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from Ramsay's mill, and advances to Cambden... Marion and
Lee invest Fort Watson, and reduce it... Battle of Cambden,
and retreat of General Greene... Lord Rawdon evacuates
Cambden, and retires to Monk's Corner... The post of
Motte's surrenders to Marion and Lee... The Americans re-
duce Orangeburg and Fort Granby... Marion gains posses-
sion of Augusta... Greene lays siege to Ninety-Six-at-
tempts a storm and is repulsed... Arrival of Lord Rawdon
with reinforcements...General Greene retreats-Is pursu-
ed by Lord Rawdon to the Ennorce... Evacuation of Nine-
ty-Six...Skirmishes of Lee's legion at Monk's Corner-
at Quimbey Bridge...General Greene retires with his army
to the high hills of Santee.
CHAP. XVIII. Events of 1781 continued...Capture of Mr. Lau-
rens on his way to Holland... Maryland accedes to the con-
federation... Death of General Phillips...Cornwallis enters
Virginia...Marquis de la Fayette forms a junction with Ge-
neral Wayne...American stores destroyed at the Point of
Fork... Baron Steuben escapes with his levies... Tarleton en-
ters Charlotteville... Narrow escape of the Governour and
Legislature of Virginia... Extensive destruction of tobacco
and other American property by the British army... The ene-
my are intercepted by the Marquis in their attempt upon
Albemarle... Baron Steuben succeeds in joining the Mar-
quis...Cornwallis retires down the James River...Skirmish
between Butler and Simcoe on the Chickahominy...Battle
of Greenspring...Cornwallis crosses the river, and retires
to Portsmouth... Moves from thence to York and Glouces-
ter... Affairs of the North... Washington and Count Rochain-
beau plan an attack against New-York... Sir Henry Clinton
is deceived, and the allied armies move to Virginia...Arri-
val of the Count de Grasse... Action between the French
and British fleets off the Capes of Virginia... The Count de
Barras enters the Chesapeake... Washington joins the Mar-
quis de la Fayette and St. Cimon at Williamsburg... The
combined armies move towards York... General Greene
moves from the hills of Santee... Execution of Colonel
Hayne at Charleston...Temper with which Greene marches
to the enemy...Battle of the Eutaw Springs... The enemy re-
tire to Charleston...Expedition of Arnold against New-
London.
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CHAP. XIX. Events of 1781 continued... Siege of York, and
surrender of Lord Cornwallis... Universal joy which that
event occasioned... Sir Henry Clinton appears off the Capes
of Virginia with the British fleet, and an army of 7000
men...Hears of the fall of Cornwallis, and returns to New-
York...Inexplicable conduct of that commander...The Mar-
quis de St. Cimon reembarks, and the Count de Grasse re-
turns to the West Indies... The Count Rochambeau can-
tons his army in Virginia...Major General St. Clair sent to
the assistance of Greene... Washington retires to Philadel-
phia... The Marquis de la Fayette obtains permission to
return to France...Robert Morris is appointed Minister of
finance...General Lincoln is made Secretary of War...Mr.
Laurens is released from the tower... Prospect of the coun-
try at the close of the year.
CHAP. XX. Events of 1782... Situation of General Greene's ar-
my... Mr. Laurens liberated from the tower... Marquis de la
Fayette returns to France...Mutiny in the southern ar-
my...Skirmishes between General Wayne and the ene-
my... Wayne defeats a party of Indians... The enemy eva-
cuate Savannah... Skirmish on the Combahee... Lieuten-
ant Colonel Laurens is killed... His character... Correspon-
dence between General Leslie and Governour Matthews...
Charleston is evacuated...Count de Grasse defeated in the
West Indies... Siege of Gibraltar...Mr. Adams forms a
treaty with Holland, and obtains a loan...Propositions in
the British parliament for peace... Lord North resigns and
is succeeded by the Marquis of Rockingham... Death of this
nobleman...Lord Shelburne placed at the head of the ad-
ministration...Sir Guy Carleton appointed to the com-
mand of the British forces in America... Case of Captain
Huddy...Sir Guy Carleton attempts a correspondence with
Congress... A passport is refused to his secretary...Commis-
missioners appointed to negotiate a general peace...Nego-
tiation at Paris... Provisional articles signed between Eng-
land and America.
Conclusion.
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