Part 20 (1/2)

Was.h.i.+ngton pursues the British 60

His plan of attack 61

Battle of Monmouth (June 28) 62-65

Lee's shameful retreat 62

Was.h.i.+ngton retrieves the situation 63, 64

It was a drawn battle 65

Was.h.i.+ngton'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 s.h.i.+ps 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