A history of the United States for schools . asterly campaigns, in1778-79, he defeated andcaptured Hamilton at Vin-cennes, and ended by con-quering and holding thewhole country north of theOhio River, from the Alle-ghanies to the year 1779 was also famous for the exploits ofour bold naval captain, Paul Jones, who burned the ship-„ ,, pins in British ports, sailed into the Frith of Paul Jones. ^ t> i Forth and threatened Edinburgh, and finallycaptured two British war vessels off Flamborough Head,in one of the most desperate sea fights on record. 96. The Second Way of Conqueri
A history of the United States for schools . asterly campaigns, in1778-79, he defeated andcaptured Hamilton at Vin-cennes, and ended by con-quering and holding thewhole country north of theOhio River, from the Alle-ghanies to the year 1779 was also famous for the exploits ofour bold naval captain, Paul Jones, who burned the ship-„ ,, pins in British ports, sailed into the Frith of Paul Jones. ^ t> i Forth and threatened Edinburgh, and finallycaptured two British war vessels off Flamborough Head,in one of the most desperate sea fights on record. 96. The Second Way of Conquering the this last period of the war, after Burgoynes sur-render, the British tried a new way of conquering theUnited States. Instead of aiming at the centre, theywent down to the extreme South, and tried cutting offone state after another. They conquered Georgia andreinstated the royal governor there. In the autumn of 1 After the medal struck in his honor by the United States Congress,to commemorate his victory over the PAUL 96, 97- THE WINNING OF INDEPENDENCE. 235 1779, General Lincoln, aided by the French fleet, triedto recapture Savannah, but was defeated with greatslaughter. The next spring, Sir Henry Clinton con-ducted an expedition against Charleston, and Fighting incaptured the city with Lincoln and his whole ^^^ South,army. After this terrible blow, Clinton returned toNew York, leaving Lord Cornwallis in command, andSouth Carolina was soon overcome by the great exertions a new American army was col-lected in North Carolina, but the command of it, un-fortunately, was given to Gates, and, on the i6th ofAugust, Cornwallis nearly destroyed it at Camden. Itwas, p^haps, the worst defeat ever inflicted upon anAmerican army. After this, the only resistance to theBritish in South Carolina was carried on by the bravepartisan leaders, such as Marion, Sumter, and warfare of a cruel sort went on between Whigsand Tories, an
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