Aug. 1—Cornwallis takes post at Yorktown, Virginia, and fortifies it. His force consists of 8,000 men.
” 17—It is arranged that the combined French and American forces shall attack Cornwallis, in Virginia.
” 25—Supplies and money for the American armies landed at Boston, from France.
Sept. 5—Forts Trumbull and Griswold, in Connecticut, taken by the British, under Arnold, with circumstances of great atrocity, and New London burned.
” 8—Battle of Eutaw Springs. Both sides claim the victory. The loss was about equal—seven hundred on each side. The advantage, in the end, was in favor of the Americans, though they were repulsed. The British soon retired.
” 10—The French fleet enter the Chesapeake Bay with heavy artillery for the siege of Yorktown, while De Grasse, the French Admiral, with a large squadron, guards the entrance against the British.
Oct. 6—The allied army, 16,000 strong, commence the siege of Yorktown.
” 19—Cornwallis surrenders Yorktown, and 7,000 troops, prisoners of war.
” 25—Colonel Willett repulses 600 tories, at Johnstown, New York, with loss.