The world: historical and actual . , so faras possible, the loss of lifeand the destruction of prop-erty. It was the Fabian pol-icy upon a continental the next movementwould be, no one could feared an at-tack upon New York. It wasa very important point, al-though smaller then thanBoston. But the British fleet steered farther southwhen it sailed away from Halifax, appearing inCharleston harbor in June. General Charles Lee,who was in command of the southern department,thought it hopeless to defend the citv, but ColonelMoultrie resolved to try it, erecting a rude fort o

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The world: historical and actual . , so faras possible, the loss of lifeand the destruction of prop-erty. It was the Fabian pol-icy upon a continental the next movementwould be, no one could feared an at-tack upon New York. It wasa very important point, al-though smaller then thanBoston. But the British fleet steered farther southwhen it sailed away from Halifax, appearing inCharleston harbor in June. General Charles Lee,who was in command of the southern department,thought it hopeless to defend the citv, but ColonelMoultrie resolved to try it, erecting a rude fort onSullivans Island. From that point he canonadedthe fleet before it could bombard the citv. Theenemy was obliged to abandon the assault. GeneralClinton, who was at the head of the expedition, thenset his sails for New York. The fort on that islandhas ever since borne the name of Moultrie. The next event of interest was the Declarationof Independence. After some hesitation and withgreat deliberation Congress decided to throw off all. GENEBAL LEE.

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