Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) WORKS BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC PERSONAGES OF BOSTON. Illustrated $2.00 OLD LANDMARKS AND HISTORIC FIELDS OF MIDDLESEX. Illustrated 2.00 NOOKS AND CORNERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. Illustrated 3.50 CAPTAIN NELSON. A Romance of Colonial Days .75 THE HEART OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. Illustrated (Illuminated Cloth) 7.50 Tourist's Edition 3.00 AROUND THE HUB. A Boy's Book about Boston. Illustrated 1.50 NEW ENGLAND LEGENDS AND FOLK LORE. Illustrated 2.00 THE MAKING OF NEW ENGLAND. Illustrated 1.50 THE MAKING OF THE GREAT WEST 1.75 OLD BOSTON TAVERNS. Paper .50 BURGOYNE'S INVASION OF 1777. Net .50 _Any book on the above list sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, by_ LEE AND SHEPARD, BOSTON [Illustration: GENL. BURGOYNE.] Decisive Events in American History BURGOYNE'S INVASION OF 1777 WITH AN OUTLINE SKETCH OF THE AMERICAN INVASION OF CANADA, 1775-76 BY SAMUEL ADAMS DRAKE BOSTON 1889 LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS 10 MILK STREET NEXT "OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE" NEW YORK CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM 718 AND 720 BROADWAY BOSTON S. J. PARKHILL & CO., PRINTERS CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE INTRODUCTION 9 PRELUDE. I. THE INVASION OF CANADA 15 II. THE INVASION OF CANADA 19 BURGOYNE'S INVASION. I. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN 27 II. BURGOYNE'S ARMY 33 III. THE FALL OF TICONDEROGA 37 IV. HUBBARDTON 45 V. FACING DISASTER 56 VI. THE MARCH TO FORT EDWARD 61 VII. BEFORE BENNINGTON 68 VIII. BATTLE OF BENNINGTON 77 IX. AFTER BENNINGTON 87 X. ST. LEGER'S EXPEDITION 90 XI. OUR ARMY ADVANCES 95 XII. BATTLE OF BEMIS' HEIGHTS 101 XIII. LINCOLN'S RAID IN BURGOYNE'S REAR 113 XIV. SECOND BATTLE OF FREEMAN'S FARM 116 XV. RETREAT AND SURRENDER 126