THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Complete Edition In 2 Volumes). Fiske John

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СКАЧАТЬ And is surprised by Cornwallis

       Battle of Camden, Aug. 16, 1780

       Total and ignominious defeat of Gates

       His campaign was a series of blunders

       Partisan operations

       Weariness and depression of the people

       Evils wrought by the paper currency

       “Not worth a Continental”

       In making its requisitions upon the states,

       Difficulty of keeping the army together

       The French alliance

       Lafayette’s visit to France

       Arrival of part of the French auxiliary force under Rochambeau

       General despondency

       CHAPTER XIV BENEDICT ARNOLD

       Arnold put in command of Philadelphia June 18, 1778

       Miss Margaret Shippen

       Views of the moderate Tories

       Arnold’s drift toward Toryism

       He makes up his mind to leave the army

       Charges are brought against him Jan., 1779

       He is acquitted by a committee of Congress in March

       The case is referred to a court-martial, April 3, 1779

       First correspondence with Clinton

       The court-martial acquits Arnold of all serious charges, but directs Washington to reprimand him for two very trivial ones, Jan. 26, 1780

       Arnold thirsts for revenge upon Congress

       Significance of West Point

       Arnold put in command of West Point, July, 1780

       Secret interview between Arnold and André, Sept. 22

       The plot for surrendering West Point

       André takes compromising documents

       And is reluctantly persuaded to return to New York by land, Sept. 22

       The roads infested by robbers

       Arrest of André, Sept. 23

       Colonel Jameson’s perplexity

       Washington returns from Hartford sooner than expected

       Flight of Arnold, Sept. 25

       Discovery of the treasonable plot

       André taken to Tappan, Sept. 28

       André’s trial and sentence, Sept. 29

       Captain Ogden’s message, Sept. 30

       Execution of André, Oct. 2

       Lord Stanhope’s unconscious impudence

       There is no reason in the world why André should have been spared

       Captain Battersby’s story

       Arnold’s terrible downfall

       Arnold’s family

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