Excerpt from Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States Operations of Cornwallis Lafayette in Virginia Tarleton's attempt to capture Thomas Jefferson Baron Steuben retreats before Simcoe - Wayne and Lafayette attack Cornwallis - The latter establishes head quarters at Yorktown Reinforcements received from F rance Interview between Washington and the French commanders - The former meditates attack upon New York March toward the South begun Allied armies besiege Yorktown Arnold burns New London Attack on British works at York town The surrender Lafayette's return to France Border warfare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.