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PRINTED BY MANNING AND LORING,
FOR E. LARKIN, No. 47, CORNHILL.
1805. 5.
Checked May 1913
CONTENTS
OF VOLUME THIRD.
CHAPTER XXI.
A fhort View of the Forces of the contending Parties.
-The Generals Washington and Rochambeau meet
at Weathersfield.-Attack on New York contem-
plated-The Design relinquished.-Combined Ar-
mies march toward Virginia.-Count de Graffe
arrives in the Chesapeake.Sir Samuel Hood ar-
rives at New York-Sails to the Chefapeake.-
Naval Action.-Lord Cornwallis attempts a Re-
treat-Disappointed-Offers Terms of Capitulation.
-Terms of Surrender agreed on.-Lord Digby
and Sir Henry Clinton arrive too late.-Compar-
ative View of the British Commanders.-General
Exchange of Prifoners.
CHAPTER XXII.
General Wayne fent to the Southward.-Embarrass-
ments of General Greene in that Quarter.-Recov-
ery of Georgia, and Evacuation of Savannah by the
British.-Death and Character of Colonel Laurens.
-Character of General Greene.-Confequent Ob-
fervations.
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