. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. le face of affairs and the spirit of the people. Clinton, how-ever, pushed the war with such vigour as was possible and seizedCharleston, while Lord Cornwallis over-ran the Carolinas andGeorgia and, by 1781, had much of the South under control. Then came the ereat disaster at Yorktown. It was the result ofFrench support to the Revolution, and, incid
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. le face of affairs and the spirit of the people. Clinton, how-ever, pushed the war with such vigour as was possible and seizedCharleston, while Lord Cornwallis over-ran the Carolinas andGeorgia and, by 1781, had much of the South under control. Then came the ereat disaster at Yorktown. It was the result ofFrench support to the Revolution, and, incidentally, was occasionedby the most miserable exhibition of incapacity seen even during thiswar. The evil genius of the military arm of Britain had been Howeand the evil genius of the naval arm was, in this case, the incapableAdmiral Graves. The former had allowed Washington to slip fromhis grasp at Valley Forge; the latter allowed the French fleet to slipn and take Cornwallis in the rear at Yorktown. On the 17th ofOctober, 1781, after fighting against impossible numbers for twoweeks, he was obliged to surrender. This practically ended the war. Lord George Germaine resignedhis place in the Ministry at home after doing all the evil possible ;.
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