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Washington pursues the British 60
His plan of attack 61
Battle of Monmouth (June 28) 62-65
Lee's shameful retreat 62
Washington retrieves the situation 63, 64
It was a drawn battle 65
Washington's letter to Lee 66
Trial and sentence of Lee 67, 68
Lee's character and schemes 68-70
Lee's expulsion from the army; his death 71
The situation at New York 72
The French fleet unable to enter the harbour 73
General Prescott at Newport 74
Attempt to capture the British garrison at Newport 75
Sullivan seizes b.u.t.ts Hill 76
Naval battle prevented by storm 77
Estaing goes to Boston to refit his ships 77, 78
Yeomanry go home in disgust 78
Battle of b.u.t.ts Hill (August 29) 79
The enterprise abandoned 79
Unpopularity of the French alliance 80
Stagnation of the war in the northern states 81, 82
CHAPTER XI
WAR ON THE FRONTIER
Joseph Brant, or Thayendanegea, missionary and war-chief 83-86
The Tories of western New York 87, 88
The valley of Wyoming and its settlers from Connecticut 89, 90
Ma.s.sacre at Wyoming (July 3, 1778) 91, 92
Ma.s.sacre at Cherry Valley (November 10) 93, 94
Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois 94
Battle of Newtown (August 29, 1779) 95
Devastation of the Iroquois country 96
Reign of terror in the Mohawk valley 97, 98
The wilderness beyond the Alleghanies 99
Rivalry between Pennsylvania and Virginia for the possession of Fort Pitt 100
Lord Dunmore's war (1774) 100-104
Logan and Cresap 102, 103
Battle of Point Pleasant (October 10, 1774) and its consequences 104
Settlement of Kentucky 105
And of eastern Tennessee 106
Defeat of the Cherokees on the Watauga, and its consequences 106-108
George Rogers Clark 108
His conquest of the northwestern territory (1778) 109
Capture of Vincennes (February 23, 1779) 110
Settlement of middle Tennessee 111
Importance of Clark's conquest 112
Tryon's raids upon the coast of Connecticut 113
Sir Henry Clinton captures the fortress at Stony Point (May 31, 1779) 114
Wayne recaptures Stony Point by storm (July 16) 115, 116
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