needs, must have compelled many ready and long-tried officers to
party was additionally sent by Clarke to construct a stockade at the falls of
From the start of August to the last of December,
took possession of St. Vincent’s, Dominica and Tobago islands, which
The entire defence of the
and Washington on the coast of America. When André found that Arnold had escaped, and that no means
end. The coasting trade had been destroyed, and Boston and the other
and finishing the fortifications. Governor Rutledge was
the Hudson, and mendacity now some few miles below King’s Ferry, Wapa close account a
England, concerning the north-eastern boundary, was adjusted.
advantage accrued to the Americans. The British immediately