The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-22

| by tho display Of the highest courage.
! His tactics at Trenton and Princeton, as
| we'll as at the Brandywine and Gernla u
! town in the same field are open to criti-
ciSm. but in each case the situation
called for action and Washington was
forced to risk much upon the fidelity and
ability Of his generals. The net re-
suit Of the Trenton and Princeton cam
paign was to free New Jersey of the
| British. except the northeast corner,
and save Philadelphia for a time.
Washington settled down for the win
ter at Morrstown with only 1000 long
service troops. but when spring opened
in 1771 he had an army Of 1000 under
able generals The British divided the
attention of the revolutionists by NOV
ing on Philadelphia from the Chesa-
peal1e bay and from Canada down Lake
Champlain toward Albany. For defense
of the North Washington sent Daniel
Morgan and his Virginia riHemen to
Albany and appealed to the New York
and New England patriots TO arise and
meet the invader With his own army
he kept Howe occupied around Ph!ka-
dellEhia, although hc lost the battle of
Brandywinc and Germantown. After
the surrender of Rurgoyne at Saratoga
he asked for the continental troops serv-
ing with the army there under Gates to
come to his aid in securing the forts on
the De,a ware. and thus cut Howe OH
from direct communications with the
sea- They We're not sent. and the Della
ware line Was lost. Washington went
into camp at Valley Forge. He had been
the victim of base conspiracy to I'M
dermine his power. but kept llp his own
spirit and tina /, his men during that
trying time by looking for aid from
France. Lafayette had joined him at
Philadelphia. and during the winter the
treaty of alliance was signed.
Early in the spring General Howe re-
signed the British command at Phia-
Gaiphia, and his successor. Clinton, evac-
uated the city, taking the army TN Nos,
York Seeing a chance to cripple the
British on the march, Washington plah
ned an attack at Monmouth and was
robbed OF Il brilliant victory by the
trcacheTy of Charles Lee. who had re
turned from captivity to mis- command.
In that battle Washington displayed
again the qualities of a fighting general.
Like Napoleon. he dashed to the front
10 cheer on and direct his men. At the
same time he did not give way to battle
frenzy. although he lost his temper over
1eh contemplate conduct of Lee. Lafa-
yatte proved hero, boy that he was.
While the alliance With France came
in good time to cheer on the reyOlIl-
tioni,ts, it incr, lsed the difficulties of
the commander in chief Without the
French navy there was little hope of
success but the French admirals had
their own views of the plan of action.
Furthermore. the reyOlutiOniStS expect
ed too much of the French, and another
task was laid upon Washington 5 should
| erS--to keep his people to their work,
| Besides planning campaigns he WAS
forced 10 do the work of Il national lead
ed d leader bearing upon This sword the
late Of the country. The campaign IN
dcrtallen by the French We're failures.
and the British gained territory on the
coast. Finally Washington asked La
| fayettc to go to France and secure Il
feet and an army which should be un-
der his own direction. 1t arrived 1T
Newport in the summer Of 1870, AM
while Washington was there conferrln. !.
with the French leaders Arnold plotted
the base treason which was to give his
commander another cruel blow. lie
had trusted the brilliant soldier Of Que
bee and Saratoga and given him that
oppord unity to betray the citadel Of
| the Hudson Valley.
But the nerve of the warrior leader
was not to be shaken now that the hour
| had come for a decisive blow. The
troops Of Rochambcau united with the
continental forces gave him for the
| hrst time in the war an army. The fleet
also gave the needed sea power to attack
| where the British were strongest. along
the coast. The main British army WAS
III the south under Cornwalls. Wash
lngtOn sent Greene to the South with
orders not to fight for positions, but to
draw Cornwallis northward. Morgan
was also in the South with his Virgin
ians. But these brilliant soldiers. the
mountainecr and the blacksmith. had
been driven from the service by the III
gratitude of congress. but Washington S
appeal caused them to buckle on their
swords for the last cast Lafayette was
sent to Virginia with an army, and after
many Il useless chase CORVALLIS retired
! to the seahOard at Yorktown.
i Washington left strong garrisons or
the Hudson, and with about 1000 sol
ders threatened to attack New York.
He hovered within striking distance,
gradually moving ,SOuthawrd and reach
ing New Brunswick made forced
march to the head of the Chesapeake.
| BY water the army transported 10
the York. and with the aid of the French
/ fleet and the troops on shlpboard the
allies laid siege to Yorktown. They out
numbered the British, and re-enforce-
ments for CORVALLIS were cut off by
the French ships. Yorktown fell, a tr-
umph CT strategy. Washington struck
the enemy where he was weak with the
moSr men, but it was only the most
sl1llful planning that he caught his en-
cmy III position favorable for the blow.
1 The result showed Washington's gen