After reconnoitering the fortress, Madam Orser, and her followers resolved themselves into a council of war, and the result of their deliberation was, that the garrison would probably make a desperate defense, that although the courage of the be-siegers remained unshaken, and their ability to capture the place by a storm, was undoubted; yet that they were unwill-ing at present, to resort to bloody extremities, and concluded therefore, to accept the proposition made by Dame Arthur. The bold dragoons thereupon raised the siege and retired.
Chapter I
BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WHITEPLAINS 39
They were, soon after, according to the treaty stipulation, furnished with a large quantity of the much loved Bohea, and during the whole ensuing winter, their hearts were glad-ended by its sprightly decoctions.
The bold dragoons thereupon raised the siege and retired. Chapter I BEFORE THE BATTLE OF WHITEPLAINS 39 They were, soon after, according to the treaty stipulation, furnished with a large quantity of the much loved Bohea, and during the whole ensuing winter, their hearts were glad-ended by its sprightly decoctions.