. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . PAUL JONES * John Paul Jones was born in Scotland in 1747. At the age of twelve he wasapprenticed to a shipmaster, who was engaged in the American trade. His name wasJohn Paul, to which, for some reason, he added that of Jones. After the Revolution,he entered the Russian naval service, and died in Paris, in poverty and neglect, in 1792. 40. Account of the victory of Paul Jones ? 41. Of the taking of Charleston ? 1780] THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 163. NA
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . PAUL JONES * John Paul Jones was born in Scotland in 1747. At the age of twelve he wasapprenticed to a shipmaster, who was engaged in the American trade. His name wasJohn Paul, to which, for some reason, he added that of Jones. After the Revolution,he entered the Russian naval service, and died in Paris, in poverty and neglect, in 1792. 40. Account of the victory of Paul Jones ? 41. Of the taking of Charleston ? 1780] THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 163. NATAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE BON HOMME RICHARD AND THE SERAPIS defender, General Lincoln, was at last obliged to sur-render the place; and he and his army became prisonersof war (May 12). 42. Battle of Camden.—Congress now sent GeneralGates, the victor at Saratoga, hoping that he would beable to check the British in their conquest of the advanced as far as Sanders Creek, near Camden, wherehe was met by Cornwallis, and sustained a terrible brave Baron De Kalb, who commanded a division ofGatess army.* was mortally wounded in this disastrousaction (Aug. IG). Cornwallis pushed on triumphantly, * Baron de Kalb was a native of Alsace, in Germany. He came to America withLafavette In 1777. He died three davs after the battle. 42. Account of the battle of Camden ? Who wae mortally wounded ? How isCamden situated (Map, p. 159) ? What checked Cornwallis : 164 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [1780 but hearing that Major Ferguson, one of his officers, hadbeen defeated at Kings M
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