over six weeks, in part a raid in mid-august to acquire cattle and forage and more horses near bennington, vermont, which is to the east that raid ended in disaster by mid-september after weeks of contests and toil, the army finally had accumulated about five week supply of provisions and so burgoyne saw okay, i can cut the supply line back north and head off to albany. so on september 13th the british germans packed their tents, crossed the hudson river and headed south. now all of these delays, however, the slow movement and being place in one place for a while gave the continental army local militia time to get to the saratoga brega area. time to assemble in overwhelming. so the two sides clashed as you. september 19th and october 7th. you know the results the german british forces did not because of one reason insufficient and horses and histories to complex to be reduced to a single but i think in environmental history and the perspective of military metabolisms helps us understand burgoyne decisions why the army moved so slowly and it ultimately put it at such a fatal disadvantage.

over six weeks, in part a raid in mid-august to acquire cattle and forage and more horses near bennington, vermont, which is to the east that raid ended in disaster by mid-september after weeks of contests and toil, the army finally had accumulated about five week supply of provisions and so burgoyne saw okay, i can cut the supply line back north and head off to albany. so on september 13th the british germans packed their tents, crossed the hudson river and headed south. now all of these delays, however, the slow movement and being place in one place for a while gave the continental army local militia time to get to the saratoga brega area. time to assemble in overwhelming. so the two sides clashed as you. september 19th and october 7th. you know the results the german british forces did not because of one reason insufficient and horses and histories to complex to be reduced to a single but i think in environmental history and the perspective of military metabolisms helps us understand burgoyne decisions why the army moved so slowly and it ultimately put it at such a fatal disadvantage.

bennington the next day. burgoyne test captains. samuel mckay, formerly the 68th regiment, to take over corps. mckay led the of the men to safety in canada when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter

think it was i think it was tough if if they getting a decent amount of forage, maybe that raid bennington would have had some different orders. but they were supposed to get cattle meat. they're supposed to get they're supposed to get horses. not just for transportation, but mount some dismounted. and so by and my initial sense is, not enough is still so much a question as a disturbing thought. there's all those civil war battlefields where ten times the number of people are firing even more led. yeah, i mean, i have no comment that it's just mind boggling very disturbing. thank you. when always happy to you out. i it's it's my understanding that chewed musket balls found on the battlefield after all the fighting is taking of largely been found have been caused by animals chewing on them like pigs. so i'm kind of curious as to whether, you know, how that might have impacted meat for those who eat livestock. right. right. so i was i was taking the the easy approach of of ingesting lead. you just drink some water. but yeah, if you eat an entire musket ball, yeah, i think that's kind of that

bennington the next day. burgoyne test captains. samuel mckay, formerly the 68th regiment, to take over corps. mckay led the of the men to safety in canada when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance.

being killed at the battle of bennington the next day.ask samuel mckay formally of to take over the corporate the bulk of the men to safety in canada where they were going to surrender. he was promptly removed f from y more service. major robert lee for the remainder of the war. i must move aside for one second period they can mend it before that one of the three companies of canadians that formed part of the army with the campaign. give a little shout out serving under the british started that campaign the smallest of the royalist court was commanded to keep commanders samuel adams a position from arlington charlotteis county, new york. join the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under him. another as an officer under ebenezer jessup. his a company of at least 37 officers andnd men were divided into rangers. that latter under captain jeff. speaking 1777 would command company of 27 of those people. the survivors from 1778 received permission to move to new yorker where they continued in a similar service. and lastly,

bennington the next day. burgoyne test captains. samuel mckay, formerly the 68th regiment, to take over corps. mckay led the of the men to safety in canada when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter

disaster like likewise, if you think about the brunswickers, well, they're beaten very heavily at bennington and then they end up getting captured with general burgoyne at saratoga and so it's easy to tell the story of these troops is almost sort of a tale woe or declension narrative where they don't they don't fight very well and they're the reason why the british lose. certainly some british officers would like to like to make this case, but in actuality, for each one of these disasters that i that i've mentioned there are moments where the passions before quite well, there are skirmishing tactics, the use of flankers out in front of the main body of their troops. it works very well at the battle of white plains, in the battle of freeman's farm on september 19th, 1777. it's actually the brush fires, the the brunswickers that save the day. general russell shows up on the flank of the american army, manages to to save some british regiments that were in trouble. and so i think it's important to to as we dwell on these soldiers as we dwell on their contribution to the american war of independ

bennington the next day. burgoyne test captains. samuel mckay, formerly the 68th regiment, to take over corps. mckay led the of the men to safety in canada when burgoyne surrendered, where he was promptly removed from any more service and replaced major robert e lee for the remainder the war. i must just move aside for one second. mckay commanded before that. one of the three companies of canadians that part of burgoyne state last year. army for that campaign. for instance. we covered canadians this morning. you have a little shout out to the canadians serving under the british during that campaign. so they got their love. now now, the smallest of royalist corps was the one commanded by captain samuel, a physician from arlington, charlotte county, new york. he joined the british at the end of 1776 with five of his sons serving under and another as an officer, ebenezer jessup, his company of at least 37 officers and men, was divided into rangers and in the latter under captain chaps, the holy. speaking of back to him in captain peter

disaster like likewise, if you think about the brunswickers, well, they're beaten very heavily at benningtonand then they end up getting captured with general burgoyne at saratoga and so it's easy to tell the story of these troops is almost sort of a tale woe or declension narrative where they don't they don't fight very well and they're the reason why the british lose. certainly some british officers would like to like to make this case, but in actuality, for each one of these disasters that i that i've mentioned there are moments where the passions before quite well, there are skirmishing tactics, the use of flankers out in front of the main body of their troops. it works very well at the battle of white plains, in the battle of freeman's farm on september 19th, 1777. it's actually the brush fires, the the brunswickers that save the day. general russell shows up on the flank of the american army, manages to to save some british regiments that were in trouble. and so i think it's important to to as we dwell on these soldiers as we dwell on their contribution to the american war of independe

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