. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . M jMIlKLLU, the home OF J 1:. 1-1-LkSON ages of the British troops under Arnold, Simcoe, Phillips, andCornwallis, was estimated at several million pounds Outlook Gloomy.^The prospects of the coloniesseemed uncertain enough as the year 1781 drew to a close,and few would have believed that the end of the strugglewas so near. Clinton was in New York and Cornwallis wasat Yorktown, strongly fortifying himself against a change was at 156 Young Peoples History France Our Friend.—France had decided to take deci-sive s
. Young people's history of Virginia and Virginians . M jMIlKLLU, the home OF J 1:. 1-1-LkSON ages of the British troops under Arnold, Simcoe, Phillips, andCornwallis, was estimated at several million pounds Outlook Gloomy.^The prospects of the coloniesseemed uncertain enough as the year 1781 drew to a close,and few would have believed that the end of the strugglewas so near. Clinton was in New York and Cornwallis wasat Yorktown, strongly fortifying himself against a change was at 156 Young Peoples History France Our Friend.—France had decided to take deci-sive steps in behalf of the American colonies, and CountRochambeau was sent to Connecticut with 6,000 men, whilea fleet under Count de Grasse sailed for Chesapeake was determined that the French and American forcesshould be united and concentrated against plan was kept a profound secret, Washingtons wish being that the Britishshould have no sus-picion of his intentionuntil it should be toolate to send reinforce-ments to Cornwallis. MILITARY HAT OF REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ^ ^ lattCT, Wltll OUly Lafayette in his front,felt certain of the safety of his army until a fleet could besent from New York to convey it thither. Siege of Yorktown.—Suddenly De Grasse and .Washington,with the French under Rochambeau, none of whom Corn-wallis was expecting, appeared—De Grasse by water, andthe others by land—and September 25th the siege of York-tov/n began. After more than a weeks bombardment it wasd
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