History of the United States . he engagement,and Jones sailed away on the Serapis. Further daring operationsby Jones, Barry, Whipple, and a number of American privateers-men began greatly to cripple the commerce of Great Britain. 88. British Campaign in the South from 1779 to Battle ofof Camden, 1780.—The British again turned their attention toand French ^^^ subjugatiou of the far south, where they had securedrepulsed at a foothold at Savauuah, Georgia. In the fall of 1779, a Savannah, ^ Oct. 9, 1779 combined attack was made upon that city by a Frenchfleet under dEstaing and an American force
History of the United States . he engagement,and Jones sailed away on the Serapis. Further daring operationsby Jones, Barry, Whipple, and a number of American privateers-men began greatly to cripple the commerce of Great Britain. 88. British Campaign in the South from 1779 to Battle ofof Camden, 1780.—The British again turned their attention toand French ^^^ subjugatiou of the far south, where they had securedrepulsed at a foothold at Savauuah, Georgia. In the fall of 1779, a Savannah, ^ Oct. 9, 1779 combined attack was made upon that city by a Frenchfleet under dEstaing and an American force under GeneralLincoln. To surprise the enemy a night assault was planned, butthe British were warned of it, and it was repulsed with disastrous BRITISH CAIVIPAIGN IN THE SOUTH. 133 results to the besiegers. One thousand of the allied forces werekilled, while the British less was small. Sergeant Jasper, the heroof Fort Moultrie, and Count Pulaski, a distinguished Pole whohad entered the American service, were among the WAR MAP OF THE SOUTH DURIXG THE REVOLUTION In December, Sir Henry Clinton sailed from New York toinvest Charleston. Opposing his force of 11,000 men was GeneralLincoln, with a force of about 7000 Americans, who be- Charlestoncame entrapped in the city by troops on the one side and May 12, i780ships on the other. The American forces held out for nearly two 134 THIRD PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION months, but on May 12, 1780, after a destructive bombardment,they were compelled to capitulate. The city of Charleston wasSouth Caro- piUagcd by Hessians and British alike, and South Caro-dered lina Suffered under a brutal warfare more than any other State. Clinton and Cornwallis outlawed all people whowould not take an ironbound oath actively to support the Britishgovernment. Property was destroyed or confiscated, and thepeople were cruelly treated. The British forces were overwhelmingly large and South Caro-Rise of the lina was for a time left to work out her own sal
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