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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 2 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 5 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 8 : (search)
Chapter 8:
The king of Spain baffled by the backwoodsmen of Virginia.
1778-1779.
while congress unwillingly gave up the hope of dis-
Chap. VIII.} 1778. lodging England from the continent of North America, the negotiations between the elder and the younger branch of the house of Bourbon changed the attitude of the belligerent powers.
I observe with pain, so reported Count Montmorin in October, and so he was obliged continually
Oct. to report, that this government singularly fears the prosperity and progress of the Americans;
Montmorin to Vergennes, 19 Oct., 1778. and this fear, which was in part the cause of its excessive illhumor at our engagements with them,
Ibid. may often turn the scale to the side of the English.
Spain will be much inclined to stipulate for such a form of independence as may leave divisions between England and her colonies.
Montmorin to Vergennes, 15 Oct., 1778.
The cabinet of Versailles rushed into the war to
Chap. VIII.} 1778. cr
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 9 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 10 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 15 : (search)
Chapter 15:
War in the South: Cornwallis and Gates.
1780.
rivalry and dissension between Clinton and Corn-
Chap. XV.} 1780. wallis already glowed under the ashes.
The formerhad written home more of truth than was willingly listened to; and, though he clung with tenacity to his commission, he intimated conditionally a wish to be recalled.
Germain took him so far at his word as to give him leave to transfer to Cornwallis, the new favorite, the chief command in North America.
All opposition in South Carolina was for the moment at an end, when Cornwallis entered on his separate command.
He proposed to himself no less than to keep possession of all that had been gained, and to advance as a conqueror at least to the Chesapeake.
Clinton had left with him more than five thousand effective troops, besides more than a thousand in Georgia; to these were to be added the regiments which he was determined to organize out of the southern people.
As fast as the districts submi
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 18 : (search)
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 21 : (search)