Original sentence: Colonel Tarleton pursued them and caught up to them on May 29, 1780.Tarleton claims to have soundly defeated the Americans, but the common American verision says that Tarleton's forces either ignored the American attempt to surrender or fired upon them as they were in the process of doing so.The American verision of the sotry quickly spread through the colonies.The affair that followed is the subject of much debate.The event became known as the Waxhaw massacre.The regiment of the southern Continental Army on their way to aid Charleston turned back after to North Carolina after their destination city fell
Edited sentence: A story (probably exaggerated) quickly spread that Tarleton had massacred many Patriots after they had surrendered.The remnants of the southern Continental Army began to withdraw to North Carolina, but were pursued by Colonel Tarleton, who defeated them at the Battle of Waxhaws on May 29, 1780