Decision at the Chesapeake.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Larrabee, Harold A. (Harold Atkins), 1894-1979 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, C.N. Potter [1964]
Edition:	[1st ed.].
Subjects:	United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns. États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Opérations navales. États-Unis > Histoire > 1775-1783 (Révolution) > Campagnes et batailles. Military operations, Naval Military campaigns United States Seeschlacht vor der Chesapeake Bay United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Naval operations United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Campaigns 1775-1783 History

Table of Contents:

The stage : and some properties
The actors : though not in order of their appearance
Architects of defeat : George III and Lord North
Architects of defeat : Lords Germain and Sandwich
Architects of defeat : generals Clinton and Cornwallis
Architects of defeat : admirals Rodney, Hood, and Graves
Architects of victory : Louis XVI, Choiseul, and Vergennes
Architects of victory : Lafayette and Rochambeau
Architects of victory : De Grasse and Washington
The action : England's unsolved problem
How Cornwallis got to Yorktown : British victories in the south : Charleston and Camden
Cornwallis Versus Greene : cowpens and Guilford court house
Cornwallis and Lafayette in Virginia
Cornwallis goes to Yorktown
De Grasse and Saint-Simon decide to come north
Rodney Dallies at Saint Eustatius
Hood, not Rodney, to the rescue
The battle of the Chesapeake : first phase
The battle of the Chesapeake : second phase
The battle of the Chesapeake : third phase
"Too little, too late"
Rochambeau writes a letter
Washington and Rochambeau march south
The siege and surrender at Yorktown
Apportioning the blame and praise.