New-York tribune., 1902-05-25

grand monarch. but in a rude, vigorous. scrars.
bling Independent fashion after ,as tne sfataa anaer of
Presently it appeared that there was net nc orfh TooI
enough even in the vast wlIerEesSes Eo md Fne e.
iand few shots fred by sundry virgnians under
springing forth suddenly from the backwoods. was
then first heard in two cont %f the fan of the
French power and the triumph OF England ana the
English colonies
BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTION
was new 5it0a{i%n stu fga poWef struEgng
for MASTERY one regnfd dser from the North
DARK With Indian warfare which had so long
threatened the Atlantic colonies had pasSSe q" c"1 m
the p6si9n Of the colonies in their relations with
derne ministry few meddlesome and .} 9ppreffSlye fTo
WaipoIe's wise maxim about America "Qqetfas u IA
non nn and amW on De The reocne
at the close of the victorious had hardly ended
hardly csase1 d. its hee nadestaI when the Americans
arose in wrath against the Stamp act England
gave way sufficiently to make the colonies realize
tr hTr rgIIis6 Suspicion and hostility There
iuIi, period Of smiling. deceptive calm; then the the
wisdom enough left in London aay it The
little minds which Burke thought so III SUI fSteG npire
began, in consequence, to show an omlh'uS anu
Again France appears upon the continent where
for so many years she has payed d Sucn @ naIaii
inelv for dominion The opportunity had come
to had 1en her 2mRe from would have
been more than human If she had 1ot no snd9ed sTaS9ed
She aided the English colonies, and after the sur
render of Burgoyne Saratoga the treaty or al
lance was signed and France entered into war with
GREG Britain and IRf fb en bv and and by sea but
the decisive force was that which landed at New
To that brave wen of1cered: highly disciplined
ny fass the safna % P is
For their service and for his own We owe him deot
OF gratitude Tor when We Snpnn pb iIT stand IN
changed beneath the sunshine and the ram long
after the words speak shall have been Forgotten
RoCHAMBEAU's CAREER.
This statue is the counterfeit presentmcnt of the
gallant figure of a gallant gentleman. Born in
17e5 of noble family. a native OF Eendome, Jean
beau, had just passed his fftyffth birthday when
md ne Landed at SepT m hos hnn6rs and a his rank in
the army had been in the field, not in the ante
@ hoSe9n al of france thought m f NO shame to seek
adyancemeat from ROYAL n, mstTesses by Tnoee sc
were decided. Rochambeau in time of peace
tsfe I haS fG sRarfd 70 in ms ali he Of
France from the time when his elder brother :,
was about 20 become priest and placed him in the
army; At the siege of Namur he earned the rans
the surrender of the town, He was twice wound.
Cd a. the head Of his res res;men1 At 1ne oaTs or
the siege Of Maestricht and won the Cross Of st:
Mnorca ae fought 5e Prnce Of BTuns
wick and captured the fortress Of Resenstein in
attack Of the Prussian Army. Re took a leading
part in the battle of Minden end was again wound
ed at Kloster camp After the peace Rochembeau
was often consulted by ministers 3 but never would
lieutenant general and sent with the French Army
10 America.
He reached the United States at a dark hour for
the American cause The first feryor Of RESISTANCE
North. Congress had grown feeble and inert. gov,
ernment and finance both dragged heavily; ana
field would founder upon the rocks of political and
executive incapacity. Washington and the army
kept the cause alive. The coming of Rochanbeau
its rsf f result was to Induce further relaxation Of
effort the part of Congress. Washington. realiz
once with Rochambeau. but it was not until Sep
tember that he was able 10 meet the French com.
to the heavily burdened general TO meet such man
char and e ns hsn ed as bo9e he 6
news Of Arnold's treason smote him on his arrival
ing had BEEN dome Then Roehambeau sH ~ WAS un-
willing to without further reinforcements and
Washington struggling desperately to wiring
states the men r1onev and SUPPLIES absouteiy es-
come was not to pass away unused So the WIN
nFton and Rocha1nbea9 were again in consultato
Mas wa n2da to tr h fats 69%
OF taking the British under Rawdon in the rear:
northwaTd by Greene's strataeem was established
with his army; long and earnestly he looked at
chanbeau showed his military Intelligence by lean
ing strongly to Virginia But the one vital condi-
must command the sea. II only for month, at the
the davs Slipped by T. the sner @ Waned and then
of sudden the great condition sprang into life.
Rochambeau, appeared in the chesap peake with his
feet No longer was there room for doubt Corn
wallis In Virginia was clearly now the quarry for
the allied forces
THE CAPTURE OF YORKTOWN
Time forbds me 10 tell the brilliant story OF
that campaign; of the manner in which De Barras
Of the With wnch CLINTON WAS @ deee1ed
IN Neyx-Y York; Of the skin and rapdity with which
from New-York to the Chesapeake and thence to
o2ge r by sFfa the when 9d be eonS unite
both land and sea power had at last arrived. De
scatered and Gvded % @ Clinton sa@bered ef in
vas in Yorktown with the united French and
American armies drawn close about him. Fast
Lauzpn dashed back TarIeton's cavalry at the
e Wa nd eyr R British b1 s9 9r iSe from h
Sere pushed she fSorward and at last Washington de-
of catinos fh tionen M the
famous of the French regiments recovered from
fache'' The other redoubt was assigned 10 the
Americans under Lafayette. led by Alexander
iantiy delivered: succession, and the Amer
esprae soT Thch ndsr haq 6een one SO
Graham completely repulsed vain attempt to
October is CORVALLIS surrendered and on the
following day the British filed out and laid down
their arms, passing between the ordered lines OF
the French drawn UP under the lilies and the
ranks of the Americans standing beneath
thirteen stars fixed that day in the Armament
of nations. The American Revolution had been
fought out. and the new people had won
RoCHAMBEAU's MILITARY SKILL.
Through all these events. through all the months
of weary waiting, through the weeks of rapid
march and the hurrying days of siege ana battle
there shine very brightly the fine qualities
OF the French general. Nothing is difficult
than the management in war OF allied forces. Here
jar. Rochambeau large
minded enough TO understand the greatness Of