. Il nostro più grande paese; essendo uno standard della storia degli Stati Uniti dalla scoperta del continente americano per il tempo presente ... es o/Gran Bretagna. Battaglia Savaiinah o. In quest'ultima parte di novembre, Sir HenryClinton inviato una forza di duemila menfrom New York sotto il colonnello Campbell toattack Savannah, Georgia, che v/come heldby una guarnigione di mille uomini undeGeneral Robert Howe. Il British carriedthe posizione americana dopo un brusco impegnare-mento e sulla ventinovesima edizione di dicembre,Savannah si arrese. Aiuto generale dall'estero. 439 Prevost, il comandante inglese in Flori

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. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... es o/Great Britain. Battle o Savaiinah. In the latter part of November, Sir HenryClinton sent a force of two thousand menfrom New York under Colonel Campbell toattack Savannah, Georgia, which v/as heldby a garrison of one thousand men undeGeneral Robert Howe. The British carriedthe American position after a sharp engage-ment, and on the twenty-ninth of December, Savannah surrendered to them. General AID FROM ABROAD. 439 Prevost, the English commander in Florida, now repaired to Savannah, and assumed thecommand. On his march across the countryhe captured Sunbury, a fort of considerableimportance. Upon reaching Savannah hesent Colonel Campbell to seize Augusta, which was quickly secured and fortified. ton established his headquarters at Middle-brook, New Jersey, near the centre of hisline. The winter passed away without anyevent of importance. The British held NewYork and Newport with too strong a forceto make an attack upon either post success-fully, and the withdrawal of the French fleet. -^^JJsKr-i rf ? K4fC INDIAN SCAx.!- DANCE. Georgia was mus entirely subdued by theBritish by the middle of January, 1779. After the failure of the attack upon New-port the American Army went into winterquarters, occupying a series of cantonmentsextending from the eastern end of LongIsland sound to the Delaware. This dispo-sition enabled them to oppose a force to theBritish at every important point. Washing- to the West Indies left Washington withoutany means of encountering the naval forceof the enemy. The season was not without its trials, how-ever. Washington wrote at the beginningof the year 1779, Our affairs are in a moredistressed, ruinous, and deplorable conditionthan they have been since the commence-ment of the war. The currency of the 440 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. country grew more worthless every day.During the year 1779 the enormous sum of

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