Memoir of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, an Officer of the Revolution (Classic Reprint)

Searched. Tea found and Destroyed. Committee send back the Tea Ship without unloading. Stringent Measures against Boston. Committee of Fifty-O ne against reviving Non-importation League. Overruled General Congress. Boards and Straw for the Barracks at Boston stopped. Sons of Liberty propose to arm and equip themselves. Provincial Congress Rum seized and sent to Concord. Custom House closed General Armament of the Whigs. 78 to 103 CHAPTER VII. War begun Governor temporizes. British Troops expected. Congress recommends no Opposition to the Landing. Provision of warlike Stores. Magazine at Turtle Bay seized. Lamb applies for a Commission is appointed to the A rtillery. Cannon ordered for the Forts in the Highlands. Provincial Congress orders Cannon removed from the Battery. Removed. Asia fires upon the Town. Lamb s Company filled up. Ordered to the North Proceedings of Schuyler s Army. Schuyler compelled to resign the Command. Lamb arrives in Montgomery s Camp. Siege of St. Johns. New Batteries opened. Efficiency of the Fire. Attempt to relieve Garrison. Carleton repulsed Flag sent into the Fort. Lamb receives the Surrender takes possession of the Fort. March on Montreal arrival. Disputes with the General. Lamb proposes to resign. Dissuaded by Montgomery March on Quebec. 1775. 104 to 122 CHAPTER VIII. March on Quebec. Junction with A rnold. Quebec invested. Breastworks of I ce. Fire on the Town ineffectual. Montgomery s Visit to the Trenches. A aron Burr. Preparations for storming Delayed. Resolved on. Montgomery killed. Mc Pherson. Cheeseman. Campbell orders a Retreat. Lamb with Arnold s Detachment, leads the Van of the Stormers. First Battery. Gun abandoned. Battery carried by the Bayonet. Arnold wounded. Morgan. Lamb wounded. Second Barrier carried. News of the Repulse of Montgomery. Sortie of the Garrison. Retreat of the Advance cut off. Occupy a House. Can(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) Read more