. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . nsely hot,and many died from the heat and from imprudently drinking cold water. At the closeof the battle, the American army lay on their arms ready to renew it the next , with Lafayette by his side, slept at the foot of a tree. On leaving Phila-delphia, Clintons army was about twelve thousand strong; his baggage-wagonsformed a train twelve miles in length. He lost about five hundred men in the battle,and very many others, chiefly Hessi
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . nsely hot,and many died from the heat and from imprudently drinking cold water. At the closeof the battle, the American army lay on their arms ready to renew it the next , with Lafayette by his side, slept at the foot of a tree. On leaving Phila-delphia, Clintons army was about twelve thousand strong; his baggage-wagonsformed a train twelve miles in length. He lost about five hundred men in the battle,and very many others, chiefly Hessians, by desertion. 33. Proceedings of the French fleet ? Attack on Rhode Island ? 34. Account ofthe massacre at Wyoming ? At Cherry Valley ? Where is Wyoming (Map, p. 104) ?Cherry Valley (Map, p. 104) ? 1778] THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 159 ruiu and desolation.* In ISTovember, a party of the samemixed character fell \\])o\\ the settlement of CherryValley, New York, and killed or carried into captivitya large number of the settlers. 35. Capture of Savannah.—Toward the close of theyear, Clinton sent a force under Colonel Campbell to JT-^-^Aa?. lASTERJTPJtKT ol tUe CAROLINAS 103060 invade Georgia. Savannah was attacked, and being de-fended by only a small force under General Robert Howe,it could make but slight resistance, and was captured(December 29). It remained in the possession of theBritish till 1783. = Read Campbells Gertrude of Wyoming. 35. The capture of Savannah ? How long was it held by the British ? 160 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES [1779 36. Events in the South—Other disasters followedthe loss of Savannah. Suubury, the onl}^ American postremaining, being captured, the State of Georgia was atthe mercy of the British, and was restored as a royalprovince. Tories at the South abounded, and committedevery species of cruelty and depredation upon the Kettle Creek, they were defeated (Feb. 14, 1779);but at Brier Creek a division of the American forces, com-manded
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