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served his country in three different capacities,
is married man. the father of twins and one
other child, is a major general in the American
army and is not yet twenty years DID,
Lafayette soon had opportunity to show his
mettle The English general. Lord Howe. was
approaching Philadelphia with superior force.
washington marched out TO meet him, and in
the skirmish at Brandywine Lafayette was
wounded while urging his to stand firm.
Lafayette wrote to his wife, BE entirely free
from anxiety as TO my wound, for all the doctors
In America are aroused in my behalf / have a
friend who has spoken for in a way to insure
my being well taken of and that is General
Washington. That estimable man, whom | ven
crate the more now that I learn to know him,
has become my intimate friend. His tender in
terest in my welfare quickly my heart. When
he sent his surgeon In chief to he told him
care for me as if l were his because he loved
much; and, having learned that I wanted
to join the army too soon again. he wrote me
letter full of tenderness, in which he admonished
me TO wait until l should be entirely we'll"
Washington's exact words in writing to the
surgeon Take of him as If he were
my SON. for l love him the same"
On November %, 1777, Lafayette sent
with General Greene to test the strength of the
British advance Philadelphia Having dis
closed their position Gloucester. he attacked
the Hessians with such fury that the latter
routed and CORVALLIS, thinking that he
rounded by the entire American army retreated
with his 5000 men in hot haste.
wrote to congress asking for regular command
for Lafayette A few days later Lafayette, to his
great delight. was assigned to the command of
the Virginia division of the army.
As time went relations between Washington
and Lafayette became steadily closer, the latter
sometimes referring to himself in their CORE
spondence as Washington's young soldier" The
intimacy between the two like that of
father and son, the Frenchman being twenty-five
years younger than the general he so greatly
admired
Having made voyage to France furlough
he returned in May. 1850. joining Washington at
the army headquarters in Morristown and telling
him what nobody on this side of the Atlantic
vet knew, of the coming of the military and naval
expedition sent by the king of France to help the
been largely instrumental in persuadng the king
to send the fleet, together with 5000 picked fight
ing men under Rochambeau and the young mar
quis dispatched in advance carry the good
news.
In due time Rochambeau arrived with the army
IF 5000 and Admiral de Grasse with fleet
manned by 1000 sailors and marines.
Lafayette put in command of 1000 men
and directed to march TO Virginia and meet
CORVALLIS. the British commander. The troops
we're destitute that something had to be done
lafayette after expending his own available cash
orrowed his personal account $4,000 from
he merchants of Baltimore.
De Grasses feet headed for Yorktown, and
Washington, with Rochambeau. started to unite
18th Lafayette in the struggle with CORVALLIS
low Washington made forced marches to the
outh In order the completely to hem in
ord Cornwalls; how the Count de Grasse witt.
is great feet arrived OF Yorktown before the
rival of General Washington, and how La
,yette persuaded the French admiral to delay
Re attack until Washington could take command
that by winning that fight Washington could
rerthrow the enemies In congress that were try
g to have some one else made commander in