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Through February, the debate raged on until finally a solution was hit upon. The Stamp Act would be repealed. | <0>860<0>2348<0>1230<0>433<0>3972<0>3404<0>2410<0>3990<0>384<0>1238<0>3020<0>151<0>3894<0>1547<0>1348<0>1442<0>1401<0>386<0>3214<0>3695<0>3972<0>1303<0>3968<0>3748<0>1007<0>4001<0>1902<0>2750<0>1484<0>3999<0>1797<0>2799<0>607<0>2543<0>1518<0>1858<0>1449<0>1307<0>1007<0>494<0>1291<0>3509<0>3783<0>2989<0>2396<0>2984<0>11... |
But though the more savvy colonial leaders could see the dangers posed by the Declaratory Act, when news hit the colonies in May that the Stamp Act had been repealed, it kicked off a wave of celebrations. Bonfires, merrymaking, and heavy drinking from New Hampshire to Georgia. In the first round of the fight, the colo... | <0>1442<0>3809<0>614<0>3373<0>2956<0>3618<0>506<0>512<0>3067<0>2530<0>1217<0>1190<0>2735<0>151<0>900<0>898<0>2541<0>2619<0>623<0>3135<0>3642<0>3439<0>3439<0>3187<0>3118<0>3509<0>1880<0>491<0>368<0>1514<0>3585<0>1525<0>561<0>2716<0>1401<0>3052<0>2787<0>3809<0>2070<0>2921<0>3877<0>3980<0>3642<0>3143<0>3404<0>3980<0>2748<... |
But, that declaratory act clearly signaled that parliament would soon be back for more. | <0>3783<0>2471<0>2363<0>2456<0>2293<0>384<0>1974<0>1974<0>384<0>1108<0>1120<0>1010<0>286<0>1261<0>2221<0>1157<0>1257<0>4009<0>2748<0>1981<0>1921<0>1597<0>3402<0>3402<0>2049<0>3973<0>3003<0>405<0>3973<0>1973<0>3135<0>2410<0>2302<0>2935<0>2638<0>2734<0>3439<0>2365<0>1117<0>2324<0>1649<0>3972<0>3782<0>3980<0>2753<0>3509<0... |
The fight over the Stamp Act very nearly broke the revolutionary wave a decade earlier than it finally did. | <0>3686<0>3447<0>3195<0>1902<0>1081<0>2838<0>165<0>1007<0>1981<0>4009<0>782<0>607<0>4001<0>2935<0>3509<0>2221<0>3402<0>360<0>2868<0>1875<0>2213<0>2683<0>390<0>1238<0>151<0>1525<0>279<0>373<0>2185<0>2935<0>1401<0>782<0>475<0>3184<0>1981<0>1007<0>1738<0>1007<0>1981<0>4009<0>2748<0>1441<0>289<0>3055<0>2716<0>2536<0>29<0>3... |
The pattern of colonial assemblies issuing strong resolutions, organized mobs targeting enemies of liberty, merchants forming non-importation packs, | <0>196<0>2799<0>1190<0>644<0>3987<0>173<0>3899<0>2199<0>3447<0>1981<0>898<0>3135<0>2070<0>2070<0>2070<0>3150<0>607<0>2530<0>3617<0>1007<0>3135<0>386<0>3850<0>3555<0>3556<0>2375<0>1238<0>3968<0>1610<0>2872<0>2163<0>2946<0>1617<0>1978<0>545<0>1858<0>2922<0>2375<0>2703<0>2769<0>3052<0>405<0>1108<0>1108<0>3973<0>2036<0>214... |
All culminating with a pan-colonial alliance to organize collective resistance. Well, this is all going to get replayed in the 1770s. | <0>1108<0>2102<0>3489<0>3962<0>1902<0>304<0>1858<0>3447<0>553<0>553<0>492<0>839<0>2641<0>286<0>553<0>1401<0>2799<0>1902<0>3135<0>1484<0>3067<0>1200<0>1218<0>3255<0>3782<0>595<0>2163<0>3447<0>3594<0>1238<0>2621<0>1518<0>3067<0>2748<0>3089<0>3285<0>3515<0>3135<0>644<0>3081<0>611<0>2748<0>1490<0>1773<0>3061<0>1562<0>3299<... |
So by that point, the British will be done backing down, and the Revolutionary War will finally break out. | <0>1117<0>3783<0>3877<0>3112<0>1190<0>3987<0>3246<0>4008<0>2716<0>3968<0>2683<0>2104<0>2104<0>384<0>1329<0>361<0>1007<0>1323<0>2375<0>4017<0>2615<0>690<0>2161<0>1329<0>2070<0>3235<0>151<0>219<0>2620<0>1654<0>3184<0>1011<0>1525<0>2715<0>2748<0>1214<0>384<0>1108<0>1108<0>1108<0>1238<0>3894<0>3067<0>2302<0>3348<0>1484<0>1... |
But, that is still a ways down the road. And as I also noted, it was not at all inevitable that that revolutionary war should break out. | <0>3783<0>3980<0>651<0>1875<0>1008<0>1008<0>1008<0>1008<0>1008<0>286<0>2767<0>110<0>1444<0>4001<0>2070<0>3135<0>492<0>3401<0>2935<0>1703<0>1525<0>1007<0>4009<0>1981<0>3980<0>2163<0>3107<0>3882<0>464<0>1108<0>1748<0>1463<0>807<0>3235<0>1525<0>479<0>1484<0>1683<0>690<0>2641<0>2163<0>3439<0>386<0>2698<0>4009<0>3927<0>4009... |
But next week, we will get into round two of the fight, as Lord of the Treasury Charles Townsend will test the proposition that the colonists did not object to taxes merely designed to regulate trade. Spoiler alert, turns out they were just saying that. | <0>1147<0>561<0>379<0>1525<0>420<0>1007<0>3999<0>900<0>2952<0>1743<0>2104<0>2683<0>2396<0>3297<0>2615<0>1525<0>3915<0>110<0>151<0>900<0>2615<0>3702<0>2735<0>4009<0>2799<0>2222<0>1401<0>690<0>690<0>1007<0>3515<0>286<0>2716<0>1356<0>2573<0>405<0>1108<0>405<0>1108<0>3081<0>3131<0>1441<0>3810<0>1007<0>922<0>1007<0>475<0>12... |
Okay, so last time we ended with the newly minted British Commander in Chief, Henry Clinton, fending off the American attack at Monmouth Courthouse and escaping with his army up to New York City. | <0>3701<0>4009<0>1525<0>2213<0>2418<0>2036<0>3686<0>3927<0>1157<0>3809<0>628<0>492<0>3045<0>4074<0>446<0>3748<0>1500<0>3349<0>83<0>3404<0>1007<0>690<0>3512<0>379<0>3096<0>3604<0>623<0>1858<0>3399<0>2769<0>919<0>361<0>386<0>3840<0>546<0>3894<0>151<0>3585<0>729<0>587<0>3184<0>1007<0>2716<0>616<0>2253<0>3509<0>2716<0>3452... |
Just barely unable to prevent this escape, George Washington then led his own forces north, eventually making a headquarters on the Hudson River. | <0>2278<0>1773<0>1157<0>3180<0>1117<0>611<0>1525<0>2922<0>4009<0>368<0>4074<0>746<0>2375<0>3894<0>1981<0>2221<0>2748<0>1472<0>433<0>43<0>3927<0>3045<0>3045<0>1849<0>3032<0>3081<0>3566<0>2355<0>2355<0>2355<0>957<0>3447<0>4009<0>2860<0>2541<0>1902<0>4074<0>3509<0>1525<0>1773<0>2410<0>1007<0>259<0>746<0>1959<0>368<0>2748<... |
The exile of the Continental Congress, meanwhile, finally ended, and the delegates returned to Philadelphia, which was now under the military governorship of Benedict Arnold, who was given the command in part because the injuries he sustained at Saratoga precluded a field command. | <0>1667<0>1732<0>3585<0>110<0>1850<0>561<0>1157<0>652<0>3899<0>1484<0>3972<0>1858<0>2748<0>3972<0>1569<0>2748<0>1007<0>1862<0>1902<0>1902<0>3972<0>2748<0>3187<0>2594<0>361<0>361<0>2748<0>3972<0>2221<0>1902<0>3899<0>2703<0>2883<0>3280<0>3143<0>2716<0>3509<0>238<0>3614<0>705<0>1838<0>705<0>3330<0>2683<0>361<0>3642<0>2375... |
Now one crucial factor in Washington's decision to attack Clinton that I did not talk about last week was the imminent arrival of the French fleet. It was due to arrive literally any day now. And Washington hoped that if he could tie the British up long enough that the French might appear and block any possible escape... | <0>3592<0>3067<0>895<0>2174<0>1401<0>3195<0>1729<0>3348<0>1190<0>2070<0>1902<0>2748<0>2716<0>3402<0>1617<0>2641<0>361<0>1238<0>3783<0>3972<0>146<0>151<0>3968<0>2152<0>1205<0>3850<0>1703<0>2375<0>1261<0>3695<0>690<0>1798<0>1190<0>735<0>898<0>3447<0>3447<0>3515<0>789<0>43<0>3443<0>2716<0>3968<0>151<0>2748<0>2332<0>1230<0... |
After breaking out of Monmouth Courthouse, Clinton did indeed run northeast for Sandy Hook, a spit that juts north out of New Jersey. From there, he put his men on boats to complete the journey to New York City. | <0>1172<0>1042<0>3899<0>3314<0>3634<0>3348<0>1401<0>2748<0>3447<0>1472<0>2748<0>1007<0>1007<0>2748<0>2748<0>2221<0>3701<0>2541<0>3980<0>3877<0>1902<0>920<0>1008<0>3300<0>1541<0>1902<0>2070<0>304<0>192<0>895<0>493<0>1035<0>2935<0>3777<0>553<0>561<0>2187<0>386<0>386<0>3359<0>3299<0>2748<0>3447<0>1022<0>561<0>3067<0>2748<... |
The French fleet finally arrived as this ferrying operation was underway, but they were unable to cross the sandbar that makes entering New York harbor somewhat treacherous and Clinton was able to make good his escape and hole up in New York City, which was all but impossible to attack. | <0>3973<0>2748<0>1230<0>3082<0>1444<0>2514<0>2199<0>1007<0>368<0>373<0>2815<0>2199<0>2199<0>3972<0>433<0>1500<0>1526<0>2834<0>1007<0>1981<0>3980<0>2163<0>2716<0>2213<0>1042<0>1190<0>3045<0>3927<0>2070<0>3927<0>2199<0>2716<0>2748<0>3990<0>88<0>43<0>3972<0>611<0>2748<0>900<0>1386<0>2324<0>627<0>2221<0>3509<0>2748<0>3783<... |
But though New York could not be gotten at, the fact that Washington now had an allied navy greatly expanded his strategic options. So if the big fish could not be fried, then best turn to the littler fish. | <0>1388<0>1320<0>1157<0>1780<0>1901<0>3574<0>1022<0>289<0>2838<0>340<0>1819<0>165<0>2716<0>1214<0>43<0>1303<0>3143<0>1010<0>3341<0>1596<0>2578<0>2049<0>611<0>3299<0>1649<0>1649<0>1858<0>1902<0>1190<0>644<0>1220<0>3701<0>895<0>3972<0>644<0>1472<0>561<0>553<0>361<0>2716<0>43<0>3972<0>3748<0>3515<0>2748<0>2578<0>3402<0>27... |
And so Washington and the Admiral of the French fleet, the Compte d'Estaing, coordinated on a plan to go up and retake Newport, Rhode Island, which was occupied by the British with a garrison of about 3,000 men. | <0>1108<0>1200<0>1850<0>1880<0>340<0>666<0>1484<0>3972<0>557<0>3585<0>304<0>1171<0>2703<0>3585<0>3777<0>4079<0>644<0>2471<0>4009<0>1981<0>327<0>492<0>2748<0>4074<0>3082<0>1190<0>3314<0>1200<0>386<0>2684<0>3410<0>1008<0>705<0>3246<0>1895<0>611<0>1902<0>1902<0>3972<0>1230<0>553<0>22<0>3660<0>553<0>623<0>3439<0>1214<0>187... |
Spies quickly revealed to Henry Clinton what the Americans were up to, and he scrambled to provide Newport relief. First, 20 ships under Admiral Howe, and then, as soon as the weather permitted, a convoy of about 4,000 regular troops. | <0>2569<0>3927<0>2619<0>1525<0>3927<0>1973<0>1973<0>279<0>1113<0>2181<0>3020<0>3067<0>3348<0>386<0>3135<0>1200<0>690<0>2716<0>2471<0>3067<0>1617<0>898<0>2070<0>2703<0>1525<0>382<0>3067<0>3404<0>553<0>3509<0>2716<0>3877<0>2641<0>3695<0>3135<0>3972<0>1819<0>2221<0>361<0>2163<0>3968<0>2161<0>3176<0>1449<0>1400<0>1883<0>27... |
Now unfortunately for the Americans, all the coming attack on Newport did was prove that the alliance between the French and Americans was great in theory, but would take some time to really work in practice. | <0>2594<0>1500<0>1500<0>1472<0>2174<0>1910<0>379<0>3295<0>1171<0>850<0>2146<0>4009<0>690<0>553<0>819<0>3509<0>3402<0>3877<0>2163<0>1214<0>1944<0>437<0>797<0>2865<0>2865<0>666<0>1526<0>919<0>1190<0>83<0>2935<0>151<0>1473<0>2748<0>2163<0>1902<0>3509<0>151<0>3894<0>286<0>2753<0>2316<0>3205<0>1959<0>1214<0>1007<0>978<0>370... |
The man running the show up in Newport was Brigadier General John Sullivan. | <0>3973<0>3894<0>3894<0>967<0>951<0>107<0>895<0>3348<0>3899<0>2070<0>895<0>776<0>3055<0>2716<0>3404<0>1883<0>2799<0>3067<0>3874<0>3439<0>3894<0>361<0>4008<0>2221<0>2683<0>1008<0>705<0>105<0>2987<0>196<0>2769<0>1007<0>3348<0>3075<0>1378<0>1401<0>1318<0>553<0>2716<0>1500<0>2615<0>1238<0>45<0>2748<0>2221<0>3370<0>3927<0>2... |
Sullivan was the son of Irish immigrants to America. So as you can imagine for him, this war was as much about an intense loathing of the British as any noble fight for freedom and liberty. | <0>3386<0>165<0>3927<0>1902<0>259<0>3974<0>2152<0>327<0>1007<0>746<0>553<0>553<0>1880<0>3899<0>1157<0>1819<0>2221<0>1850<0>2471<0>379<0>2968<0>561<0>1214<0>1862<0>3509<0>1594<0>1617<0>3299<0>1214<0>2748<0>3877<0>3081<0>2278<0>3018<0>2049<0>1008<0>3330<0>2683<0>1172<0>1594<0>2748<0>3135<0>3402<0>3402<0>838<0>386<0>3143<... |
But his lower-class Irish upbringing did not leave him with much love for French aristocrats either. | <0>2396<0>3894<0>3899<0>2485<0>1773<0>1858<0>3135<0>340<0>3348<0>1902<0>1007<0>3447<0>3045<0>3985<0>1862<0>2716<0>1981<0>2638<0>1180<0>3972<0>2864<0>1819<0>566<0>3452<0>1732<0>1008<0>705<0>705<0>2104<0>88<0>3585<0>83<0>2860<0>3151<0>895<0>1022<0>919<0>3089<0>151<0>3642<0>2221<0>954<0>2748<0>3187<0>3695<0>2339<0>1777<0>... |
Right from the get-go, coordinating the attack on Newport was rough going, as Sullivan attempted to simply issue orders to disdain, which disdain was not super interested in obeying. | <0>653<0>279<0>1472<0>3195<0>3963<0>3020<0>1525<0>2316<0>1617<0>1981<0>651<0>3151<0>165<0>1442<0>1007<0>1484<0>3404<0>151<0>2935<0>151<0>3373<0>698<0>304<0>1944<0>2715<0>2748<0>2748<0>361<0>386<0>954<0>1484<0>1819<0>1981<0>291<0>1117<0>3980<0>2648<0>611<0>1617<0>1981<0>2163<0>2213<0>2278<0>405<0>1108<0>2396<0>3509<0>39... |
But despite the friction, the plans for a joint operation finally came together, and the attack was set to launch August 10th, 1778. | <0>3974<0>1773<0>3927<0>3782<0>506<0>4009<0>2748<0>3980<0>3379<0>1800<0>3451<0>3151<0>797<0>2161<0>361<0>3783<0>4009<0>3821<0>593<0>1230<0>3348<0>2284<0>4009<0>587<0>3972<0>3972<0>492<0>3439<0>2638<0>382<0>2221<0>2471<0>1007<0>1171<0>3118<0>3509<0>1500<0>386<0>521<0>2748<0>3877<0>1008<0>1008<0>2104<0>2104<0>3658<0>1238... |
The plan was for the Americans to move down and trap the British inside the city, while the French landed 4,000 men of their own on the western shore, and then arrayed their ships in a tight blockade. | <0>390<0>2324<0>3972<0>1472<0>1525<0>2748<0>1007<0>3748<0>1007<0>623<0>1214<0>2716<0>3509<0>3968<0>237<0>2335<0>3299<0>954<0>954<0>2324<0>2716<0>43<0>1862<0>2641<0>4074<0>3402<0>43<0>2221<0>611<0>3404<0>2716<0>3055<0>3452<0>1200<0>898<0>43<0>2221<0>3219<0>3045<0>2935<0>368<0>797<0>1649<0>3973<0>2052<0>3783<0>1518<0>279... |
The combined land and sea attack was sure to break the British garrison in no time. | <0>3419<0>2161<0>3143<0>3695<0>954<0>2471<0>1569<0>2935<0>3894<0>2615<0>2703<0>553<0>3509<0>1275<0>3509<0>3565<0>491<0>368<0>2935<0>3089<0>2715<0>286<0>2104<0>1008<0>1008<0>105<0>359<0>1214<0>161<0>1190<0>2348<0>2799<0>1469<0>3404<0>219<0>2396<0>2864<0>3404<0>1401<0>379<0>900<0>219<0>807<0>1703<0>1741<0>361<0>1848<0>17... |
But on August the 9th, the day before this was all supposed to happen, Sullivan spied an opportunity to get the jump on the British, and he moved down early. | <0>611<0>3980<0>1569<0>1218<0>3782<0>2619<0>967<0>3045<0>2070<0>1171<0>2735<0>3402<0>2213<0>2053<0>3973<0>3018<0>1857<0>3299<0>3968<0>2536<0>3972<0>1220<0>1703<0>3067<0>2510<0>1981<0>1594<0>1978<0>2769<0>2411<0>678<0>2315<0>1031<0>2221<0>1026<0>2715<0>2715<0>2735<0>291<0>151<0>611<0>1649<0>4095<0>1172<0>4074<0>1978<0>8... |
To only confirm the French opinion that these Americans weren't disciplined enough to really count on. I mean, right off the bat, they're jumping the gun. | <0>1989<0>3695<0>1518<0>386<0>1562<0>151<0>3748<0>1902<0>1902<0>3972<0>1214<0>2221<0>1850<0>553<0>3509<0>611<0>3892<0>151<0>3585<0>3894<0>1518<0>3968<0>3155<0>3509<0>3299<0>2716<0>1472<0>2748<0>2578<0>2594<0>2123<0>327<0>611<0>611<0>1773<0>3927<0>348<0>1981<0>3299<0>361<0>43<0>2221<0>3143<0>1238<0>3972<0>1238<0>361<0>2... |
Then, the twenty British ships under Admiral Howe appeared on the horizon. | <0>2555<0>2070<0>1525<0>2703<0>3176<0>919<0>3832<0>2648<0>1500<0>277<0>756<0>1238<0>3809<0>2922<0>252<0>35<0>2375<0>2641<0>934<0>3373<0>3348<0>1648<0>3402<0>2748<0>1238<0>3783<0>3972<0>1838<0>3443<0>2748<0>3972<0>2123<0>611<0>3973<0>2440<0>807<0>3348<0>1007<0>1238<0>3402<0>1518<0>1238<0>1910<0>1190<0>1594<0>2191<0>3052... |
De Saint decided that there was no sense getting trapped with only the American rabble to support him, so instead of landing the French troops, he pulled out of the harbor completely. | <0>114<0>3748<0>1703<0>3915<0>2485<0>151<0>3045<0>898<0>43<0>1741<0>3999<0>3642<0>1579<0>2274<0>219<0>2221<0>3927<0>3082<0>3348<0>1594<0>3509<0>3910<0>3118<0>2641<0>1862<0>4074<0>2748<0>3402<0>1902<0>1580<0>2324<0>3783<0>3642<0>289<0>2161<0>3509<0>2716<0>2471<0>1617<0>3299<0>2864<0>3980<0>3877<0>3783<0>2102<0>2705<0>10... |
For two days, the French and British fleets maneuvered around each other until an intense gale ravaged them both. The British wound up so bad off that Howe had to simply pull out of the area completely. The French, meanwhile, were scattered all over the place. | <0>3275<0>2748<0>3404<0>850<0>690<0>1401<0>1010<0>2848<0>1938<0>2748<0>1230<0>3082<0>746<0>1941<0>3541<0>3348<0>1401<0>35<0>2221<0>386<0>3143<0>679<0>361<0>386<0>1238<0>3404<0>492<0>2536<0>1328<0>3359<0>3143<0>2638<0>611<0>2324<0>611<0>2875<0>494<0>898<0>1981<0>3927<0>553<0>3184<0>1530<0>1549<0>553<0>3373<0>491<0>2719<... |
But despite the sudden French withdrawal, General Sullivan pressed on. He was still running 10,000 men against just 3,000 inside the city, and those are pretty good numbers. By August the 15th, he was digging fortifications to carry on with the siege. | <0>2191<0>679<0>491<0>491<0>1902<0>3295<0>1580<0>73<0>3061<0>3045<0>231<0>3373<0>1230<0>2748<0>1850<0>1978<0>1238<0>1230<0>1981<0>3702<0>3972<0>2987<0>1301<0>23<0>900<0>83<0>3348<0>3782<0>934<0>1569<0>1981<0>3373<0>512<0>2221<0>1850<0>3045<0>3143<0>3972<0>2221<0>2295<0>1649<0>3762<0>3003<0>2052<0>2830<0>561<0>3927<0>43... |
Over the next couple of days, the battered French ships started to return back to port, but disdain had seemed quite enough, thank you very much. When as much of the fleet as possible had regrouped, he announced that he was sailing his fleet up to Boston for repairs. | <0>3434<0>3348<0>3235<0>1798<0>2440<0>4009<0>1484<0>1007<0>1238<0>2734<0>901<0>1597<0>553<0>2769<0>3180<0>1010<0>644<0>2348<0>2748<0>1230<0>3447<0>151<0>3214<0>2064<0>3539<0>2012<0>1578<0>3695<0>3972<0>3397<0>807<0>611<0>1620<0>3379<0>1862<0>2799<0>3509<0>521<0>3877<0>3797<0>2987<0>1218<0>1780<0>3404<0>2697<0>1649<0>37... |
Taking with him any real chance of capturing Newport. | <0>648<0>1829<0>3143<0>361<0>3894<0>2070<0>967<0>553<0>3617<0>931<0>1875<0>1875<0>3275<0>3297<0>361<0>1117<0>229<0>1941<0>2070<0>3195<0>616<0>2716<0>2716<0>2748<0>3151<0>3973<0>2324<0>2324<0>3402<0>43<0>644<0>3408<0>2641<0>361<0>1858<0>1442<0>2062<0>1819<0>4079<0>789<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>3... |
When the French sailed away, the American militia forces were like, okay, we're done here, and they started heading home. | <0>3783<0>1500<0>2748<0>1902<0>4009<0>2323<0>3927<0>3999<0>1780<0>1441<0>3067<0>1525<0>2213<0>1034<0>77<0>561<0>2935<0>3541<0>4009<0>43<0>1348<0>243<0>3067<0>3135<0>3067<0>3055<0>1010<0>2221<0>2146<0>545<0>1230<0>3695<0>3277<0>1441<0>922<0>2510<0>3976<0>1790<0>797<0>611<0>3999<0>545<0>900<0>3128<0>623<0>2615<0>3348<0>2... |
Sullivan tried to carry on through these obviously operation killing setbacks. Lafayette raced up to Boston to try to convince disdain to change his mind. | <0>3053<0>2151<0>2510<0>1007<0>151<0>1525<0>3980<0>3509<0>860<0>3089<0>807<0>2716<0>2716<0>1981<0>2799<0>2748<0>690<0>3968<0>2161<0>3143<0>2221<0>3899<0>2471<0>623<0>746<0>2102<0>1941<0>1147<0>3972<0>3972<0>3972<0>1981<0>1981<0>252<0>2638<0>361<0>1875<0>2440<0>553<0>1981<0>221<0>3515<0>2741<0>1525<0>286<0>3877<0>3402<0... |
But by the end of the month, Sullivan finally admitted that if he didn't retreat, his force of now just 5000 men would soon be trapped. | <0>1172<0>3972<0>1819<0>4009<0>3585<0>2935<0>426<0>1022<0>1442<0>3894<0>3348<0>2799<0>2178<0>738<0>931<0>1649<0>3665<0>3927<0>1007<0>1007<0>1526<0>2594<0>1230<0>2748<0>3373<0>3585<0>3555<0>623<0>3299<0>361<0>2656<0>1117<0>3968<0>3968<0>2830<0>361<0>553<0>561<0>1500<0>3348<0>146<0>3404<0>3359<0>289<0>1732<0>931<0>738<0>... |
So he started to pull off the island, which the British garrison in Newport took as the perfect opportunity to strike, and the retreating Americans were forced to turn and fight. | <0>3386<0>1026<0>2151<0>1007<0>3602<0>880<0>294<0>2161<0>729<0>1594<0>1569<0>342<0>3894<0>3107<0>895<0>2062<0>3972<0>3972<0>1218<0>3118<0>2221<0>644<0>3782<0>2221<0>1779<0>738<0>2104<0>732<0>105<0>2104<0>2987<0>954<0>3927<0>1196<0>1007<0>690<0>35<0>900<0>807<0>1010<0>3910<0>361<0>361<0>386<0>3894<0>2396<0>1518<0>3404<0... |
Day's worth of battle exhausted both sides, but in the end Sullivan was able to complete his withdrawal. | <0>553<0>3793<0>3875<0>934<0>1007<0>3348<0>1309<0>1442<0>3373<0>644<0>1981<0>3962<0>3968<0>746<0>1981<0>3972<0>1703<0>1579<0>3973<0>1230<0>3135<0>2102<0>4001<0>2748<0>43<0>3081<0>1746<0>725<0>2293<0>2104<0>2104<0>390<0>2324<0>1858<0>368<0>2935<0>2935<0>151<0>1594<0>2748<0>3135<0>1007<0>895<0>2615<0>2510<0>2070<0>729<0>... |
And just in time, too. The very next day, those additional 4,000 regulars sent by Clinton, delayed by the same bad weather that had crippled the British and French navies, finally arrived. So the Battle of Rhode Island went down merely as an awkward first date for the French and Americans, rather than a relationship-e... | <0>361<0>1469<0>934<0>1730<0>561<0>1838<0>4009<0>2716<0>1214<0>1880<0>746<0>386<0>2864<0>3107<0>2683<0>2680<0>384<0>384<0>2293<0>3018<0>1654<0>1579<0>2594<0>1525<0>1525<0>64<0>2506<0>231<0>2536<0>2049<0>208<0>493<0>2935<0>900<0>3439<0>3404<0>1007<0>2934<0>2152<0>1547<0>2530<0>1518<0>3972<0>1230<0>3067<0>1007<0>3899<0>1... |
With Newport now strengthened and New York City all but unapproachable, both George Washington and Henry Clinton settled into an unsatisfying stalemate. | <0>2339<0>3348<0>1238<0>3020<0>3888<0>2345<0>2619<0>3404<0>2716<0>3972<0>3927<0>3660<0>1007<0>3509<0>3783<0>3297<0>2875<0>553<0>3968<0>587<0>386<0>3067<0>1518<0>2440<0>3045<0>3968<0>2830<0>3783<0>3489<0>545<0>229<0>3131<0>2748<0>3359<0>3434<0>2748<0>1617<0>316<0>2989<0>2989<0>1108<0>4095<0>3003<0>2278<0>1442<0>1007<0>2... |
Neither were happy about it, but it appears that of the two, Clinton was actually even less happy than Washington. | <0>2840<0>1730<0>3082<0>1525<0>2471<0>545<0>1819<0>3402<0>43<0>1759<0>3143<0>2748<0>2748<0>1328<0>3579<0>2815<0>3018<0>4095<0>3973<0>2922<0>3359<0>2002<0>2838<0>298<0>1941<0>2070<0>393<0>3404<0>679<0>3118<0>850<0>2299<0>288<0>1500<0>3963<0>1850<0>553<0>679<0>1748<0>1329<0>679<0>3867<0>2716<0>1944<0>3927<0>368<0>1206<0>... |
He was not enthusiastic about the ministry's plan to turn the war south, especially after he received orders to send 3,500 men down to Georgia and another 5,000 down to the West Indies, | <0>3792<0>690<0>1858<0>2769<0>1579<0>3899<0>3899<0>1729<0>2769<0>1579<0>623<0>1022<0>368<0>1530<0>2716<0>3748<0>1703<0>3509<0>3877<0>2748<0>3783<0>2099<0>221<0>553<0>3927<0>3187<0>386<0>326<0>3151<0>553<0>3509<0>3837<0>3187<0>2748<0>2324<0>361<0>1518<0>3515<0>3927<0>3447<0>3877<0>1218<0>2987<0>1108<0>1108<0>365<0>4027<... |
That would leave him with just enough troops to hold what he had and maybe raid around a little bit, but not much more. Which is just about all the ministry wanted him to do anyway. | <0>4011<0>2715<0>2716<0>1902<0>2615<0>3968<0>1858<0>289<0>1798<0>967<0>2375<0>807<0>1579<0>1007<0>3118<0>3447<0>934<0>3585<0>2748<0>2221<0>1625<0>492<0>1238<0>2354<0>1213<0>1218<0>666<0>2185<0>2185<0>3143<0>2187<0>3869<0>1190<0>1010<0>1190<0>746<0>382<0>114<0>2104<0>2170<0>3882<0>3642<0>289<0>3143<0>1238<0>1981<0>1525<... |
After reluctantly dispatching these forces in November and December 1778, the miserable Clinton sent a letter of resignation back to London in early 1779. But despite his pleading, it was rejected. | <0>3081<0>644<0>1472<0>3809<0>2753<0>3809<0>3809<0>644<0>3453<0>1401<0>1200<0>919<0>3585<0>3045<0>1218<0>3877<0>2748<0>3850<0>3642<0>361<0>3143<0>2199<0>3255<0>1819<0>1205<0>2152<0>2769<0>361<0>2324<0>3972<0>2471<0>2221<0>3972<0>2641<0>3850<0>3927<0>3509<0>2748<0>3832<0>2748<0>1862<0>758<0>361<0>1703<0>2324<0>3299<0>21... |
King George declared Clinton the only man left who could pull off a win in North America. | <0>3003<0>3143<0>1238<0>361<0>1401<0>340<0>3809<0>3187<0>3143<0>2221<0>288<0>1525<0>3509<0>1617<0>1157<0>151<0>3968<0>2152<0>995<0>1272<0>3330<0>114<0>289<0>259<0>3821<0>151<0>1525<0>3045<0>2703<0>2541<0>3437<0>2221<0>2985<0>3143<0>196<0>3894<0>3151<0>1484<0>4008<0>2872<0>3515<0>1441<0>1238<0>2716<0>3642<0>361<0>3783<0... |
Clinton no doubt sunk even further into his chair after receiving this glowing vote of confidence. | <0>2355<0>3404<0>221<0>901<0>151<0>1338<0>1008<0>1008<0>1838<0>1008<0>745<0>83<0>3809<0>3980<0>2799<0>3927<0>898<0>3373<0>1007<0>2161<0>919<0>3585<0>348<0>2199<0>3809<0>1007<0>1401<0>3096<0>386<0>1858<0>1773<0>815<0>3055<0>2536<0>1010<0>1862<0>2683<0>1649<0>1732<0>2221<0>2324<0>1238<0>2638<0>1306<0>919<0>361<0>1463<0>3... |
So unfortunately for everyone, us included, 1779 turned out to be as fragmented as it was inconclusive. There were engagements all over the place, but none were really decisive nor super important to the outcome of the war. | <0>1026<0>259<0>1484<0>3235<0>348<0>258<0>340<0>1798<0>2525<0>3295<0>259<0>3020<0>2199<0>3404<0>771<0>3227<0>3980<0>3404<0>361<0>1596<0>2748<0>3151<0>2987<0>3973<0>3018<0>3151<0>2748<0>1594<0>2324<0>3972<0>1007<0>690<0>386<0>3822<0>2170<0>705<0>3330<0>705<0>3511<0>1875<0>2987<0>3045<0>3295<0>3634<0>1991<0>2506<0>3045<0... |
For simplicity's sake, we're going to stick with Clinton and Washington for now as they skirmish around each other in New York. Then we will double back and follow disdain and his fleet as they make a run through the Caribbean. | <0>2748<0>3927<0>2799<0>2594<0>1935<0>22<0>1355<0>368<0>553<0>4001<0>553<0>3439<0>2822<0>797<0>1007<0>1500<0>3972<0>173<0>368<0>3061<0>607<0>3976<0>3833<0>1007<0>1500<0>2053<0>1007<0>151<0>1007<0>3892<0>623<0>1238<0>3783<0>3972<0>1190<0>553<0>2716<0>587<0>2335<0>3404<0>237<0>2716<0>2748<0>3972<0>3370<0>2102<0>2252<0>26... |
And then we'll double back again for the British capture of Savannah, Georgia, the failed attempt by the French and Americans to retake Savannah, Georgia, before finally depositing ourselves in 1780 with Henry Clinton's invasion of South Carolina and the capture of Charleston. | <0>1862<0>151<0>2173<0>2716<0>895<0>895<0>895<0>1007<0>1981<0>3898<0>2748<0>3402<0>361<0>3143<0>553<0>1525<0>382<0>2104<0>1008<0>705<0>1974<0>2683<0>2921<0>3968<0>1007<0>3980<0>35<0>900<0>2716<0>2748<0>2638<0>2748<0>3832<0>382<0>2716<0>3359<0>2398<0>1525<0>2510<0>3404<0>1547<0>3991<0>1649<0>1108<0>2004<0>3973<0>289<0>3... |
Ready to try and follow a bunch of random roads that wind up leading nowhere? Awesome. Let's do it. | <0>359<0>1401<0>386<0>2848<0>679<0>679<0>2735<0>1850<0>1171<0>2221<0>2541<0>2541<0>3135<0>3135<0>3348<0>746<0>2748<0>1981<0>3980<0>1525<0>3447<0>2989<0>1007<0>3987<0>3798<0>3592<0>690<0>3972<0>3980<0>3509<0>88<0>368<0>553<0>361<0>3447<0>304<0>1850<0>1882<0>2987<0>3018<0>4095<0>3018<0>3003<0>1329<0>1172<0>2221<0>3972<0>... |
After his resignation was rejected, Henry Clinton emerged from winter and did his best to follow orders. Which included using the navy to raid coastal communities to disrupt rebel trade. A strategy that the ministry now loved, but he personally loathed. | <0>1310<0>1190<0>1850<0>2225<0>1401<0>3556<0>1490<0>1007<0>2410<0>2070<0>3184<0>623<0>2638<0>3509<0>1981<0>1978<0>3404<0>1214<0>3032<0>3877<0>2656<0>3509<0>3631<0>1008<0>1008<0>705<0>2104<0>1959<0>3447<0>3447<0>1941<0>1902<0>2070<0>729<0>3447<0>3894<0>1007<0>3404<0>1042<0>2748<0>512<0>3642<0>3509<0>1594<0>1265<0>1275<0... |
Raids of Connecticut and the Chesapeake Bay were successful. Stores, public buildings, and supply houses were easily destroyed, but not to much long-term strategic effect. | <0>1074<0>492<0>1525<0>1547<0>3585<0>1715<0>690<0>1798<0>1730<0>2716<0>516<0>403<0>2070<0>3095<0>3447<0>3894<0>3143<0>2638<0>3160<0>3437<0>3968<0>2875<0>3419<0>901<0>2365<0>1981<0>3187<0>203<0>3905<0>607<0>2735<0>3285<0>1218<0>4008<0>327<0>1838<0>2642<0>1272<0>3246<0>3052<0>3927<0>3695<0>2976<0>2541<0>3404<0>3695<0>5<0... |
The only real engagement of the year, which similarly did not have much long-term strategic effect, was the Battle of Stony Point, fought over a fortified spit that jutted out into the Hudson River about 30 miles north of New York City, and that commanded an important river crossing. | <0>1329<0>368<0>4009<0>3020<0>1238<0>1238<0>1323<0>3809<0>3447<0>3894<0>3439<0>386<0>3143<0>3299<0>611<0>2353<0>361<0>386<0>3439<0>2324<0>327<0>361<0>3187<0>3288<0>3566<0>415<0>1205<0>1773<0>3067<0>3972<0>1819<0>1981<0>2838<0>3176<0>3642<0>361<0>2748<0>43<0>2578<0>2748<0>3783<0>1862<0>1230<0>2987<0>3888<0>2865<0>3972<0... |
In late May, Clinton personally led his reduced army up the Hudson. He easily took Stony Point, hoping that this would merely be the first move in a longer-range campaign to disrupt the American supply lines enough to force them to come down from their fortified positions and fight a real battle. | <0>2161<0>3447<0>2070<0>3604<0>294<0>1579<0>3067<0>1647<0>1597<0>2641<0>797<0>1329<0>3973<0>1157<0>3235<0>729<0>1579<0>3151<0>3404<0>3987<0>3927<0>3373<0>3020<0>2615<0>3447<0>1594<0>3118<0>807<0>1858<0>2324<0>3143<0>561<0>3927<0>3515<0>2053<0>237<0>88<0>2221<0>2864<0>998<0>691<0>1973<0>898<0>1007<0>3927<0>2683<0>611<0>... |
After Clinton fell back down the Hudson, Washington ordered General Anthony Wayne, who was about to become known to history as Mad Anthony Wayne for his conduct in the battle, | <0>3151<0>3899<0>3151<0>3075<0>1328<0>3151<0>1007<0>231<0>729<0>151<0>1944<0>3927<0>1500<0>1484<0>3447<0>1850<0>931<0>2703<0>3348<0>2799<0>691<0>2748<0>3377<0>3660<0>382<0>1649<0>2987<0>4095<0>3973<0>1196<0>895<0>2619<0>1213<0>1944<0>512<0>151<0>3348<0>1484<0>2541<0>3404<0>3299<0>2968<0>2716<0>2934<0>3348<0>1484<0>2864... |
Working under guidelines laid out by Washington, Wayne led what looked an awful lot like a suicide mission when he stormed the British position from three directions in the middle of the night using only bayonets. | <0>2548<0>492<0>2163<0>3634<0>1794<0>1401<0>1007<0>2748<0>2748<0>3642<0>1007<0>151<0>729<0>3135<0>553<0>516<0>1569<0>2864<0>3972<0>3135<0>2989<0>2163<0>2638<0>361<0>2716<0>3144<0>2004<0>1329<0>4095<0>2036<0>1238<0>1858<0>2485<0>231<0>3079<0>2070<0>623<0>3305<0>2510<0>475<0>2070<0>1617<0>3359<0>3972<0>1902<0>3195<0>1981... |
Amazingly, it took Wayne's men just 30 minutes to capture the British position while suffering almost no casualties. | <0>3299<0>3509<0>2485<0>2070<0>361<0>2070<0>2641<0>1272<0>3566<0>2418<0>1261<0>1079<0>1773<0>3174<0>1238<0>1007<0>1526<0>1007<0>2324<0>3509<0>361<0>3935<0>326<0>1632<0>1857<0>3987<0>2922<0>3894<0>3541<0>623<0>2748<0>2911<0>729<0>3968<0>3402<0>2748<0>1798<0>1007<0>1862<0>1007<0>1401<0>2323<0>2716<0>2769<0>807<0>3055<0>2... |
It was a small but morale boosting victory for the Americans, who hadn't really had much to cheer about since Saratoga. | <0>77<0>3305<0>3135<0>1157<0>2375<0>607<0>3927<0>1500<0>1484<0>1518<0>1518<0>1238<0>1157<0>2864<0>3348<0>3809<0>3899<0>1902<0>1518<0>2324<0>679<0>3832<0>361<0>361<0>746<0>566<0>2191<0>3439<0>3143<0>690<0>2161<0>3509<0>1214<0>2748<0>1862<0>3081<0>2230<0>2199<0>3973<0>3003<0>1108<0>1238<0>3447<0>1190<0>512<0>1238<0>2799<... |
By then the British commander in chief was deep into planning the invasion of South Carolina, and the whole back and forth over Stony Point wound up being a pointless dead end for everyone. | <0>3658<0>2987<0>3434<0>4009<0>2070<0>3295<0>1526<0>229<0>1007<0>2716<0>4017<0>83<0>2716<0>553<0>151<0>1463<0>2968<0>386<0>3439<0>88<0>679<0>196<0>2161<0>368<0>2684<0>151<0>1710<0>1238<0>611<0>2748<0>553<0>361<0>361<0>2161<0>361<0>3032<0>2638<0>2324<0>3187<0>1703<0>43<0>2221<0>2335<0>3443<0>521<0>1981<0>1007<0>2748<0>1... |
Further to the west, out on the New York frontier, General John Sullivan, he of the siege of Newport, was dispatched on a not particularly glorious campaign to exact revenge on loyalists in upstate New York, and particularly their Iroquois allies. | <0>1857<0>279<0>3348<0>2748<0>3927<0>492<0>1117<0>1238<0>279<0>1010<0>3437<0>3927<0>729<0>3447<0>3972<0>3067<0>3642<0>919<0>623<0>3962<0>2221<0>1902<0>3509<0>3748<0>1959<0>3585<0>807<0>1569<0>3107<0>1219<0>3686<0>361<0>379<0>3348<0>279<0>3067<0>1773<0>1902<0>2799<0>3927<0>898<0>2541<0>1007<0>2578<0>3114<0>165<0>165<0>2... |
The patriot presses had been inflamed in 1778 by Indian attacks on settlers in the Wyoming Valley out on the New York frontier, and then somewhat closer in at Cherry Valley a few months later. | <0>3222<0>3373<0>2683<0>2485<0>1941<0>2332<0>2485<0>3818<0>2683<0>3404<0>3980<0>898<0>1777<0>1703<0>2715<0>1238<0>3968<0>3585<0>3143<0>3314<0>1007<0>4009<0>386<0>361<0>3008<0>729<0>1525<0>3509<0>3968<0>3968<0>3968<0>729<0>2716<0>1214<0>2161<0>1275<0>403<0>2104<0>1008<0>2104<0>2104<0>2396<0>3447<0>41<0>368<0>561<0>2485<... |
In both cases, non-combatants were specifically targeted and killed. | <0>744<0>919<0>196<0>1157<0>1007<0>3314<0>1959<0>3439<0>3910<0>1654<0>3386<0>290<0>3973<0>3003<0>104<0>3509<0>1902<0>83<0>3972<0>83<0>3894<0>595<0>3402<0>1632<0>382<0>1026<0>3783<0>3187<0>1196<0>1295<0>3850<0>838<0>746<0>2935<0>2221<0>1526<0>369<0>3748<0>286<0>1518<0>3081<0>3359<0>29<0>2266<0>1632<0>2335<0>1798<0>1007<... |
So over the summer of 1779, Sullivan ran around with about 4,000 men on a deliberate scorched earth campaign that saw them burn or destroy some 40 Indian villages, killing who they could and driving off the rest. | <0>1857<0>2748<0>1007<0>279<0>173<0>3045<0>898<0>1500<0>2748<0>4074<0>807<0>512<0>1597<0>3894<0>729<0>2748<0>3642<0>2185<0>2748<0>3972<0>3299<0>1649<0>2239<0>1108<0>1172<0>3239<0>2530<0>922<0>3701<0>1858<0>3943<0>4009<0>1472<0>1500<0>3972<0>2799<0>3297<0>1117<0>3972<0>2049<0>2199<0>2146<0>2510<0>1902<0>746<0>2799<0>100... |
It wasn't pretty, but it did help the Americans solidify control of the North, so they would not relinquish for the rest of the war. | <0>3003<0>3067<0>3135<0>1157<0>2837<0>771<0>3314<0>2735<0>3082<0>289<0>2641<0>2278<0>3973<0>1649<0>3949<0>433<0>2485<0>3020<0>2443<0>3832<0>898<0>327<0>1441<0>1171<0>3541<0>2536<0>304<0>3968<0>3874<0>1703<0>3150<0>1518<0>3235<0>2221<0>3972<0>2536<0>2163<0>561<0>1535<0>2865<0>2621<0>1654<0>512<0>1850<0>3972<0>2911<0>959... |
While this Nothing Much was playing out in New York, a similar bout of Nothing Much was playing out down south. | <0>2989<0>1472<0>3857<0>3235<0>3278<0>3927<0>2875<0>1850<0>1902<0>729<0>151<0>2471<0>2748<0>3187<0>2799<0>3927<0>3782<0>553<0>3539<0>43<0>3359<0>361<0>361<0>361<0>386<0>545<0>484<0>2697<0>2683<0>3275<0>368<0>3045<0>4001<0>2174<0>1484<0>83<0>1981<0>3877<0>3972<0>2221<0>3404<0>3404<0>2221<0>1329<0>807<0>1902<0>2578<0>361... |
And by down south I don't mean Georgia, which we'll get to in a minute, I mean the West Indies. | <0>1172<0>1850<0>1579<0>3980<0>2748<0>729<0>2935<0>1190<0>3031<0>898<0>2748<0>3972<0>1902<0>553<0>746<0>4009<0>2898<0>553<0>2875<0>361<0>407<0>1007<0>2510<0>1569<0>3334<0>2868<0>229<0>807<0>1908<0>1846<0>2615<0>900<0>3143<0>3118<0>954<0>3509<0>3541<0>2410<0>553<0>3968<0>3566<0>2104<0>3330<0>1124<0>2156<0>2639<0>3434<0>... |
Now, I don't want to get too much into it because it carries us a bit far afield, but we need to at least touch on events in the West Indies so we can understand where the French have gotten off to, and why Clinton has to peel off men he really doesn't have to spare from a war he was having a really hard time winning. | <0>2594<0>433<0>2648<0>771<0>1632<0>860<0>151<0>386<0>279<0>1354<0>313<0>386<0>553<0>236<0>2345<0>1166<0>1526<0>3067<0>2748<0>2821<0>3968<0>237<0>1594<0>3509<0>3359<0>1567<0>3143<0>3187<0>2799<0>729<0>2335<0>2009<0>3377<0>2748<0>1401<0>3987<0>3927<0>3180<0>1117<0>1547<0>1213<0>2872<0>2541<0>1569<0>2049<0>3275<0>3585<0>... |
When we last left the Comte d'Estaigne and his fleet, they had sailed away for Boston. | <0>492<0>3618<0>1901<0>3604<0>2070<0>3349<0>1472<0>4074<0>3135<0>3135<0>2735<0>1902<0>1218<0>2161<0>77<0>2221<0>3972<0>3972<0>2221<0>2525<0>446<0>1594<0>553<0>2161<0>2716<0>746<0>561<0>553<0>607<0>1310<0>2985<0>3642<0>2830<0>2170<0>3179<0>1108<0>3003<0>1329<0>2070<0>3405<0>729<0>22<0>3045<0>1232<0>1007<0>1441<0>954<0>2... |
After refusing Lafayette's police to come back to Newport, Distain repaired his battered fleet and then announced that he had decided to go down and attack British positions in the Caribbean. | <0>114<0>2715<0>2748<0>1007<0>2339<0>3067<0>729<0>386<0>368<0>553<0>3642<0>43<0>43<0>3515<0>3539<0>3695<0>1218<0>2921<0>386<0>1880<0>1798<0>490<0>490<0>3402<0>2868<0>361<0>553<0>690<0>3702<0>3067<0>1214<0>3566<0>705<0>2104<0>1124<0>1325<0>1541<0>3927<0>1880<0>824<0>606<0>3253<0>3348<0>286<0>1525<0>3833<0>561<0>368<0>27... |
His broad mandate gave him all the authority he needed to turn a deaf ear to American police to stay, pull anchor, and just sail away in November 1778. | <0>2247<0>3437<0>2769<0>648<0>2864<0>2619<0>3980<0>1902<0>2510<0>3541<0>3990<0>1944<0>3452<0>2161<0>3389<0>3118<0>2716<0>2578<0>3299<0>359<0>3420<0>545<0>3135<0>1526<0>623<0>3095<0>1981<0>1981<0>3359<0>289<0>2353<0>361<0>3642<0>368<0>900<0>746<0>2104<0>1008<0>1739<0>1008<0>2104<0>3837<0>3386<0>2748<0>3031<0>3874<0>2864... |
Coincidentally enough, the French sailed on the same day as the 5,000 men the ministry ordered Clinton to send down to the West Indies put out to sea. | <0>3545<0>3135<0>3067<0>110<0>1086<0>3999<0>2703<0>895<0>3585<0>221<0>3874<0>4009<0>1862<0>1862<0>2339<0>2799<0>2221<0>1618<0>1850<0>3453<0>491<0>3850<0>2935<0>1981<0>3783<0>1981<0>2152<0>2995<0>22<0>2935<0>3999<0>1645<0>623<0>1525<0>1597<0>2909<0>2748<0>1211<0>2748<0>2199<0>3782<0>3899<0>1944<0>898<0>1500<0>3840<0>157... |
When these two fleets arrived in the Caribbean, they found their comrades already going at it, with each side having seized an island from the other. | <0>3067<0>1526<0>3158<0>3556<0>815<0>386<0>779<0>1850<0>3135<0>386<0>1880<0>3404<0>2748<0>1850<0>3067<0>1526<0>2703<0>1798<0>4009<0>3067<0>2161<0>3439<0>3299<0>1649<0>1649<0>1346<0>1579<0>2935<0>561<0>3899<0>1500<0>243<0>512<0>3748<0>3972<0>3972<0>327<0>1850<0>1200<0>1552<0>1484<0>1484<0>1981<0>3067<0>623<0>289<0>1007<... |
With everyone now reinforced, a couple of indecisive naval battles were fought in December 1778, but after that, both the French and British decided to just sort of keep an eye on each other for the next six months. | <0>88<0>2748<0>595<0>1007<0>3184<0>3509<0>3509<0>3972<0>2864<0>3452<0>3509<0>2199<0>130<0>3348<0>1026<0>2688<0>105<0>1124<0>1124<0>1124<0>2987<0>1857<0>1569<0>3135<0>3809<0>3574<0>368<0>1500<0>3096<0>3045<0>898<0>3892<0>3850<0>361<0>1238<0>2935<0>386<0>3135<0>1981<0>43<0>3877<0>3702<0>2921<0>3972<0>3515<0>3783<0>43<0>1... |
In June 1779, though, the British concentrated forces to protect a crucial convoy and disdain struck at the under-defended British colonies of St. Vincent and Granada. | <0>2161<0>1579<0>386<0>3556<0>3634<0>30<0>1880<0>433<0>512<0>850<0>3585<0>729<0>1401<0>3642<0>361<0>3447<0>3899<0>3509<0>3509<0>611<0>2864<0>1124<0>1272<0>2170<0>3330<0>2170<0>1117<0>1238<0>1007<0>4009<0>1798<0>1154<0>1902<0>3972<0>2748<0>3927<0>2748<0>2471<0>623<0>2838<0>2199<0>4001<0>304<0>1819<0>3379<0>256<0>326<0>2... |
The British fleet commander, Admiral John Byron, who is the grandfather of Lord Byron, by the way, rushed out to confront the French, but he rushed in too quickly, believing he had superior numbers, which boy, he really did not. | <0>3783<0>1981<0>1401<0>2375<0>3902<0>2191<0>1858<0>2684<0>2748<0>3509<0>3509<0>690<0>954<0>1875<0>3566<0>2683<0>2987<0>3515<0>361<0>2989<0>2989<0>850<0>3972<0>1214<0>3299<0>1649<0>3972<0>644<0>2471<0>1886<0>3445<0>374<0>1238<0>679<0>3143<0>2875<0>361<0>1981<0>2716<0>3990<0>2748<0>286<0>3972<0>3404<0>3972<0>1596<0>3783... |
Though he didn't lose any ships, Byron's fleet was beat to a pulp and basically knocked out of commission. | <0>1632<0>3447<0>279<0>3999<0>623<0>3999<0>4067<0>2707<0>1858<0>448<0>3045<0>3585<0>553<0>161<0>882<0>623<0>1596<0>2199<0>2355<0>3151<0>3293<0>3686<0>327<0>2365<0>644<0>1500<0>83<0>3927<0>1902<0>2070<0>1286<0>1238<0>1858<0>3261<0>3299<0>3143<0>2830<0>3832<0>1007<0>2615<0>306<0>2137<0>3135<0>3783<0>2989<0>3246<0>1649<0>... |
In a mysterious bit of I don't even know what, disdain decided to follow up his decimation of the British fleet by doing nothing. | <0>304<0>151<0>3373<0>1880<0>850<0>892<0>2734<0>2769<0>1238<0>2070<0>1294<0>3151<0>898<0>3972<0>2697<0>480<0>4009<0>3067<0>3585<0>3509<0>2873<0>1981<0>1422<0>1117<0>1518<0>644<0>2471<0>4074<0>1974<0>2987<0>3762<0>4095<0>4095<0>3850<0>3045<0>1205<0>967<0>2245<0>1354<0>1463<0>3045<0>3782<0>219<0>3585<0>3143<0>2199<0>2221... |
He quietly returned to French port and repaired his fleet and took no further action. | <0>2353<0>919<0>2161<0>88<0>3067<0>3980<0>1525<0>1780<0>3020<0>492<0>1007<0>3515<0>2471<0>3509<0>3748<0>2102<0>2471<0>3187<0>3540<0>1484<0>1441<0>1819<0>3695<0>746<0>382<0>1981<0>3032<0>3404<0>1261<0>3832<0>2199<0>2070<0>386<0>705<0>2683<0>2104<0>2213<0>390<0>3509<0>382<0>2436<0>229<0>1790<0>3509<0>3135<0>1230<0>1981<0... |
When Byron sailed back to Britain in August, disdain decided to finally succumb to the endless pleading by the Americans to come back up and for god sakes help us. | <0>3783<0>3541<0>359<0>3877<0>3972<0>1500<0>3447<0>1703<0>1981<0>3783<0>3402<0>2508<0>3299<0>1981<0>1580<0>237<0>1862<0>611<0>3972<0>1902<0>2716<0>978<0>103<0>2104<0>3511<0>1974<0>3511<0>1875<0>180<0>3850<0>3892<0>3096<0>3874<0>22<0>644<0>3877<0>623<0>1200<0>386<0>3143<0>3515<0>4009<0>895<0>3565<0>3910<0>3515<0>3972<0>... |
Distain's failure to capitalize on the sizable naval advantage he now enjoyed meant that 1779 was nothing but a huge missed opportunity for the French. | <0>3386<0>2525<0>3821<0>2935<0>1635<0>4074<0>2199<0>2070<0>1547<0>1157<0>3439<0>3509<0>2848<0>679<0>104<0>2890<0>3722<0>3899<0>2748<0>1981<0>2989<0>1569<0>3822<0>1857<0>954<0>289<0>3748<0>934<0>644<0>1190<0>22<0>934<0>1518<0>895<0>3585<0>368<0>1007<0>3135<0>3359<0>2716<0>2163<0>1261<0>900<0>361<0>3452<0>2748<0>3067<0>1... |
But at least disdain can make up for his lackluster performance in the West Indies by helping the Americans retake Savannah. Right? | <0>1172<0>2748<0>3135<0>3079<0>3045<0>446<0>2741<0>729<0>1401<0>151<0>3968<0>819<0>3539<0>2163<0>1569<0>1902<0>2748<0>2716<0>1594<0>1981<0>2748<0>3877<0>1883<0>2748<0>3187<0>3434<0>3404<0>2221<0>678<0>2989<0>1562<0>147<0>1981<0>521<0>3515<0>1196<0>2935<0>561<0>386<0>2440<0>1008<0>1008<0>2170<0>3300<0>2987<0>1356<0>898<... |
So, rewinding the clock again, shortly after Henry Clinton sent off the 5,000 men he didn't want to send to the West Indies down to the West Indies, he sent the 3,500 men he didn't want to send down to Georgia down to Georgia. | <0>3592<0>1773<0>4009<0>3857<0>797<0>3686<0>1007<0>3067<0>1401<0>3634<0>2619<0>3020<0>561<0>3447<0>1007<0>3972<0>2221<0>2641<0>745<0>1238<0>623<0>1597<0>3184<0>3972<0>3018<0>3973<0>3762<0>1108<0>4095<0>860<0>1944<0>2174<0>279<0>1901<0>3793<0>4009<0>2221<0>2799<0>3402<0>304<0>1463<0>587<0>2221<0>2748<0>3968<0>3968<0>146... |
This mixed force of British regulars and Hessians landed just south of Savannah two days before Christmas 1778. | <0>1441<0>3447<0>1205<0>3018<0>1579<0>2935<0>2440<0>2315<0>3453<0>1196<0>666<0>1981<0>746<0>3840<0>1575<0>3404<0>3348<0>2716<0>4017<0>3980<0>2716<0>3143<0>2748<0>3832<0>382<0>3869<0>1850<0>1190<0>2638<0>3347<0>3695<0>1740<0>105<0>1008<0>920<0>3293<0>313<0>3999<0>3176<0>1547<0>3447<0>3927<0>2735<0>3972<0>327<0>1200<0>38... |
The only real city to speak of in Georgia, the British expedition arrived at the outskirts of town a week later, and found it to be easy pickings. | <0>3222<0>368<0>1780<0>3999<0>690<0>386<0>3067<0>3184<0>614<0>23<0>1444<0>491<0>1355<0>2485<0>386<0>289<0>3668<0>3850<0>1196<0>2161<0>3968<0>2748<0>1862<0>361<0>850<0>2510<0>3348<0>3187<0>807<0>1649<0>1649<0>1632<0>1632<0>3973<0>3894<0>492<0>4009<0>2698<0>2064<0>3089<0>1850<0>1880<0>3143<0>553<0>1166<0>746<0>3972<0>397... |
There were few fortifications to speak of, and the 850 Americans guarding the city were totally outnumbered and outgunned. | <0>2343<0>3067<0>3135<0>1007<0>3316<0>2161<0>1858<0>1472<0>3135<0>3809<0>3972<0>3968<0>553<0>900<0>382<0>2221<0>1205<0>3045<0>2875<0>3585<0>850<0>3185<0>492<0>1974<0>2683<0>2396<0>3509<0>3642<0>1848<0>553<0>3585<0>1500<0>1500<0>2799<0>3541<0>3143<0>3509<0>3143<0>2161<0>819<0>1214<0>1850<0>2324<0>237<0>1261<0>3837<0>378... |
Then, they got badly flanked when a slave led a British column through the swamps west of town. | <0>2099<0>151<0>3089<0>2716<0>374<0>2049<0>2104<0>2104<0>2278<0>3561<0>553<0>644<0>2864<0>1238<0>2396<0>2715<0>644<0>1850<0>1846<0>2716<0>2221<0>3972<0>3402<0>561<0>43<0>1238<0>3439<0>2602<0>3905<0>3135<0>2070<0>3793<0>840<0>3135<0>3695<0>611<0>2799<0>3509<0>136<0>1838<0>3972<0>3783<0>2864<0>611<0>3143<0>361<0>1842<0>4... |
In the brief, practically no more than a skirmish that followed, the Americans bolted in panic, and the British took the city after losing just three men. | <0>1848<0>3020<0>1797<0>919<0>324<0>1981<0>492<0>1286<0>850<0>978<0>1172<0>611<0>1220<0>1902<0>644<0>3453<0>360<0>2485<0>2422<0>2070<0>895<0>3067<0>3135<0>895<0>895<0>1518<0>3067<0>3067<0>3910<0>2762<0>1777<0>1518<0>1214<0>3832<0>234<0>1219<0>2221<0>1518<0>1981<0>611<0>954<0>2239<0>1329<0>4095<0>3003<0>3388<0>2185<0>62... |
Then they marched up and took Augusta, the only other thing that could possibly call a city in Georgia, | <0>1108<0>3976<0>4009<0>3661<0>797<0>3947<0>3452<0>2989<0>678<0>146<0>3822<0>611<0>237<0>3143<0>3404<0>2357<0>1567<0>1010<0>3980<0>4074<0>1857<0>3642<0>3642<0>2799<0>2161<0>1206<0>3299<0>1218<0>895<0>2152<0>2180<0>2221<0>1569<0>1007<0>2748<0>1196<0>3509<0>819<0>2626<0>1442<0>3877<0>43<0>1594<0>1883<0>679<0>1617<0>286<0... |
Coordinating with local loyalists, of whom there were many, | <0>1108<0>2548<0>1780<0>1007<0>819<0>3735<0>3968<0>1579<0>1238<0>954<0>3168<0>1200<0>1981<0>2123<0>1422<0>1441<0>1007<0>3404<0>1007<0>2762<0>1026<0>2324<0>2221<0>165<0>1238<0>361<0>361<0>3722<0>3783<0>2864<0>2864<0>1214<0>2536<0>1011<0>2152<0>2104<0>3330<0>3330<0>1759<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>... |
Because remember, this was the one colony that had not sent a delegation to the First Continental Congress. | <0>384<0>2987<0>390<0>3143<0>3840<0>2471<0>3082<0>3067<0>3067<0>1526<0>3927<0>1309<0>3927<0>1007<0>1441<0>1484<0>1910<0>1320<0>521<0>3972<0>1518<0>361<0>3342<0>3725<0>45<0>3968<0>237<0>807<0>1569<0>1136<0>1584<0>22<0>3999<0>2703<0>1741<0>2875<0>3447<0>3135<0>3642<0>553<0>900<0>1261<0>361<0>3118<0>361<0>2187<0>2199<0>34... |
After the capture of Savannah, the American Patriots in the south braced for Moore. But luckily for them, Moore was not yet on the way, as Clinton was busy skirmishing around Stony Point and had not yet headed south. | <0>2199<0>882<0>644<0>366<0>1653<0>2471<0>1703<0>3927<0>3509<0>2716<0>2221<0>2683<0>3762<0>3973<0>611<0>3585<0>151<0>3980<0>2163<0>1401<0>1738<0>2716<0>3968<0>1042<0>623<0>729<0>725<0>623<0>1526<0>729<0>3748<0>3877<0>2864<0>3434<0>2748<0>900<0>2440<0>611<0>2396<0>1238<0>3067<0>2697<0>611<0>1989<0>2278<0>2293<0>2899<0>2... |
So, the American forces tried to consolidate and maybe put together a plan to march down and reassert control over Georgia. | <0>3762<0>1472<0>3348<0>797<0>1639<0>1329<0>3585<0>3020<0>3348<0>1850<0>64<0>561<0>729<0>3067<0>1472<0>838<0>3187<0>644<0>3509<0>3439<0>1579<0>729<0>607<0>521<0>2865<0>2221<0>2578<0>3968<0>3947<0>151<0>361<0>705<0>705<0>2987<0>2070<0>386<0>679<0>3404<0>1328<0>386<0>4009<0>1007<0>3067<0>2864<0>1902<0>3447<0>2578<0>2578<... |
The American general now in charge of the Southern Department was a man named Benjamin Lincoln, who had been sent south to recuperate after being wounded at Saratoga. | <0>493<0>3158<0>3894<0>4009<0>735<0>2208<0>3874<0>148<0>1525<0>3348<0>3972<0>895<0>967<0>3972<0>3067<0>553<0>2958<0>2210<0>2510<0>1617<0>386<0>1238<0>1205<0>898<0>3972<0>1238<0>3359<0>2102<0>3377<0>1819<0>2641<0>2989<0>3840<0>3509<0>512<0>553<0>151<0>3585<0>1238<0>2396<0>553<0>3585<0>553<0>587<0>679<0>3783<0>1200<0>298... |
It was quickly apparent to him that any plan to retake Savannah was going to require an assist from the French Navy. | <0>611<0>1858<0>1618<0>1007<0>1309<0>1935<0>2485<0>298<0>3089<0>1850<0>3833<0>3785<0>2909<0>553<0>3509<0>3299<0>1008<0>705<0>2170<0>1329<0>3585<0>1848<0>3447<0>3096<0>1185<0>1902<0>3447<0>2703<0>1703<0>229<0>1981<0>386<0>3118<0>553<0>2440<0>3927<0>3509<0>2716<0>2716<0>611<0>361<0>2770<0>1352<0>304<0>3067<0>151<0>3404<0... |
Who were, unfortunately, currently running around doing not much of anything in the West Indies. | <0>611<0>1238<0>2615<0>3404<0>3404<0>2221<0>1587<0>1230<0>4008<0>3404<0>900<0>2716<0>2363<0>623<0>386<0>1008<0>2170<0>105<0>2156<0>1649<0>898<0>3899<0>840<0>2070<0>386<0>1238<0>3972<0>3987<0>512<0>492<0>1850<0>2748<0>3509<0>2922<0>3509<0>2324<0>2748<0>787<0>2221<0>3377<0>3187<0>1732<0>3003<0>729<0>3585<0>1123<0>2163<0>... |
So almost all of 1779 passed before any action could be taken, with Lincoln headquartered in Charleston. | <0>1857<0>4009<0>3069<0>797<0>3018<0>2335<0>304<0>259<0>1978<0>1370<0>1484<0>3489<0>3489<0>279<0>4001<0>2410<0>3874<0>729<0>919<0>729<0>3045<0>3509<0>2161<0>3509<0>2471<0>2716<0>2989<0>3402<0>3402<0>446<0>1196<0>2163<0>1441<0>1819<0>384<0>553<0>3585<0>317<0>1597<0>3402<0>3402<0>2638<0>361<0>3695<0>3299<0>3143<0>104<0>2... |
But then, kind of out of the blue, a few French ships arrived bearing the incredible news that Disdain was on his way to Savannah with 25 gunships and 4,000 soldiers. | <0>2799<0>2176<0>22<0>1525<0>2703<0>1329<0>3293<0>1121<0>967<0>727<0>2735<0>915<0>1007<0>2864<0>1441<0>2070<0>256<0>229<0>1575<0>2239<0>4095<0>1007<0>1500<0>437<0>369<0>1042<0>1230<0>4009<0>561<0>3055<0>4009<0>3927<0>1007<0>1981<0>3877<0>2221<0>611<0>2716<0>304<0>1238<0>919<0>3439<0>3972<0>2210<0>3447<0>1472<0>3809<0>1... |
Lincoln dropped what he was doing and led 2,000 men south. | <0>3686<0>2070<0>2838<0>3642<0>959<0>105<0>1008<0>3300<0>1136<0>3980<0>1902<0>1007<0>2716<0>2838<0>954<0>3143<0>3187<0>2324<0>361<0>1463<0>2415<0>1307<0>1329<0>850<0>679<0>2578<0>3972<0>1007<0>1238<0>3509<0>3509<0>3045<0>3045<0>644<0>678<0>1857<0>2987<0>2575<0>3981<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>2068<0>206... |
Hopefully, this second joint American-French operation would go better than Newport. | <0>2987<0>2510<0>2872<0>1981<0>1981<0>2830<0>23<0>3973<0>4095<0>1108<0>2152<0>3045<0>4001<0>3045<0>1850<0>3999<0>3598<0>2187<0>4009<0>4009<0>88<0>3509<0>3299<0>1850<0>4009<0>3968<0>2703<0>1230<0>1850<0>1730<0>2363<0>678<0>1981<0>1675<0>2536<0>3055<0>382<0>1732<0>2683<0>2683<0>1649<0>3299<0>2952<0>3187<0>898<0>3135<0>38... |
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