There, too, was located a ford for watering horses and cattle, which was in use up to the present century. According to William L. Stone, the well-known historical writer and authority, General Burgoyne detached Baron Riedesel with three battaHons to *' John's Farm between Forts George and Edward," in order to keep open the roadway between the two places, and also to look after and progress the provisions, stores and supplies from Lake George to Fort Edward, preparatory to Burgoyne's advance south. In Baron Riedesel's Memoirs, he states that " in that place he was completely cut off from the army, so he entrenched himself in a strongly fortified camp so that he might be able to defend himself to the last man." The place of his encampment has been quite definitely fixed by Dr. Holden, Mr. Stone and the late Judge William Hay, one of the best of authorities on local matters, as having been on the site of the old " Half- Way " block house, heretofore spoken of, on the north of the brook and the fortified camp at the " Garrison Grounds " on the opposite or south side of the stream. Here they remained until the nth of September, when the camp was broken up and the march southward begun. After the seizure of Fort Edward by General Stark and his command, a fortified camp commanding the Lake George road was constructed by the Americans in the vicinity of Glens Falls, cutting off the possibility of a retreat by Burgoyne to the northward. William L. Stone, in his " Burgoyne's Campaign," says : " This was located on the site of Fort Amherst." The Marquis de Chastelleux in his travels also speaks of this camp as follows: " On leaving the valley and pursuing the road to Lake George is a tolerable military position which was occupied in the war before