. A history of the United States for secondary schools . stinction in the campaign against Bur-goyne, now commanded the Continental forces in thesouth ; but they were too weak for effective use. In September the French fleet, under Count dEstaing^which had been in the West Indies since the fall of1778, came back to the American coast, and a jointattack on Savannah was arranged between Lincoln anddEstaing. For three weeks regular siege op-savannah. erations were carried on ; then the FrenchOctober, commander, fearinej autumnal storms, insisted 1779 upon an assault (October 9, 1779), which faile
. A history of the United States for secondary schools . stinction in the campaign against Bur-goyne, now commanded the Continental forces in thesouth ; but they were too weak for effective use. In September the French fleet, under Count dEstaing^which had been in the West Indies since the fall of1778, came back to the American coast, and a jointattack on Savannah was arranged between Lincoln anddEstaing. For three weeks regular siege op-savannah. erations were carried on ; then the FrenchOctober, commander, fearinej autumnal storms, insisted 1779 upon an assault (October 9, 1779), which faileddisastrously, entailing a loss of 1000 men. Among the REVOLUTION AND WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. 225 killed was Count Pulaski, a distinguished Pole, who en-tered the American service in 1777. The siege wasabandoned and the Prench fleet with-drew. Sir Henry Clinton was now pre-pared to enter the southern field inperson for a vigorous campaign. InDecember he sailed from New Yorkfor Savannah, with 8000 men, fol-lowed by 3000more. GeneralLincoln, whohad but 7000. THE SEAT OF WAR IN THE SOUTH. troops, mistakenly allowed them to be shut up in Charles-ton, which Clinton invested early in the spring of the 12th of May Lincolns situation had become 226 THE MAKING OF A NATION. hopeless, and the city, with the whole American army,Surrender ^^^ Surrendered that day. Within a few weekstoif May^ the British were in possession of the entire12,1780. State, and Clinton, with most of his army,returned to New York, leaving I^ord Cornwallis in com-mand in the south. 130. Naval Warfare. — Exploits of Paul Naturally, in the early years of the war, theAmericans could do little at sea. A feeble navy ofcruisers was set afloat and a number of privateers re-ceived letters of marque; but the British were able tostrike harder blows at American commerce than theAmericans could strike in return. The latter gainedsomething in naval strength from the French alliance,by obtaining ships and equip
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