Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-08-11
CHAPTER XVI

circltng about T0rletOn'S campnreS,
or flashing. at full speed past some
careless sentinel. Often he was fired
at, often chased, but with q clearsrOad
In front Of him he had no fear Of
capture. On the third morning he
came upon q ragged sentinel-an
American. Ten minutes later he got
his first glimpse Of Lafayette, and
then he was hail d joyfully by none
other titan Dave Yandell, Capt. Dave
Yandell, shoIn Of his woodsmans
dress and panoplled in tse traDpings
Of war.
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 a cul-de-sac. II have given his
lordship the disg. ace OF q retreat"
said Lafayette. And .so-Yorktown!
Late In August came the message
that put Washington's great soul In
arms" Rochambeau had landed six
thousand soldiers in Connecticut, and
now Count de Grasse and q FTench
fleet had sailed for the Chesapeake.
General Washington at once reserted
10 camoufiage. He laid out camps os-
tentatiously opposite New York and IN
plain sight of the enemy. He made
feigned attack on their posts. Ro-
chombeau moved south and reached
the Delaware be.)re the British
prasped the Yankee trick. Then 1t
was too late. The windows of Phil
adclphia were filed with ladies wav-
ing handkerchiefs and crying brayoes
when the tattefed Continentals, their
clothes thick with dust but hats
plumed with sDrigs of green, marched
through amid their. torn battle flags
and rumbiing cannon. Behind fol-
lowed the French in gay white uni
forms faced with green" and martial
music ti1robbed the air. Down the
ChesaDcake they went in transports
ard we're concentrated at Williams
burs before the close of September.
Cor2wallS had erected works against
ths hoy, for he knew nothing of Wash
inrton ard Count de GrasSe, nor Mad
Anthony and General Nelson, who
wc1c south Of the James to prevent
escare into North Carolina.
"To your goodness" the boy wrote
to Washington, Il am owning the most
beautiful prospect l may ever behold"
Then came De Grasse, who drove
OFF the British fleet, and the mouth
Of the net was closed.
Cornwa!is heard the cannon ana
sent Clinton to appeal foT beip, bur
the answer was Washington himseif
ut the head of his army. And then
the joyous march.
"'Tis our first campaigH!" cried
the French gayly, and the Continen-
tails joyfully answered:
"'Tis our last!"
At Williamsburg the allies gathered,
and with Washington's army came
CoIone! Dale, now general anu
young Capt Harry Dale, who had
brought news from Philadelphia that
was Of great interest to Erskine Dale.
In that town Dane Grey had been u
close intimate of Andre, and that in
tjmacy had been the cause OF murh
SPECULATION since. He had told Dave
of his mother and Early Morn, and
Dave had told him grayely that he
must 20 get them after the campaign
was over and bring them to the fort
in Kentucky. If Early Morn still re-
fused to come, then h. must bring
his mother, and he reckOned grimly
that 10 mouth would open in word
THAT could offend her. ErSkine also
told of Red Oaks and Dane Grey, but
Dave must tell nothing to the Dales-
rat yet, il ever.
They marched next morning at day
break. At sunset Of the second day
they biyOuacked within two miles OF
Yorktown and the siege began. The
allied line was crescent, with each
tip resting on the water-Lafayette
commanding the Americans on the
right, tie French on the left under
Rorhamheau. De GrasSe, with his
fleet, was In the bay to cut off ap'
proacli ny water. Washington him
self put the match to the first gun
and the mutual cannoDade of three
or. -four days began. The scene was
Sublime and StupendOus."
Two British men-of-war lying in the
river were struck with hot shot and
set on fire. and the result was full OF
terrible grandeur. The sails caugh
and lue flames ran 10 the tops of th'
mastS, resembling immense torches
One fled like mountain of fire to
ward the hay and was burned to tho
waters edge.
And then the surrender:
The day was the 10Th Of October
,rhe victorS were drawn up in tw'
lines mile long on the right ant
left of road that ran through th'
autumn fields south of Yorktown
Washington stood ut the head Of hi
nrn,y on the right, ROchamheau at tn
head Of the French on the left. BE
HID on, both sides was ;:rcat crow
off people to watch The, ceremony
s,a~Iy out Of YORKTOWN marched tn
British colors. cased drums beating
a significant English air: