A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . refreshmentsprepared for them by the affection of their countrymen, and the evening concluded withilluminations and other demonstrations of joy; every one seeming pleased that the do-mination of Great Britain was now at an end, so wickedly and tyrannically exerc
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . refreshmentsprepared for them by the affection of their countrymen, and the evening concluded withilluminations and other demonstrations of joy; every one seeming pleased that the do-mination of Great Britain was now at an end, so wickedly and tyrannically exercisedfor these twelve or thirteen years past, notwithstanding our repeated prayers and remon-strances for redress. —Wirts Life of Henri/, p. 195. HISTORY. 669 entangled with a shoal, called the Middle-ground. Two of them ran foulof each other : the Acteon stuck fast; the Sphinx and Syren got off; but,fortunately for the Americans that part of the attack completely failed It was designed that Sir Henry Clinton, with his corps, should co-one-rate with the naval operations by passing the narrow channel which sepa-rates Long island from Sullivans island, and assail the fort by land • butthis the general found impracticable, for the channel, though commonlyiordable, was at that time, by a long prevalence of easterly winds, deeper. Attack on Fort Moultrie. than usual; and even had the channel been fordable, the British troopswould have found the passage an arduous enterprise ; for colonel Thom-son, with a strong detachment of riflemen, regulars, and militia, was postedon the east end of Sullivans island to oppose any attack made in thatquarter. The engagement, which began about eleven oclock in the fore-noon, continued with unabated fury till seven in the evening, when thefire slackened, and about nine entirely ceased on both sides. Daring thenight all the ships, except the Acteon, which was aground, removed abouttwo miles from the island. Next morning the fort fired a few shots a
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