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

prodigious greatness

       Lord North remains in power

       His commissioners in America fail to accomplish anything

       CHAPTER IX VALLEY FORGE

       Distress in America

       Lack of organization

       Vexatious meddling of Congress

       Sufferings at Valley Forge

       Promoting officers for non-military reasons

       Absurd talk of John Adams

       Gates is puffed up with success

       And shows symptoms of insubordination

       The Conway Cabal

       Attempts to injure Washington

       Conway’s letter to Gates

       Gates’s letter to Washington

       Washington’s reply

       Gates tries, unsuccessfully, to save himself by lying

       but is successful, as usual, in keeping from under fire

       The forged letters

       Scheme for invading Canada

       The dinner at York

       Lafayette’s toast

       Absurdity of the scheme

       Downfall of the cabal

       Decline of the Continental Congress

       Increasing influence of Washington

       CHAPTER X. MONMOUTH AND NEWPORT.

       Baron Friedrich von Steuben

       Steuben arrives in America

       Steuben at Valley Forge

       Steuben’s manual of tactics

       Sir William Howe resigns his command

       The Mischianza

       The British evacuate Philadelphia, June 18, 1778

       Arnold takes command at Philadelphia

       Return of Charles Lee

       Lee’s reasons for returning

       Washington pursues the British

       His plan of attack

       Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778

       Lee’s shameful retreat

       Washington retrieves the situation

       It was a drawn battle

       Washington’s letter to Lee.

       Trial and sentence of Lee

       Lee’s character and schemes

       Lee’s expulsion from the army

       His death

       The situation at New York

       The French fleet unable to enter the harbour

       General Prescott at Newport

       Attempt to capture the British garrison at Newport

       Sullivan seizes Butts Hill

       Naval battle prevented by storm

       Estaing goes to Boston, to refit his ships

       Yeomanry