Fort Sackville- British Fail

 

 FACT 1:George Roger Clark was a twenty-four year old, six-foot tall, red-headed, Kentucky frontier man.Clark wanted to defend the frontier against the British and the Native Americans using the lines he is now famous for, " If a country is not worth protecting, the country is not worth claiming."

FACT 2: Governor Henry ordered Clark raise an army to capture a British post.

FACT 3: A force of 200 left by boat to the British post Kaskaskia. With no trouble they captured the post and moved on to the east towards Fort Sackville.

FACT 4: On February 1779, Clark and his men arrived at Fort Sackville ready to claim it. Because the rivers were overflowing, Hamilton did not expect an attack. Clark then pretended to have many more soldiers than he did and frightened the troops to retreat.

FAIL: The British retreated when they had a much bigger army and could have easily defended themselves but, they fell for the trick and retreated.

                                                       Jacqueline Glade