Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . amingall kinds of plunder and a large number of Tory followers. The army left ValleyForge with such haste that half-baked bread was left in the ovens and the countrypeople found many forgotten implements in the huts. On the 2ist the main army crossedthe Delaware River at Coryells Ferry,and a week later came upon the flanksof the enemy. Then was fought the Battleof Monmouth. We may well imagine the fierce joywith which the Americans, now for thefirst time the pursuers, and with thememories of Paoli and the sufferings ofValley Forge fresh within th
Valley Forge, a chronicle of American heroism . amingall kinds of plunder and a large number of Tory followers. The army left ValleyForge with such haste that half-baked bread was left in the ovens and the countrypeople found many forgotten implements in the huts. On the 2ist the main army crossedthe Delaware River at Coryells Ferry,and a week later came upon the flanksof the enemy. Then was fought the Battleof Monmouth. We may well imagine the fierce joywith which the Americans, now for thefirst time the pursuers, and with thememories of Paoli and the sufferings ofValley Forge fresh within them, threwthemselves upon the great red serpent ofthe enemy now crawling painfully acrossthe hot sands of New Jersey toward thesea and safety. It is said that about three thousandTories left Philadelphia upon the Britishfleet. Clintons column was heavily im-peded by not only baggage, but by additionalTory families and their along the Jersey roads forLieut. Alexander Hamilton many miles it offered an easy mark for the. 57
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