CHAPTER IV

. HE SAW “THE COUNTENANCE OF THE ENEMY” 84

The Story of Arnold’s Extraordinary Fight against Overwhelming Odds on Lake Champlain--A Thousand Sailors, of whom Seven-tenths were Picked Men, Armed with the Heaviest Guns, were Pitted under a Courageous Leader against 700 Yankees, chiefly Haymakers, Poorly Armed and with Insufficient Ammunition--Savages with Scalping Knives Aided the British--A Desperate Struggle at the End--The Best All-around Fighter under Washington.

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