Six thousand years of history . round. Pretty soon Greene returnedSouth and was defeated by Rawdon at Hobkirks Hill andEutaw Springs, but he so maneuvered that he cleared theBritish out of the interior, and the campaign was a decidedvictory. In Virginia Cornwallis found Arnold in com-mand of a British force. He sent the traitor to New Yorkand took possession of Y^orktown, which was of no possi-ble use to him. For some reason not entirely clear, butwith the idea that he was obeying orders, he fortified theplace, after he and Lafayette with a small army had playedat hide and seek with each other
Six thousand years of history . round. Pretty soon Greene returnedSouth and was defeated by Rawdon at Hobkirks Hill andEutaw Springs, but he so maneuvered that he cleared theBritish out of the interior, and the campaign was a decidedvictory. In Virginia Cornwallis found Arnold in com-mand of a British force. He sent the traitor to New Yorkand took possession of Y^orktown, which was of no possi-ble use to him. For some reason not entirely clear, butwith the idea that he was obeying orders, he fortified theplace, after he and Lafayette with a small army had playedat hide and seek with each other. When Washingtonheard about Cornwallis position, he feinted as if aboutto attack New York, but swiftly moved South andbesieged Cornwallis with the aid of some French troopsbrought by Admiral De Grasse, who had been long coopedup in Newport, but had escaped. For the first time in thewar the military odds were against the British, and escapewas impossible. Cornwallis surrendered October 19,1781, and the war was practically WAR ON THE SEA 65 After Yorktown fell, Washington marched back tothe Hudson with his army, which was disbanded April 19,1783, eight years from the day the Minute Men gatheredon Lexington Green. The naval events of the war werenot highly important. A small navy was organized andmany prizes taken, but the privateers were far more effect-ive in this respect, as they captured many hundreds of ves-sels with cargoes worth many millions, and, what was ofmore importance, furnished the American army withpowder and clothing. Ezekiel Hopkins cruised aroundwith a little squadron, destroying commerce, and foughtan indecisive battle with a British squadron. John PaulJones put to sea in the Ranger and captured one war ves-sel and many prizes. The best American frigate was theReprisal, Captain Wickes, who captured about seventeenprizes. With the Lexington and the Dolphin he set sailfor America, but all were lost on the voyage. The one important sea fight was that of Jo
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