Show superb courage of washington t 1 when washington Washing tOil took of the now Eti rutland gland besieging boston he asIl led for more ineis umer al nuns ill 1 I that than lit lie had ever iten i ten tw Yoe the numbers were binl not dot only us its it 11 problem of direct hut it us as niec ile if HP owed liia ills t to two tc chillis th ti lings illIs one hit flit bif essl of ing the tott alillie in new I 1 ig n land ant flit otini or nf tile the south in hi with the north toi rol tins fills nis iii jolin adams I 1 tin ho 11 ot of john us i in I 1 I 1 and the alif appointment of colonel onel PO probably bAblY ht it uc llo time little was the professional 81 onal soldiers s for untrained citizens is til ar aims for trained alneil tr bands lalli tift abild uri ad tinned rabble greater than it was mas before concord and bunker hill in now naw england but the attack on the hill taught respect for tile the Colonl colonials als behind earthworks earthworms earth works and in entrenchments however it went no farther than that in spite of the inherent defects of the troop organization and supply the new kew englanders had done their work well their chief artemas ward and his associates heath knox arnold stark etc may not have been skilled soldiers but they were determined and brave and devotion never readied reached a higher level of courage than it did in such men ns as warren and frescott Pr Vr eacott escott tile the colonial militiamen whom colonel washington found about boston had taught the british professionals two costly lessons distinguished british generals with a competent force were besieged and uncertain both 1 as to whai what boilo to do and hofto how to do it knew british weakness several things dictated subsequent military course first was wag ills own physical and moral courage that was his best military equipment it it was unhesitating and unfaltering second probably was ills his exper experience lence with british regular tir troops ile he had seen them lose their discipline under terror it was noi not a proper indictment of braddocks braddicks Brad docks regulars that they could not fight the french and indians as the virginia riflemen could fight them the disaster was that they would not obey orders the third was ills hla distrust of minute men militia and of undisciplined riflemen it Is true that men of that type won the principal american successes as at Oris oriskany kany bennington saratoga kings mountain and cowpens coppens Cow pens but it was army which kept appt the pressure on the british points of concentration cent ration it was distinct distinctive lye characteristic act that he would attack that quality was developed in him as if he be if had the experience exper lence the genius and the resource of any aay oneff one of the great generals of history he had two plans plang to throw the british out of boston both were vetoed by his council both were amazingly audacious both kiy have been very foolish one was to attack across the fee ce if it became solid enough to permit it the other wits was to attack attach in in rowboats it Is one tiling thing for an untrained general and an untrained cornuaud corni aud to resist behind cover but only aman amah with IV a sl 1 h 19 courage would have seriously nanlyn n fortified city |