tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1694834423620283808..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “The general said that his confidence had been betrayed”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-61410508411882115192022-01-24T10:26:39.076-05:002022-01-24T10:26:39.076-05:00As for the ill-kept secret about British intention...As for the ill-kept secret about British intentions, this is of interest, with its prediction in the final sentence:<br /><br />See <i>The Pennsylvania Journal,</i> April 12, 1775, “from our correspondent in Boston”:<br />March 30 — This morning at daylight, the troops at Boston beat to arms, and five regiments marched out, with Earl Percy at their head. It was supposed they were going to Concord, where the Provincial Congress is now sitting. A quantity of provisions and warlike stores are lodged there. Several expresses were immediately sent away to give notice of their marching. Important consequences were apprehended; but happily, they only went a few miles out and then returned. The town and country were alarmed, and many of them got equipped for a march. ... The military spirit and resolution prevailing in this province, in support of their liberties and constitution, is astonishing. ... It is said that forty or fifty of the [British] troops were so fatigued by their march, that they could not keep up with their fellow-soldiers on their return. It is also said they are intending to go out again soon.<br />Quoted in Frank Moore, <i>The Diary of the Revolution: A Centennial Volume</i> (Hartford: J.B. Burr Publishing, 1876), vol. 1, pp. 57-58.Don Hafnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730644193136024857noreply@blogger.com