of of IN 31206 1550 34 , , , 31206 1550 35 40 40 CD 31206 1550 36 ; ; : 31206 1550 37 invested invest VBN 31206 1550 38 by by IN 31206 1550 39 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1550 40 , , , 31206 1550 41 40 40 CD 31206 1550 42 , , , 31206 1550 43 43 43 CD 31206 1550 44 ; ; : 31206 1550 45 evacuated evacuate VBN 31206 1550 46 , , , 31206 1550 47 44 44 CD 31206 1550 48 ; ; : 31206 1550 49 effects effect NNS 31206 1550 50 of of IN 31206 1550 51 its -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1550 52 fall fall NN 31206 1550 53 , , , 31206 1550 54 56 56 CD 31206 1550 55 , , , 31206 1550 56 57 57 CD 31206 1550 57 ; ; : 31206 1550 58 Americans Americans NNPS 31206 1550 59 attack attack VBP 31206 1550 60 it -PRON- PRP 31206 1550 61 unsuccessfully unsuccessfully RB 31206 1550 62 , , , 31206 1550 63 114 114 CD 31206 1550 64 . . . 31206 1551 1 TRENTON TRENTON NNP 31206 1551 2 , , , 31206 1551 3 N. N. NNP 31206 1551 4 J. J. NNP 31206 1551 5 , , , 31206 1551 6 victory victory NN 31206 1551 7 at at IN 31206 1551 8 , , , 31206 1551 9 32 32 CD 31206 1551 10 , , , 31206 1551 11 _ _ NNP 31206 1551 12 note note NN 31206 1551 13 _ _ NNP 31206 1551 14 . . . 31206 1552 1 VALCOUR VALCOUR NNP 31206 1552 2 ISLAND ISLAND NNP 31206 1552 3 , , , 31206 1552 4 naval naval JJ 31206 1552 5 battle battle NN 31206 1552 6 at at IN 31206 1552 7 , , , 31206 1552 8 22 22 CD 31206 1552 9 . . . 31206 1553 1 VERMONT VERMONT NNP 31206 1553 2 , , , 31206 1553 3 people people NNS 31206 1553 4 of of IN 31206 1553 5 addressed address VBN 31206 1553 6 by by IN 31206 1553 7 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1553 8 , , , 31206 1553 9 38 38 CD 31206 1553 10 ; ; : 31206 1553 11 state state NN 31206 1553 12 of of IN 31206 1553 13 settlements settlement NNS 31206 1553 14 in in IN 31206 1553 15 , , , 31206 1553 16 44 44 CD 31206 1553 17 , , , 31206 1553 18 _ _ NNP 31206 1553 19 note note NN 31206 1553 20 _ _ NNP 31206 1553 21 ; ; : 31206 1553 22 critical critical JJ 31206 1553 23 situation situation NN 31206 1553 24 of of IN 31206 1553 25 after after IN 31206 1553 26 the the DT 31206 1553 27 fall fall NN 31206 1553 28 of of IN 31206 1553 29 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1553 30 , , , 31206 1553 31 57 57 CD 31206 1553 32 . . . 31206 1554 1 WARNER WARNER NNP 31206 1554 2 , , , 31206 1554 3 SETH SETH NNP 31206 1554 4 , , , 31206 1554 5 in in IN 31206 1554 6 command command NN 31206 1554 7 at at IN 31206 1554 8 Hubbardton Hubbardton NNP 31206 1554 9 , , , 31206 1554 10 47 47 CD 31206 1554 11 ; ; SYM 31206 1554 12 55 55 CD 31206 1554 13 , , , 31206 1554 14 _ _ NNP 31206 1554 15 note note NN 31206 1554 16 _ _ NNP 31206 1554 17 ; ; : 31206 1554 18 surprised surprise VBD 31206 1554 19 there there RB 31206 1554 20 , , , 31206 1554 21 48 48 CD 31206 1554 22 ; ; : 31206 1554 23 retreats retreat NNS 31206 1554 24 to to IN 31206 1554 25 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1554 26 , , , 31206 1554 27 51 51 CD 31206 1554 28 ; ; : 31206 1554 29 posted post VBN 31206 1554 30 at at IN 31206 1554 31 Manchester Manchester NNP 31206 1554 32 , , , 31206 1554 33 57 57 CD 31206 1554 34 ; ; : 31206 1554 35 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1554 36 Green Green NNP 31206 1554 37 Mountain Mountain NNP 31206 1554 38 Boys Boys NNPS 31206 1554 39 , , , 31206 1554 40 57 57 CD 31206 1554 41 ; ; : 31206 1554 42 Stark Stark NNP 31206 1554 43 calls call VBZ 31206 1554 44 on on IN 31206 1554 45 him -PRON- PRP 31206 1554 46 for for IN 31206 1554 47 assistance assistance NN 31206 1554 48 , , , 31206 1554 49 77 77 CD 31206 1554 50 ; ; : 31206 1554 51 gets get VBZ 31206 1554 52 to to IN 31206 1554 53 Bennington Bennington NNP 31206 1554 54 in in IN 31206 1554 55 time time NN 31206 1554 56 , , , 31206 1554 57 81 81 CD 31206 1554 58 ; ; : 31206 1554 59 attacks attack NNS 31206 1554 60 Breyman Breyman NNP 31206 1554 61 , , , 31206 1554 62 84 84 CD 31206 1554 63 . . . 31206 1555 1 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON NNP 31206 1555 2 , , , 31206 1555 3 GEORGE GEORGE NNP 31206 1555 4 , , , 31206 1555 5 sets set VBZ 31206 1555 6 about about IN 31206 1555 7 retrieving retrieve VBG 31206 1555 8 the the DT 31206 1555 9 disaster disaster NN 31206 1555 10 at at IN 31206 1555 11 Ticonderoga Ticonderoga NNP 31206 1555 12 , , , 31206 1555 13 60 60 CD 31206 1555 14 ; ; : 31206 1555 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1555 16 views view NNS 31206 1555 17 how how WRB 31206 1555 18 to to TO 31206 1555 19 retard retard VB 31206 1555 20 Burgoyne Burgoyne NNP 31206 1555 21 's 's POS 31206 1555 22 march march NNP 31206 1555 23 , , , 31206 1555 24 73 73 CD 31206 1555 25 ; ; : 31206 1555 26 sends send VBZ 31206 1555 27 Lincoln Lincoln NNP 31206 1555 28 to to TO 31206 1555 29 carry carry VB 31206 1555 30 them -PRON- PRP 31206 1555 31 out out RP 31206 1555 32 , , , 31206 1555 33 74 74 CD 31206 1555 34 ; ; : 31206 1555 35 his -PRON- PRP$ 31206 1555 36 policy policy NN 31206 1555 37 vindicated vindicate VBD 31206 1555 38 , , , 31206 1555 39 85 85 CD 31206 1555 40 ; ; : 31206 1555 41 efforts effort NNS 31206 1555 42 to to TO 31206 1555 43 strengthen strengthen VB 31206 1555 44 the the DT 31206 1555 45 northern northern JJ 31206 1555 46 army army NN 31206 1555 47 , , , 31206 1555 48 95 95 CD 31206 1555 49 , , , 31206 1555 50 96 96 CD 31206 1555 51 ; ; : 31206 1555 52 considerate considerate JJ 31206 1555 53 treatment treatment NN 31206 1555 54 of of IN 31206 1555 55 Schuyler Schuyler NNP 31206 1555 56 , , , 31206 1555 57 96 96 CD 31206 1555 58 . . . 31206 1556 1 + + NFP 31206 1556 2 -----------------------------------------------+ -----------------------------------------------+ NNP 31206 1556 3 | | NNP 31206 1556 4 Transcriber Transcriber NNP 31206 1556 5 's 's POS 31206 1556 6 Note note NN 31206 1556 7 : : : 31206 1556 8 | | NNP 31206 1556 9 | | CD 31206 1556 10 | | CD 31206 1556 11 | | CD 31206 1556 12 Inconsistent inconsistent JJ 31206 1556 13 hyphenation hyphenation NN 31206 1556 14 and and CC 31206 1556 15 spelling spelling NN 31206 1556 16 in in IN 31206 1556 17 the the DT 31206 1556 18 | | CD 31206 1556 19 | | JJ 31206 1556 20 original original JJ 31206 1556 21 document document NN 31206 1556 22 have have VBP 31206 1556 23 been be VBN 31206 1556 24 preserved preserve VBN 31206 1556 25 . . . 31206 1557 1 | | NNP 31206 1557 2 | | CD 31206 1557 3 | | CD 31206 1557 4 | | NNP 31206 1557 5 Typographical typographical JJ 31206 1557 6 errors error NNS 31206 1557 7 corrected correct VBN 31206 1557 8 in in IN 31206 1557 9 the the DT 31206 1557 10 text text NN 31206 1557 11 : : : 31206 1557 12 | | NNP 31206 1557 13 | | CD 31206 1557 14 | | CD 31206 1557 15 | | NNP 31206 1557 16 Page Page NNP 31206 1557 17 5 5 CD 31206 1557 18 126 126 CD 31206 1557 19 changed change VBD 31206 1557 20 to to IN 31206 1557 21 124 124 CD 31206 1557 22 | | CD 31206 1557 23 | | NNP 31206 1557 24 Page Page NNP 31206 1557 25 5 5 CD 31206 1557 26 143 143 CD 31206 1557 27 changed change VBN 31206 1557 28 to to IN 31206 1557 29 139 139 CD 31206 1557 30 | | CD 31206 1557 31 Page Page NNP 31206 1557 32 143 143 CD 31206 1557 33 followes followes NN 31206 1557 34 changed change VBN 31206 1557 35 to to IN 31206 1557 36 follows follow VBZ 31206 1557 37 | | NNP 31206 1557 38 | | NNP 31206 1557 39 Page Page NNP 31206 1557 40 144 144 CD 31206 1557 41 Fellow Fellow NNP 31206 1557 42 's 's POS 31206 1557 43 changed change VBN 31206 1557 44 to to IN 31206 1557 45 Fellows Fellows NNP 31206 1557 46 | | CD 31206 1557 47 + + SYM 31206 1557 48 -----------------------------------------------+ -----------------------------------------------+ .