The late autumn weather was cold, the army was badly clothed and fed, and the discomfort of the weary route was increased by the bitter antagonism of the inhabitants.

They respected the regular British soldier but at the Germans they shouted insults and the Loyalists they despised as traitors.

The camp at the journey's end was on the ground at Cambridge where two years earlier Washington had trained his first army.

Every day Burgoyne expected to embark.

There was delay and, at last, he knew the reason.