Burgoyne victorious
“I have beat them!” exclaims a jubilant King George III. “I have beat all the Americans!”
The 39-year-old king of Great Britain and Ireland has good reason to jump with joy. He has received news that British Gen. John “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne and his 9,400-man army have captured Fort Ticonderoga. The fort guards northern New York for the American colonies colonies now in a struggle with the British to win independence. Taking Ticonderoga is the first major step in Burgoyne’s plan to crush the rebellion and end the Revolutionary War. So, George is a happy king.
Burgoyne now is free to march south to Saratoga and Albany. In Albany, he plans to join Sir William Howe and his large army who, Burgoyne believes, has moved northward along the Hudson River Valley from New York City. Burgoyne and Howe then are to join forces with Lt. Col. Barry St. Leger, whose army, Burgoyne believes, has captured Fort Stanwix the fort that guards the western entran
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Six St. Landry Parish students graduated Friday with associate s degrees a week before they receive their high school diplomas.
Through the LSUE Academy, an early college dual enrollment program at Louisiana State University Eunice, students from three St. Landry high schools will start their next semester several steps ahead of their peers.
Nicholas Vallair, 17, will start at Southern University in Baton Rouge in the fall, after he graduates from Northwest High next week, of course. He walked across the LSUE stage Friday to receive his Associate of General Studies. I took all my prerequisite classes, so I ll be almost a junior when I get there (Southern), Vallair said. I can focus strictly on my major.