. American history:. greater part of thegarrison was killed or wounded. This barbarous inroaddid not serve the purpose of Clinton in checking the ad-vance of Washington against Cornwallis. 35. *In the siege of Yorktown the French were IIposted in front, and on the riglitof the town, oxtend- * Nnv Lonrlon, in Connecticut, is situated on the W. banli of theKiver ThauK-s, throe miles from its entrance into Lonp; Island TrnmhtiU is situated on a projcctin!; point, about a mile belowthe city. Fort GrisjeoW is situated opposite Fort Trumbull, on an em-inence iu the town of Groton. (See Ma
. American history:. greater part of thegarrison was killed or wounded. This barbarous inroaddid not serve the purpose of Clinton in checking the ad-vance of Washington against Cornwallis. 35. *In the siege of Yorktown the French were IIposted in front, and on the riglitof the town, oxtend- * Nnv Lonrlon, in Connecticut, is situated on the W. banli of theKiver ThauK-s, throe miles from its entrance into Lonp; Island TrnmhtiU is situated on a projcctin!; point, about a mile belowthe city. Fort GrisjeoW is situated opposite Fort Trumbull, on an em-inence iu the town of Groton. (See Map,; 17§1. 1. Svdden de-parture oftlie combinedarmies. Sept. 30 2. The retreatof Cornwal-lis ail off,toth hy seaand by Aug. 28,30- 3. Attempt torelieve Corn-wallis. b. Sept. 5. 4. Expeditionsent to Con-necticut. 5. \Vliat Ar-nold accom- plis/icd inperson. c. Sept. 6. 6. Capture ofFort Sept. The pur-pose nf tiltsbarbarous Arrange-ment of thecombined,forces atthe siei;e 406 THE REVOLUTION. [Book IL ANALYSIS, ing from tlie river above to the morass in the centre, where~ they were met by the Americans, who extended to the a. See the rivcr below.* On the evening of the ninth of Octo-1. The^ba!:er- ^^^» ^^^ batteries were opened against the town, at a dis- iesopeiud, tance of 600 yards : and so heavy was the fire, that many ana tritn , • - . - K/uueject, of the o;uns of the besiesfed were soon dismounted, andsilenced, and the works in many places and red hot balls reached the British ships in the 2. Advance harbor, several of which were burned. *0n the even-made^mthe -^^g ^j- ^j^g jj^ ^j^^ besiegers advanced to within three hundred yards of the British u. 36. ^On the 14th, two redoubts, in advance and on the 3 Ercntt qf left of the besieffed, were carried by assault; the one by theuth; and . c> • . J pro^e^uf an American, and the otlier by a were then included in the works o
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