A History of the American Revolution; Comprehending All the Principal Events Both in the Field and in the Cabinet, Volume 2F. Betts, 1822 - United States |
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Page iv
... General Gates and General Arnold ... The latter is excluded from command ... Battle of Behmus's Heights ... Re- treat of Cornwallis ... Convention of Saratoga . CHAP . IV . Events of 1777 continued ... Conduct of the British up the ...
... General Gates and General Arnold ... The latter is excluded from command ... Battle of Behmus's Heights ... Re- treat of Cornwallis ... Convention of Saratoga . CHAP . IV . Events of 1777 continued ... Conduct of the British up the ...
Page ix
... Lord Cornwallis succeeds to the command ... Manifestations of revolt against the Royal Authorities in South Carolina ... The Baron de Kalb and Major General Gates arrive in North Carolina ... Two battalions of militia leave the enemy ...
... Lord Cornwallis succeeds to the command ... Manifestations of revolt against the Royal Authorities in South Carolina ... The Baron de Kalb and Major General Gates arrive in North Carolina ... Two battalions of militia leave the enemy ...
Page x
... General Gates ... General Greene appointed to the command of the south ... Death of the Che- valier de Ternay . PAGE CHAP . XV . Events of 1780 continued ... Sanguinary conduct of Lord Cornwallis ... State of Gates's army ... Colonel ...
... General Gates ... General Greene appointed to the command of the south ... Death of the Che- valier de Ternay . PAGE CHAP . XV . Events of 1780 continued ... Sanguinary conduct of Lord Cornwallis ... State of Gates's army ... Colonel ...
Page xii
... Lord Rawdon evacuates Cambden , and retires to Monk's Corner ... The post of ... Cornwallis enters Virginia ... Marquis de la Fayette forms a junction with ... Cornwallis retires down the James River ... Skirmish between Butler ...
... Lord Rawdon evacuates Cambden , and retires to Monk's Corner ... The post of ... Cornwallis enters Virginia ... Marquis de la Fayette forms a junction with ... Cornwallis retires down the James River ... Skirmish between Butler ...
Page xiii
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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