The Magazine of American History, Vol. 5: With Notes and Queries (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Stevens, John Austin

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ISBN 10: 1333944012 ISBN 13: 9781333944018

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Magazine of American History, Vol. 5: With Notes and Queries

While hastening the movement to which the happy coincidence of the imprudence of Cornwallis and the expected arrival of the French squadron promised brilliant and signal success, Washington neglected no measure to conceal his changed tactics. While heavy working par ties were engaged in repairing roads over which the army was to move, and extensive ovens were built by the French at Chatham for the baking of bread for the troops, the roads leading toward Staten Island were also repaired in order to threaten a movement on New York by the Hank, and confirm the Opinion of Clinton that the French fleet would shortly be at the entrance of the harbor of New York:'

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Nor was Clinton wrong in his belief that New York was the true ob jective point of the movements of the allies. Washington himself did not definitely change his plans until the 14th August, when he received certain information that the Count de Grasse would be within a very short space of time at the mouth of the Chesapeake with a powerful army and land force. On this day he records in his diary that mat ters having come to a crisis and a decisive plan to be determined on, he was obliged, from the shortness of Count de Grasse's promised stay on the coast, the apparent disinclination of the French naval officers to force the harbor of New York, the feeble compliance of the States with his requisitions for men hitherto and with prospect of no greater exertion in future, to give up the idea of attacking New York; and instead thereof, to remove the (french troops and a detachment from the Ameri.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1333944012
• ISBN 13: 9781333944018
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 550