CHAPTER III
THE DECISIVE PERIOD OF THE WAR. SURRENDER OF BURGOYNE AND CAPTURE OF PHILADELPHIA BY HOWE. THE NAVAL PART IN EACH OPERATION
1777
British Object in Campaign of 1777 the same as that in 1776 [50]
Part assigned to Burgoyne [50]
Slowness of his Progress at the beginning [51]
Sir William Howe, instead of coöperating, takes his Army to the Chesapeake [52]
Criticism of this Course [52]
Howe's Progress to Philadelphia, and Capture of that City [53]
Admiral Lord Howe takes the Fleet from the Chesapeake to the Delaware [53]
Surrender of Burgoyne and his Army [53]
British Naval Operations in Delaware Bay [54]
Brief Tenure—Nine Months—of Philadelphia by British [55]
The general Failure of the British Campaign determined by Howe's move to the Chesapeake [55]
General Results of the Campaign [56]
Part played by the British Navy. Analogous to that in Spain, 1808-1812, and in many other instances [57]