“From prior experience, Will had known that gathering intelligence was often like that. For every valuable piece of information you found, you wasted time chasing a hundred useless ones.Will was now convinced that there was no significant British presence on the Ohio River. Of course, he and his men couldn’t check every canoe and flatboat for the odd spy or scout, but there was no army to threaten Fort Washington or the various villages collectively known as Liberty. Hell, he decided, there prob...ably wasn’t even a company of Redcoats between him and Tarleton’s headquarters at Fort Pitt.“See that, Major,” said Sergeant Barley, pointing in the direction of the opposite shore.Will was still not quite comfortable with his new rank. A few months ago he’d been a prisoner. Now, he was a major in the American Army. Tallmadge had bestowed the rank on him just before they departed. Will didn’t really care what rank he held. He just wanted to stay free and stop the British.He followed Barley’s gesture and saw a line of canoes in the shadows of the other side.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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