War In The Battle Of Plymouth Compare And Contrast
WAR IN THE SOUTH AND WEST
While Washington and his troops froze in Valley Forge, General Howe enjoyed the comforts of Philadelphia. However, taking the city gave no military advantage to the British, and General Howe was soon to be replaced.
General Howe turned over his command to Sir Henry Clinton in 1778. Clinton, who had never approved of the Philadelphia venture, resolved to leave the city and to return the army to New York.
Battle of Monmouth. Washington followed the strung-out British forces and pounced on them at Monmouth courthouse in New Jersey. In a daylong battle on an extremely hot day in June, the two armies fought to a draw. The next morning, the British resumed their march to New York, leaving Washington with the field of battle and a technical victory.
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He decided to act. In April of 1781, he started north, expecting Greene to follow. Instead, Greene slipped around the British forces and headed for South Carolina. While Cornwallis rampaged across Virginia, Greene captured, one by one, the British outposts holding South Carolina. Unfortunately, Greene's action left Virginia at the mercy of Cornwallis.
Washington sent Lafayette south to keep an eye on Cornwallis, giving him command of a few regiments of Virginian and Maryland Continentals. After von Steuben and another officer, Anthony Wayne, joined forces with Lafayette, Cornwallis retired to Yorktown near Chesapeake Bay to await relief forces from New York. Lafayette set up camp at Williamsburg and sent a letter to General Washington.
If Washington could bring the main army south before the relief ships arrived, wrote Lafayette, Cornwallis might be trapped. Fortunately, Lafayette's letter arrived at Washington's New York headquarters along with word from French Admiral De Grasse that the French fleet would be in American waters that
While Washington and his troops froze in Valley Forge, General Howe enjoyed the comforts of Philadelphia. However, taking the city gave no military advantage to the British, and General Howe was soon to be replaced.
General Howe turned over his command to Sir Henry Clinton in 1778. Clinton, who had never approved of the Philadelphia venture, resolved to leave the city and to return the army to New York.
Battle of Monmouth. Washington followed the strung-out British forces and pounced on them at Monmouth courthouse in New Jersey. In a daylong battle on an extremely hot day in June, the two armies fought to a draw. The next morning, the British resumed their march to New York, leaving Washington with the field of battle and a technical victory.
War Continues. After Monmouth, the war in the …show more content…
He decided to act. In April of 1781, he started north, expecting Greene to follow. Instead, Greene slipped around the British forces and headed for South Carolina. While Cornwallis rampaged across Virginia, Greene captured, one by one, the British outposts holding South Carolina. Unfortunately, Greene's action left Virginia at the mercy of Cornwallis.
Washington sent Lafayette south to keep an eye on Cornwallis, giving him command of a few regiments of Virginian and Maryland Continentals. After von Steuben and another officer, Anthony Wayne, joined forces with Lafayette, Cornwallis retired to Yorktown near Chesapeake Bay to await relief forces from New York. Lafayette set up camp at Williamsburg and sent a letter to General Washington.
If Washington could bring the main army south before the relief ships arrived, wrote Lafayette, Cornwallis might be trapped. Fortunately, Lafayette's letter arrived at Washington's New York headquarters along with word from French Admiral De Grasse that the French fleet would be in American waters that