Americ Queen's the for in number he or they shall bring man, which No more than forty shillings bounty is to be given to any during the serve to ries; necessa sing purcha toward applied is to be P™portmn their have will They present Rebellion, and no longer. his Majesty s of all rebel lands, and all privileges equal to any of manner they troops The officers are to be the best judges in what ise as otherw or ments, will get their men in, either by parties, detach to be attested before are men which ; ageous advant most seem may lines." the* first magistrate within the British conten ding for the possession While Washington and Howe were from the north, and as down coming was ne of Philadelphia, Burgoy of the he progressed he was getting into difficulties. It was the plan he heard British ministry, as Washington at once suspected when the of the northern invasion, for a co-operating expedition to ascend be far Hudson from New York about the time that Burgoyne should effect a enough advanced in his march to descend it, and thus to on Philnt moveme aneous simult Howe's with ed Combin junction. adelphia, which drew off Washington's army to the west, the project with Washingwas a most admirable one; and who can doubt that, lphia ton beaten in Pennsylvania, and both New York and Philade ise enterpr ng startli the of success the , British the of hands the in would either have ended the Revolution or reduced it to mere insurrectionary proportions? The plan had two weak points: first, due h and varied reconsideration was not given to the armed strengtBurgoy ne had to sources of the Americans in the country which had an York New from force ating co-oper the second, traverse; and undertaking far too serious to be entered upon lightly or with any chance of prematureness.