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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8: (search)
give it some encouragement; and he entreated Germain that a lieutenant-governor might be sent with a company of soldiers to reside in Illinois. Rocheblave to Germain, 28 Feb., 1778. On the passage down the Ohio, Clark was overtaken by news of the alliance with France. Having learned from a band of hunters the defenceless condition of Kaskaskia, he and his party, landing three leagues below the mouth of the Tennessee, struck across the country on foot, approached Kaskaskia on the fourth of July, in the darkness of evening surprised the town, and without bloodshed seized Rocheblave, the commandant. The inhabitants gladly bound themselves to fealty to the United States. A detachment under Bowman was despatched to Kahokia, and received its submission. The people, of French origin and few in number, were averse to the dominion of the English; and this disaffection was confirmed by the American alliance with the land of their ancestors. In a long conference, Giboult, a Catholi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 13: (search)
nd enslaved Caribs, its native inhabitants, was easily taken. This is the only instance in the war where insurgent slaves acted efficiently. At the same time, the French admiral made an attack on the island of Grenada, whose garrison on the fourth of July surrendered at discre- July 4. tion. Two days later, the fleet of Byron arrived within sight of the French; and though reduced in number, sought a general close action, which his adversary knew how to avoid. In the running fight which ensuJuly 4. tion. Two days later, the fleet of Byron arrived within sight of the French; and though reduced in number, sought a general close action, which his adversary knew how to avoid. In the running fight which ensued, the British ships suffered so much in their masts and rigging, that the French recovered the superiority. To a direct co-operation with the United States d'estaing was drawn by the wish of congress, the entreaties of South Carolina, and his own neverfail-ing good-will. On the first day of September he Sept. 1. approached Georgia so suddenly that he took by surprise four British ships of war. To the government of South Carolina he announced his readiness to assist in reducing Savannah;
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 25: (search)
and the commanderin-chief showed itself without much reserve. The former was eager to step into the chief command; the latter, though he had threatened to throw up his place, clung to it tenaciously, and declared that he Chap. XXV.} 1781. July. 4. would not be duped The word duped is used by Clinton in his notes on Stedman's History. by his rival into resigning. To your opinions it is my duty implicitly to submit, was the answer of Cornwallis to the orders of Clinton; and on the fourth of July he began his march to Portsmouth. On that day, the royal army arrived near James island, and in the evening the advanced guard reached the opposite bank of the James river. Two or three more days were required to carry over all the stores and the troops. The small American army followed at a distance. Beside fifteen hundred regular troops, equal to the best in the royal army, Lafayette drew to his side as volunteers gallant young men mounted on their own horses from Maryland and Virgi