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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lafayette, Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier, Marquis de 1757- (search)
ready to defend the honor of the Americans. To restrain British foragers and marauders, who were plundering the country for some distance around Philadelphia in the spring of 1778, Washington sent him out from Valley Forge, with about 2,100 men and five pieces of artillery, to cut off all communication between Philadelphia and the country, and to obtain information concerning a rumored intention of the British to evacuate that city. Lafayette crossed the Schuylkill, and took post at Barren Hill, about half-way between Valley Forge and Philadelphia, occupying the Lutheran church there as headquarters. General Howe sent General Grant to make a secret night march to gain the rear of the marquis (May 20), and the next morning Howe marched with about 6,000 men, commanded by Clinton and Knyphausen, to capture the young Frenchman and send him to England. The marquis outgeneralled the British, though they surprised him, and escaped across the Schuylkill. Howe was disappointed, for he
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Revolutionary War, (search)
amp at Valley Forge Feb., 1778 Bill introduced by Lord North in Parliament concerning peace negotiations with America reaches Congress April 15, and is rejected April 22, 1778 French treaty reaches Congress by messenger May 2, 1778 Deane's treaty with France ratifiedMay 4, 1778 Mischianza, a festival, is given at Philadelphia by the British officers in honor of Sir William Howe (who had been succeeded by Sir Henry Clinton), six days before his return to England May 18, 1778 Affair at Barren HillMay 20, 1778 British raid in Warren and Bristol, R. I.May 25, 1778 Col. Ethan Allen, released from im- prisonment, returns to Bennington, Vt. May 31, 1778 Earl of Carlisle, George Johnstone, and William Eden, appointed peace commissioners to America, with Prof. Adam Ferguson as secretaryJune 10, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware into New Jersey June 18, 1778 Americans break camp at Valley Forge and follow June 18, 1778 Battle of Monmouth Court-hou
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
aoli......Sept. 21, 1777 State government removes to Lancaster......Sept. 24, 1777 Howe with the British army occupies Philadelphia......Sept. 27, 1777 Battle of Germantown......Oct. 4, 1777 Successful defence of Forts Mifflin and Mercer......Oct. 22-23, 1777 British in possession of the defences of the Delaware......Nov. 20, 1777 American army go into winter quarters at Valley Forge, on the Schuylkill......Dec. 19, 1777 Battle of the kegs ......Jan. 5, 1778 Affair at Barren Hill......May 20, 1778 British evacuate Philadelphia and retire across the Delaware through New Jersey towards New York......June 18, 1778 Washington crosses the Delaware pursuing the British, leaving Gen. Benedict Arnold in command at Philadelphia......June, 1778 Massacre in the Wyoming Valley......July 2-4, 1778 John Roberts and Abram Carlisle, wealthy citizens of Philadelphia, executed as Tories......Nov. 22, 1778 [Twenty-three others tried, but acquitted.] By act of Ass
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 4: (search)
of General Howe. Never had subordinates given a more brilliant farewell to a departing general: and it was doubly dear to their commander; for it expressed their belief that the ministry had wronged him, and that his own virtue pointed him out for advancement. The festival was hardly over, when Howe was informed that Lafayette, with twenty-five hundred men and eight cannon, had crossed the Schuylkill, and, twelve miles from Valley Forge, had taken a post of observation on the range of Barren Hill. Flushed with the hope of ending his American career with lustre, he resolved by a swift movement to capture the party. At ten on the night of the nineteenth, he sent Grant at the head of fifty-three hundred chosen men, with the best guides, to gain by roundabout ways the rear of Lafayette. They 20. were followed the next morning by fifty-seven hundred selected troops, commanded by Howe himself, assisted by Clinton and Knyphausen, with Lord Howe to witness the discomfit of the youthf