Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . ermined to efface the impression of this disaster bya series of the most active offensive operations. De-stroying all his superfluous baggage, he supplied theloss of his light infantry by converting nearly thewhole of his army into a corps of that first hope was to overtake Morgan, and recoverall that was lost, which he had so nearly effected, thathis van reached the Catawba, on the 29th of January,only two hours after the Americans had passed, whena torrent of rain swelled the waters, and rendered itimpossible for him to follow. Greene, who h
Pictorial life of Andrew Jackson . ermined to efface the impression of this disaster bya series of the most active offensive operations. De-stroying all his superfluous baggage, he supplied theloss of his light infantry by converting nearly thewhole of his army into a corps of that first hope was to overtake Morgan, and recoverall that was lost, which he had so nearly effected, thathis van reached the Catawba, on the 29th of January,only two hours after the Americans had passed, whena torrent of rain swelled the waters, and rendered itimpossible for him to follow. Greene, who had hastened to take the command,hoped to defend the passage of this river; but it wasforced on the 1st of February, at a private ford, de-fended by Colonel Davidson, who was defeated andkilled. Tarleton then surprised and dispersed a bodyof militia assembled at a neighbouring inn. General Greene considering himself wholly unableto hazard a battle, retreated before his adversary, whoimmediately began a chase, which was continued in. GREENES MASTERLY RETREAT. 51 cessantly and rapidly across the whole of North Caro-lina. On the night of the 2d of February, the twodivisions of the American army having effected ajunction, crossed the Yadkin, but so closely followed,that their rear skirmished with the van of the enemy,and part of the baggage was taken. By anotherfavourable chance, heavy rain fell during the night,and in the morning rendered the river impassable;so that Cornwalhs was obliged to make a circuit toits upper fords, while his opponent continued his re-treat. He marched towards the Dan, the chief branchof the Roanoke, which flows nearly along the boun-dary of Carolina and Virginia. It was a broad, un-fordable stream, and Greene, if he reached the otherside, would be in safety; but the pursuit was con-tinued, in the confident hope of his being unable tofind vessels sufficient to transport over his was indeed the case at the ferry immediatelybefore him; but by an
Size: 1323px × 1890px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, bookpublisheretcetc, bookyear184
