An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . r, within a range of outer redoubts and fieldivorks. On the opposite side of the river was Gloucester Point,defended by Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton, with six or seven hun Iredmen, and communicatino; with the chief position by means ( f bat-teries and ships of war. This latter post was watched by the Frenchgeneral, De Choisy ; while the main army moved to invest York-town on the 80
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . r, within a range of outer redoubts and fieldivorks. On the opposite side of the river was Gloucester Point,defended by Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton, with six or seven hun Iredmen, and communicatino; with the chief position by means ( f bat-teries and ships of war. This latter post was watched by the Frenchgeneral, De Choisy ; while the main army moved to invest York-town on the 80th of September. On the night of October 0. thebesiegers completed their first parallel, wnthin six hundred yarJs ofthe English lines. Their fire was opened on the 9th and 10th,which \vas followed by the second parallel, within three hundredya!(ls of the enemy. Here two redoubts, which considerably im-peded their operations, were stormed—one by the Baron Viominel,Vith a party of Frenchmen ; the other by Americans under LaFayette. Both detachments advanced in the face of a heavy fire,without firing a gun. The Americans lost nine killed, thirty-twoViounded ; tue French about one hundred. 432 CAMPAIGN OF LA FATETTS TAXING THE HEDOUBT AT TORKTOWN This occurred on the 14th. Two days after, Lieutenant-colonelAbercrombie made a sortie from the garrison with indifferent success;while during the same afternoon, the two captured redoubts were in-cluded in the second parallel, and one hundred pieces of heavy ord-nance were brought to bear upon the enemys lines. As the worksof Cornwallis were now almost in ruins, he resolved on making hisescape to New York by land, and had actually landed a portion ofhis army on Gloucester Point, when a heavy storm dispersed hisboats, and the design was necessarily abandoned. Next day, severalnew batteries being opened, the works were no longer tenable ; andhis lordship requested of Washington a cessation of hostilities fortwenty-four hours. The A
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