Naval Engagement off the Chesapeake
From Diary of the American Revolution, Vol II. Compiled by Frank Moore and published in 1859. September 5.—This day an engagement between the British fleet, under Admiral Graves, and the French,...
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TO DAVID HARTLEY. Paris, September 5, 1785. Dear Sir, Your favor of April the 15th happened to be put into my hands at the same time with a large parcel of letters from America, which contained a...
View ArticleWashington and His Comrades: Chapter XI
Yorktown The critical stroke of the war was near. In the South, after General Greene superseded Gates in the command, the tide of war began to turn. Cornwallis now had to fight a better general than...
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