Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-12-21
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80 about Tarlelcn's camptires,
e.. aasblnE at full speed past some
80 sentinel Often he was fired
So .s,sn chased, but with a Gear road
s.on, Of him he had no Iear of
.,rre on the third morning ne
mon a ragged sentinel-an
.-,can. Ten minutes later he got
= erst glimpse of Lafayette. and
he was hailed joyfully by none
~, than Dave landell, Capt. Dave
ss.ssu snorn OF his woodsman's
,.sss and panoplied In the trappings
var.
corvallis was coming on. The
be wrote, cannot escape me. But
!. & hos- Lafayette did. and in time
..,.,,ed .ud forced the Englishman
=, cua-de-sac. Il have given his
s,dshlp the disgrace of retreat"
IA Lafayette. And so-Yorktownl
,sp Ia August came the message
y, out Washington's great "soul In
.as Roshambeau had landed six
..nsann soldiers In Connecticut, and
Count de Grasse and a French
had sailed foF the Chesapeake.
neral Washington at once resorted
nnoufage. He laid out camps os-
cautiously opposite New York and In
ssln sight of the enemy. He made
bgned attack on their posts. Ro-
asmbpau moved south and reached
N Delaware before the British
rssped the Yankee trick. Then 1t
ms too late. The windows OF Phil
aelphla were filled with ladies wav-
hg handkerchiefs and crying bravoes
wien the tattered Continentals. their
4sothes thick with dust but hats
&sumed with sprigs Of green. marched
through amid their torn battle flags
md rumbling cannon. Behind fol-
bWed the French in gay white uni
8hms faced with green and martial
ausic throbbed the air. Down the
! Nesapeake they went In transports
Ind we're concentrated at Williams
8smg before the close of September.
sternwellls had erected works against
I b. boy, for he knew nothing of Wash
shron and Count de Grasse. nor Mad
alrhony and General Nelson, who
mn south Of the James to prevent
scape into North Carolina.
ITO your goodness" the boy wrote
n washington, Il am owning the most
Sautlful prospect | may ever behold.
Then came Ile Grasse, who drove
h the British, feet, and the mouth
the net was closed.
Cofnwollis heard the cannon and
MT Clinton to appeal for help, but
answer was washington himself
q the head of his army. And then
n joyous march.
srTis our first campaigni' cried
sNA Srench gayly, and the Continen-
& as ioyfully answered.:
IT'S our last r.
4 ii Williamsburg the allies gathered.
M with Washington's army came
hlonel Dale, my general, and
ung Capt. Harry Dale. who had
Fought news from Philadelphia that
as OF great interest to Erskine Dale.
that town Dane Grey lad been a
se intimate of Andre. and that in
hacg mad been the cause, of much
REGULATION since. He had told Dave
b bis mother and Early Morn, and
Dave mad told him gravelv that he
Must 60 gee them after the campaign
Fss over and bring them to the fort
Id Kentucky. If Early Morn still re-
hsed to come, then he must bring
s mother, and he reckoned grimly
Pat no mouth would open In word
hat could offend her. Erskine also
6d Of Red Oaks and Dane Grey, but
Dave must tell nothing TO the Dales-
Vt yet, If ever.
They marched Iext morning at day
hsak. At sunset of the second day
ag blvouacked within two miles Of
laktown and the siege began. The
tied line was crescent, with each
resting on the water-Lafayette
tnmanding the Americans on the
sht the French on the left under
chambeau. De Grasse, with his
was In the bay to cut or APP
Pach by water. Washington him
put RE match to the first gun.
the mutual cannonade of three
iour days began. The scene was
kolime and stupendous."
Two British men-Of-war lying In the
a9 were struck with hot shot and
{ On IRE, and the result was full of
sROle grandeur The sails caught
Y me flames ran to the tops of the
a& resembling immense torches.
y ued Ike a mountain Of fire to-
20 the hay and was burned to the
aier's edge.
Ahd then the surrender:
ile lay was the 10Th of October.
ucrors were drawn up In two
mile long on the right AMI
q a road that ran through the
~alln fields south Of Yorktown
'sAiagton stood at the head of his
y On the right. Rochambeau at the
= Ot the French on the left. Be
70 both sides was a great crowd
peOple to watch the ceremony.
~ g out Of Yorktown marched the
w eolors. cased drums beating
~salncant English air: