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When a loss and a retreat can cripple the victor, the subsequent chain of events can lead to an ultimate victory of great import.
The Battle of Valcour Island begins
On this day in history, October 11, 1776, the Battle of Valcour Island begins. This was one of the first important naval engagements of the American Revolution, pitting American Brigadier General Benedict Arnold against British Captain Thomas Pringle.
The American campaign to capture Quebec in the fall of 1775 had gone disastrously. General Richard Montgomery was killed at the Battle of Quebec, while his second in command, Benedict Arnold, was seriously injured. Arnold continued a siege of Quebec City after the battle, but the Americans were eventually forced to withdraw. Arnold brought up the rear of the American forces, making a last stand at Fort St. Jean’s, where he burned the fort and any ships he could not use, in order to deny the British from using them. Arnold then sailed down Lake Champlain to Fort Crown Point where the Americans were preparing for a British invasion.
Back at Fort St. Jean’s, Canadian Governor and General Guy Carleton had no way of getting his troops further south since Arnold had destroyed all the ships. He was forced to build a fleet over the summer, many of which were made from pre-fabricated parts imported from Europe. Meanwhile, the Americans began enhancing their own fleet, bringing in hundreds of shipbuilders to Skenesboro since there weren’t many shipbuilders in upper New York.
Benedict Arnold oversaw the construction of several ships that brought the entire fleet to 15. Arnold sailed north to reconnoiter British activities in September, coming close enough to St. Jean’s to be fired upon. By the end of September, Arnold knew the British would be launching soon, so he headed south to Valcour Island, an ideal spot to engage the British.
The island had a narrow channel between itself and the mainland that would prevent the British from fully engaging the American fleet, which was significantly outnumbered and outgunned. On the morning of October 11th, the British passed Valcour Island, not realizing the fleet was hiding behind it. Two American ships came out, gave fight and lured the British ships back toward the rest of the fleet.
In fighting that lasted all day, most of the American ships were damaged and the gunboat Philadelphia sank. One American ship was beached on the island and boarded. During the night, Arnold managed to sail the fleet south in the dark and head for refuge. Captain Pringle was furious that his enemy had escaped and began a search. Over the next two days, the damaged fleet headed south, losing most of the remaining ships along the way. Some sunk, one was captured and several were scuttled to prevent the British from capturing them. Only 4 of the original 15 ships made it back to Crown Point.
Arnold’s remaining soldiers made their way overland to Crown Point, where Arnold burned the fort down and retreated to Fort Ticonderoga. The British landed there on the 14th, but within a few weeks withdrew back to Canada because of the onset of winter.
Though the Battle of Valcour Island was lost, Arnold is usually credited with preventing a successful invasion from the north during 1776. The British troops knew that keeping supply lines open back to Quebec would be very difficult in the harsh New York winter, so they withdrew to try again the following year. When British General John Burgoyne brought the invasion the next year, it failed because the Americans had the entire winter and spring to gather masses of troops and supplies in preparation. When Burgoyne surrendered his army at Saratoga the next year, it was a major turning point in the war and the victory extended all the way back to the loss at the Battle of Valcour Island.
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12:19 PM · Oct 11, 2023
This is the vote of the whole House?
Will it be televised?
When do these crooks get perp walked?
Kim Dotcom
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US ‘strategists’ planned to ‘unbalance Russia’ with a proxy war in Ukraine. Instead they unbalanced the world: EU in recession, Ukraine wrecked, NATO toothless, Middle East on fire and the multipolar world rising against a bankrupt empire of lies with a money printing addiction.
I remember that, it was great.
Nope NO vote today.
House is in recess.
The vote was 113 to 99, so Scalise will have to bring the others on board.
Jordan, being a good person, has said he will support Scalise.
Thx for the speaker updates!
Fixed it.
Thanks. I just went to Walgreens to get some CQ10, and I think it doubled in price! I didn’t get it. I told 5he girl that works there they must be increasing the prices for everyone to make up for California and places where people are free to just take what they want. We have 2 locations here, and she said the other location was being closed.
Things are getting so bad with inflation. The PPI came in today higher than expected, CPI comes in tomorrow. The problem is food, housing and energy prices are still inflating, but the SS increase is based on core inflation. I pay normal expenses with my SS and only have other money for extraordinary expenses, I didn’t think I would have to spend on vitamins and supplements, lol.
Somebody ought to get in an harass Harris.
Yell at her and ask why the border is open with millions coming in since she is the border czar.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Vice President Kamala Harris will be making a stop in Las Vegas next week as part of her “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour.
According to a release, Vice President Harris will be holding a moderated conversation at the North Las Vegas campus of the College of Southern Nevada. This event will be the eighth stop on her nationwide college tour.
The campus event at CSN will be held on Thursday, Oct. 12.
The “Fight for Our Freedoms” college tour is a “high-energy national swing that is mobilizing thousands of young people in the ongoing fight for fundamental freedoms and rights,” the release stated.
Vice President Harris is visiting approximately a dozen campuses on the tour. At each stop, she is focusing on issues that “disproportionately impact young people across America.” Such issues include reproductive freedom, gun safety, climate action, voting rights, LGBTQ+ equality, mental health, and book bans.
https://news.yahoo.com/vice-president-kamala-harris-coming-161827991.html
Lol….when you’ve lost the black vote, the union vote and the suburban women vote….you desperately go for the mindnumbed student vote 😂
Go tell her, sweetie!!
Show all of the open border atrocities, that this so-called Border Czar has allowed.
Show the kids what KommieLa can do! 💪🏼
I see zelenski says he still needs money to fight Russia, but interestingly, he added Iran to that statement. As expected, Biden comb8n8ng help to Israel with Ukraine.
I’m no expert by any means, but I saw that HAMAS fired so many rockets to overwhelm the iron dome, semi-successfully. So we supplied them with more ammo for that. Now Lebanon and Syria are in the mix attacking. I don’t trust Biden but have no choice but to think our warships are there in case of multiple attacks.
What I’m getting at is, Israel may need some help but they are very capable aren’t welfare cases like Zelenski. I wish the two cases were kept separate.
“Just reporting on Newsmax that the alarms that went out for northern Israel re drones and paragliders and attack in general were false alarms. Millions scared into shelters.”
I hope our Warning Systems are in better shape. Although I would expect this Administration to have dismantled them.
“You better slim Buttercup down, wouldn’t want her disappearing come Thanksgiving time.🙃”
lol
OMG, FOX is reporting a vote later. I just want the nominee to agree to follow the rules and pass budget through appropriations, and get rid of the 1 person to vacate rule.
Now FOX is reporting that Jordan will give a speech endorsing Scalice.
Thanks!
Do it!
Gun case dropped against Hunter.
DANG
Friend went to an upscale store.
Asked the cashier how it was going, she said we have had 2 domestic violence reports today, one husband had a gun and there are so many people stealing things.
When I was at the store the other day this elderly woman had a bottle of honey in her purse.
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