. Battles of the United States, by sea and land : embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war : with important official documents. n within two milesof the enemys line; the Americantroops occupied the right of the line;the French auxiliaries the left.*^ York, the scene of operations referredto, is a small village, the seat of justiceof York county, Virginia; and is situ-ated on the southern bank of the YorkRiver, eleven miles from its mouth.*On the opposite side of the river isGloucester Point, on which the enemyhad also taken a position; and the
. Battles of the United States, by sea and land : embracing those of the revolutionary and Indian wars, the war of 1812, and the Mexican war : with important official documents. n within two milesof the enemys line; the Americantroops occupied the right of the line;the French auxiliaries the left.*^ York, the scene of operations referredto, is a small village, the seat of justiceof York county, Virginia; and is situ-ated on the southern bank of the YorkRiver, eleven miles from its mouth.*On the opposite side of the river isGloucester Point, on which the enemyhad also taken a position; and the com-munication between the two posts wascommanded by his land-batteries andby some vessels of war which laid atanchor under his guns.* On the twenty-ninth of Septemberthe besiegeis were principally employedin reconnoitering the situation of the Instructions to Gen. Heath, Ang. 19, 1781.— to Cong., Oct. 1 ; Jour, of Operations, &c. ;Thatchers Military Jour., p. 270; Stedman, ii. pp. 408,409. Howes Hist. Coll. of Va., p. 519 ; Thatchers MilitaryJournal, p. 270.—* Marshalls Washington, iv. p. 538. I ^ » s ^ if ea I 5 IJ p s pi f |! I I ^I I ^ I © ^. CiiAP. XCIX.] THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, VA. T39 enemy, and in arranging their plans ofattack.^ The main Ixxly of tlic enemywas foniid intiencluHl in tlie opengronnds about Yorktown, with the in-tention of checking the progiess of theallies, while an inner line of works, nearthe village, had been provided for hisultimate defence ;^ Lieutenant-colonelSimcoe, with his Legion, the Eightiethregiment of the line, and-the Heredi-tary Piinces regiment of Hessians, thewhole under Lieutenant-colonel Dun-das, being in possession of GloucesterPoint.^ The only movement was anextension of the right wing of the alliedarmies, and the consequent occupationof the ground east of the Beaver-damCreek, by the American forces.* On the evening of that day LordCornwallis received dispatches fromNew York, in which Sir Henry Clintonadvised his
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