“my men are scattered God knows where”

General Arnold ordered Colonel Morgan's riflemen and light infantry to harass the British as they marched toward this farm. When the riflemen arrived, they at first drove the British back. Then Brigadier-General Simon Fraser's reinforcements coming in from the west outflanked the Americans, and Morgan's riflemen retreated in disorder. The British held the field, but the battle was only just beginning. With his riflemen on the run, Morgan cried out, "I am ruined, by G...d! Major Morris ran on so rapidly with the front, that they were beaten before I could get up with the rear, and my men are scattered God knows where."

Saratoga, New York · United States