tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post5505099456208147369..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “Safe no where but in his house”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25237505436994072402020-07-30T10:03:45.441-05:002020-07-30T10:03:45.441-05:00Yeah, but they still seemed pretty inept at the &q...Yeah, but they still seemed pretty inept at the "undercover" part of their business!Don Carletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977791775241034849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-63445585100616826772020-07-28T14:22:56.263-05:002020-07-28T14:22:56.263-05:00It's as if they learned spycraft from Nathan H...It's as if they learned spycraft from Nathan Hale.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904719730434782890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-77314288015787958422020-07-28T13:20:35.766-05:002020-07-28T13:20:35.766-05:00Brown and DeBerniere made two trips out into the M...Brown and DeBerniere made two trips out into the Massachusetts countryside looking for weapons—this one and another to Concord a few weeks later.<br /><br />They were immediately recognized as British officers during their first stop in Watertown and then at other locations. They burned two Loyalists who offered them shelter—Henry Barnes and Daniel Bliss of Concord. (Their favorite innkeeper in Weston, Isaac Jones, simply waited out the start of the war and then started contracting for the Continentals.)<br /><br />At the same time, Brown and DeBerniere did actually confirm the location of the cannon that their commander, Gen. Thomas Gage, was seeking. And they were able to lead troops to that place, James Barrett’s farm in Concord, on 19 April, though by that date the ordnance had been removed. So they did actually carry out their assignment. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-37230238717887620722020-07-28T08:37:00.060-05:002020-07-28T08:37:00.060-05:00Gage might have just as well have sent out the Tho...Gage might have just as well have sent out the Thom(p)son twins from Tintin given the level of competence in undercover ops exhibited by DeBerniere and Brown!Don Carletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06977791775241034849noreply@blogger.com