CHAPTER X
MONMOUTH AND NEWPORT
Baron Friedrich von Steuben 47-49
He arrives in America and visits Congress at York 50
His work in training the army at Valley Forge 51-53
His manual of tactics 54
Sir William Howe resigns his command 55
The Mischianza 56
The British evacuate Philadelphia (June 18, 1778) 56, 57
Arnold takes command there 57
Charles Lee is exchanged, and returns to his command in the American army 58
His reasons for returning 58, 59
Washington pursues the British 60
His plan of attack 61
Battle of Monmouth (June 28) 62-65
Lee's shameful retreat 62
Washington retrieves the situation 63, 64
It was a drawn battle 65
Washington's letter to Lee 66
Trial and sentence of Lee 67, 68
Lee's character and schemes 68-70
Lee's expulsion from the army; his death 71
The situation at New York 72
The French fleet unable to enter the harbour 73
General Prescott at Newport 74
Attempt to capture the British garrison at Newport 75
Sullivan seizes Butts Hill 76
Naval battle prevented by storm 77
Estaing goes to Boston to refit his ships 77, 78
Yeomanry go home in disgust 78
Battle of Butts Hill (August 29) 79
The enterprise abandoned 79
Unpopularity of the French alliance 80
Stagnation of the war in the northern states 81, 82