Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . es uponthe enemy, but was com-I^elled to retreat, and spentthe summer among the hillsof the Santee, in the neigh-borhood of Camden. Ad-vancing toward the coast,he fought the last battle inthe State, at Eutaw Sj^rings,near Charleston, September8, 1781. The advantagewas with the British, butthe victory was one of thosethat are as disastrous as de-feat. Their loss was soheavy that they retreatedduring the night and tookshelter i
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . es uponthe enemy, but was com-I^elled to retreat, and spentthe summer among the hillsof the Santee, in the neigh-borhood of Camden. Ad-vancing toward the coast,he fought the last battle inthe State, at Eutaw Sj^rings,near Charleston, September8, 1781. The advantagewas with the British, butthe victory was one of thosethat are as disastrous as de-feat. Their loss was soheavy that they retreatedduring the night and tookshelter in had completed hiswork with admirable effect-iveness. Without winningvictories he luul, by his cau-tion, skill, celerity of move-ment, and generalship, al-most cleared the South ofthe enemy, for the onlypoints held by them wereCharleston and Savannah,where they were closelyhemmed in for the rest ofthe war. MOVEMENTS OF CORNWALLIS. Meanwhile Cornwalliswas at Wilmington, wherehe learned of Greenes move-ments too late to intercept him. He was confident, however, that Rawdon wasstrong enough to overthrow Greene, and he moved northward into Virgini.^. 138 THE REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH. to join the forces already there, and complete the conquest of the State. No seri-ous opposition was encountered by him, and Tarleton plundered the country ashe passed through it. Entering Virginia, Coruwallis found himself opposed byLafayette, with 4,000 troops, which was hardly one-half the force under his owncommand. Orders came from Clinton in New York for Cornwallis to seizeupon some suitable place near the coast, easily reached by the British selected Yorktown, on the peninsula between the James and YorkRivers, where he fixed the headquarters of the army, and began throwing upfortifications. OUR FRENCH ALLIES. The time had come when the friendship of France for America was toaccomplish something. In the summer of 1780 Rochambeau landed at Newportwith 6,000 tro
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