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Washington pursues the British 60
His plan of attack 61
Battle of Monmouth 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 Butts 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 Butts Hill 79
The enterprise abandoned 79
Unpopularity of the French alliance 80
Stagnation of the war in the northern states 81, 82
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
Massacre at Wyoming 91, 92
Massacre at Cherry Valley 93, 94
Sullivan's expedition against the Iroquois 94
Battle of Newtown 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 100-104
Logan and Cresap 102, 103
Battle of Point Pleasant 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 109
Capture of Vincennes 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 114
Wayne recaptures Stony Point by storm 115, 116
Evacuation of Stony Point 117
Note on comparative humanity of Americans and British, in the Revolutionary war 116-118
Henry Lee's exploit at Paulus Hook 119, 120
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