The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-09-01
CHAPTER XVI
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TX careless sentinel Often he was fired
ID at. often chased, but with clear road
p In front of him he had no fear of
"a capture. On. the third morning he
v came upon a ragged sentinel-an
It American. Ten minutes later he got
d his first glimpse OF Lafayette, and
3 then he was hailed joyfulIy by none
other than Dave Yandell, Capt. Dave
; Yandell shorn of his woodsmans
8 dress and panoplied In the trappings
0 Of war
c CORVALLIS was coming on. The
boy, he wrote, cannot escape me. But
/ the boy-Lafayette-did, and in time
pursued and forced the Englishman
into cul-de-sac. II have given his
lordshlp the disgrace of a retreat,
said Lafayette. And so-Yorktown
Late In August came the message
that put Washingtons great "s0ul in
arms" Rochambeau had landed six !
thousand soldiers In Connecticut, and
now Count de Grasse and French |
fleet had sailed for the Chesapeake. |
General Washington at once resorted
to camouflage. He laid out camps os-
plain sight Of the enemy. He made
feigned attack on their posts. Ro-
chambeau moved south and reached
the Delaware before the British
grasped the Yankee trick. Then 1t
was too late. The windows of Phil
adelphia were filled with ladies wav-
ing handkerchiefs and crying brayoes
when the tattered Continentals, their
clothes thick with dust but hats
plumed with sprigs of green, marched :
through amid their torn battle flags /
and rumbling cannon. Behind fol
lowed the French In gay white uni Q
forms faced with green" and martial h
music throbbed the air Down the h
Chesapeake they went In transports +
and were concentrated at Williams h
burg before the close of September Y
CORVALLIS had erected works against o.
the boy, for he knew nothing of Wash h,
ington and Count de Grasse, nor Mad
Anthony and General Nelson, who &c,
were south of the James to prevent
escape into North Carolina. nj
ITO your goodness" the boy wrote
to Washington, Il am owning the most
pioSDcOl may cNcl bchoiu.
Then came De Grasse, who drove
off the British fleet, and the mouth
Of the net was closed.
CORVALLIS heard the cannon and
sent Clinton to appeal for help, but
the answer was Washington himself
at the head of his army. And then !
fhe Joyous march.
"'Tis our first campaign!" cried I
the French gayly, and the Continen- |,
tails joyfully answered: Y
"Tis our last" V
At williamsburg the allies gathered, z
and with Washlngtons army came y
Colonel Dale, now general and "
young Capt. Harry Dale, who had ~
brought news from Philadelphia that W
vas of great interest to Erskine Dale. ~
N that town Dane Grey had been a H
lose intimate of Andre. and that in ~
imacy had been the cause of much VA
peculation since He had told Dave W.
# bis mother and Early Morn, and y
Dave had told him gravely that he x
must go get them after the campaign =
ras over and bring them to the fort II
n Kentucky. If Early Morn still re- Y.
used to come, then he must bring
is mother, and he reckoned grimly
nat no mouth would open in a word
nat could offend Ner Erskine also
I'D of Red Oaks and Dane Grey, but
ave must tell nothing to the Dales-
OF yet, If ever. Nv
They marched next morning at day
-eak At sunset of the second day
ey biyouacked within two miles of rb,
OrktOwn and the siege began. The firm
lied line was a crescent, with each had
D resting on the water-Lafayette .s
the Americans on the r,,,
sn'' 'he rrenrn on 'ne 'ei, uiiuei Vas
,et, was in the hay TO cut off APP 81
zach by water. Washington him ho,.
II put the match to the first gum sho
d the mutual cannonade of three no.,
four days began. The scene was ,paa
lblime and stupendOus." s.I
Two British men-of-war lying in the ~
er were strucS WIN nor shot ana sole
on hre' ahu ihe result was luii Oh II
rible grandeur The sails caught az
l the flames ran to the tops of the In, /,
SITS. resembling immense torches. "f
I
I'd the bay and was burned to the 20
ier's edge. dat
ma lhen 'he SURRENDER ava.
The day was the 10th of October him
e victors were drawn up in two I'D
IS a mile long on the right and Dale
of a road that ran through the .y
umn fields south OF Yorktown nm, i
shington stood at the head of his trock
" on the right. Rochambeau at the ride
of the French on the left. Be sub
] on both sides was great crowd on =.
people 10 Watch the ceremony you
Wy out of Yorktown marched the form
ish colors. cased drums beating WAY
gnificant English air: an. h
The world turned topsyturvy" dey 9
)rd CORVALLIS was sick. General Barb,
ara bore my lords sword. As he whur
'oached, Washington saluted and sail f
tod IN General lincoln who had canf,t