The Spy Who Betrayed the American Revolution | The Road to Betrayal | 2
6/30/202638 min
With the British advancing on Philadelphia, the American rebels face defeat. But new U.S. intelligence officer Benjamin Tallmadge is about to hit on a plan that’ll give the Continental Army the inside track on the King’s forces.
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[dramatic music] September 22nd, 1777. Saratoga, New York. Benedict Arnold strides through the camp of the continental army, his eyes blazing with fury. The British Army is trying to cut New England off from the colonies to the south, and divide the revolution's forces. The American Army is gathered here to stop them, but he fears he and his men are about to be led into defeat. [footsteps] Arnold bursts into the tent of his commander, General Horatio Gates, interrupting a meeting of his staff, and hurls a letter onto Gates' desk. Sir, what is the meaning of this? Gates meets Arnold's gaze with barely suppressed rage at this breach of military protocol. General Arnold, your conduct is beneath that of a gentleman. Sir, my sharpshooters have been requisitioned on your orders without even the courtesy of a direct notification. I have to find out in a letter from Colonel Morgan. Those riflemen are needed elsewhere, and I do not have to justify my decisions to officers of inferior rank. Arnold