and his cabinet.

"Why," asked an English lady of an American naval officer, in the year of grace 1887--"why is your ship named the Saratoga ?" "Because," was the reply, "at Saratoga an English general and an English army of more than five thousand men surrendered to an American army and laid down their arms." Although apparently neglected now in the general scheme of British education, Saratoga was a memorable event in the summer of 1777, and the part taken by Washington in bringing about the great result has never, it would seem, been properly set forth.

There is no need to trace here the history of that campaign, but it is necessary to show how much was done by the commander-in-chief, five hundred miles away, to win the final victory.
In the winter of 1776-77 reports came that a general and an army were to be sent to Canada to invade the colonies from the north by way of Lake Champlain.

The news does not seem to have made a very deep impression generally, nor to have been regarded as anything beyond the ordinary course of military events.

But there was one man, fortunately, who in an instant perceived the full significance of this movement.