. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... h force under LoreRawdon, which was posted at Camden. H&advanced to Hobkirks Hill, about two ,Tiilesfrom Camden, where he was onthe twenty-fifth of April by Lord Rr» a sharp engagement Greene was de-feated and obliged to retreat. He withdrewhis army in good order, having inflictedupon his adversary a loss about equal to hisown. Rawdon was unable to derive anyadvantage from his victory, as he could notbring Greene to another general engage
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... h force under LoreRawdon, which was posted at Camden. H&advanced to Hobkirks Hill, about two ,Tiilesfrom Camden, where he was onthe twenty-fifth of April by Lord Rr» a sharp engagement Greene was de-feated and obliged to retreat. He withdrewhis army in good order, having inflictedupon his adversary a loss about equal to hisown. Rawdon was unable to derive anyadvantage from his victory, as he could notbring Greene to another general activity of the American partisan corpsin his rear alarmed him for the safety of hiscommunications with Charleston, and heabandoned Camden and fell back to MonksCorner. In the meantime Lee, Marion, Pickens,and the other partisan leaders had brokenup the fortified posts of the British with 468 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. such success that by the month of June,1781, only three positions of importanceremained to the British in Sonth CarolinaCharleston, Nelsons Ferry and Fort Ninety-six, near the Saluda- The last-named posi-. LORD RAWDON, AFTERWARD MAKOUIS OF HASTINGS. tion was of the greatest importance, andwas held by a force of Carolina and Pickens were sent against Augusta,Georgia, and captured it after a close invest-ment of seven days. General Greene him-self marched against Ninety-six and laid siege to it. Being informed that Lord Raw-don was marching to relieve it, he deter-mined to carry the fort by assault beforeRawdon could arrive. The assault wasmade on the eighteenth of June, but wasrepulsed with severeloss. Greene thenraised the siege andretreated across theSaluda. Early in July theexcessive heat put anend to active opera-tions on the part of thetwo armies. Greenewithdrew to the highhills of the Santee, andthe British went intocamp on the bitter partisan war-fare now sprung upbetween the patriotsand the tories, andcontinued during thesumme
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