. An account of the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de La Fayette : Major-General in the service of America and the noblest patriot of the French Revolution : with illustrations of the La Fayette pattern of sterling silver tableware . e latters triumph was now insured and the hard work and skillful strategyof the long and unequal campaign for the possession of Virginia were rewardedwith the knowledge that Lord Cornwallis was securely confined in his ill chosenposition. Since receiving General Washingtons dispatch. La Fayettes chief anx-iety had been to prevent the
. An account of the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Dumotier, Marquis de La Fayette : Major-General in the service of America and the noblest patriot of the French Revolution : with illustrations of the La Fayette pattern of sterling silver tableware . e latters triumph was now insured and the hard work and skillful strategyof the long and unequal campaign for the possession of Virginia were rewardedwith the knowledge that Lord Cornwallis was securely confined in his ill chosenposition. Since receiving General Washingtons dispatch. La Fayettes chief anx-iety had been to prevent the British from making a sudden retreat to the south-ward, but now, thanks to the forces at his disposal, all danger of this was pastand he recalled the outlying divisions that guarded the roads and passes, andmoved his camp to a strong position at Williamsburg, but a few miles from theenemy. Early in the summer Lord Cornwallis had written to General Clinton,The boy cannot escape me, but now with the boy and his forces only a fewhours march from his camp he felt unequal to attacking him, and after a recon-noissance settled down to the completion of defensive works at Yorktown andGloucester, hoping for reinforcements from New York to relieve his situation. 31. -■^-:i>.«2!i^«i&,,,,]juilM^^ GOV. NELSONS HOUSE, YORKTOWN OCCUPIED BY THE BRITISH AND BOMBARDED BY ORDER OF ITS OWNER The Comte de Grasse, out of regard for his obligation to return to San Do-mingo, wished to begin the attack at once, but in compliance with La Fayettesearnest solicitation, and in deference to the latters superior knowledge of thesituation, he consented to await the arrival of Generals Washington and Rocham-beau—whose movements were now known—and their armies. He had reached theChesapeake on the thirtieth of August and on the fifth of September he was chal-lenged to battle by Admiral Graves, who had succeeded Admiral Arbuthnot atNew York and who left there with his fleet in search of the Comte de B
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