CHAPTER XXIV.

THE FRENCH AT NEWPORT.

Behavior of the Troops.--Monarchy aiding Democracy.--D'Estaing.--Jourdan.--French Camps.--Rochambeau, De Ternay, De Noailles.--Efforts of England to break the Alliance.--Frederick's Remark.--Malmesbury and Potemkin.--Lord North and Yorktown.--George III.--Biron, Duc de Lauzun.--Chastellux, De Castries, Vioménil, Lameth, Dumas, La Peyrouse, Berthier, and Deux-Ponts.--The Regiment Auvergne.--Latour D'Auvergne.--French Diplomacy 386