Essentials of United States history . took place between themand the Americans. Our army was commanded by GeneralLincoln, a skillful and brave officer who had already dis-tinguished himself in tlie various cam])aigns of the North. 167. The AmericansRepulsed at Savannah. — In Septem-ber (1779) the Americans attacked the British forces atSavannah. They laid siege to the city, and a few days later,aided by a French fleet under Count DEstaing, made avigorous assault. The British, however, being strongly en-trenched, repulsed the besiegers,who suffered great loss. TheAmericans retired to Charleston
Essentials of United States history . took place between themand the Americans. Our army was commanded by GeneralLincoln, a skillful and brave officer who had already dis-tinguished himself in tlie various cam])aigns of the North. 167. The AmericansRepulsed at Savannah. — In Septem-ber (1779) the Americans attacked the British forces atSavannah. They laid siege to the city, and a few days later,aided by a French fleet under Count DEstaing, made avigorous assault. The British, however, being strongly en-trenched, repulsed the besiegers,who suffered great loss. TheAmericans retired to Charleston and the French fleet sailedaway to the West Indies. 168. Patriot Bands. — The patriots of the South wereobUged to protect themselves from the British and Tories,who overran the comitry and drove the inhabitants almostto desperation by their savage cruelties. They thereforeorganized bands in the various swamps under the commandof brave leaders such as Marion, Lee, Pickens, and Sumter, THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE (1778-1781) 151. who skillfully harassed theBritish on their maraudingexpeditions. 169. Battle of KingsMountain. — After the battleof Camden, in which the British wore victorious, Major Fergu-son took refuge with his corps on Kings Mountain, a long 152 ESSENTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY ridge just on the line between North and South he was attacked on the 7th of October by a force ofsixteen hundred Americans, and after a fierce battle of anhour or two Ferguson was killed and the British battle was one of the most stubborn and decisive ofthe entire war. Those who fought on the patriot side wereunpaid bands of men from Tennessee, Virginia, and the twoCarohnas. 170. Benedict Arnold. — Benedict Arnold had provedhimself a brave officer. He had enlisted a company of sol-diers at the very beginning of the war, had fought bravelyand endured great hardships. But he had also shown him-self to be extravagant and dishonest. His ambition, a
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