Clarke takes the British post of Kaskaskia.—Improved state of Washington’s army.—John Roberts and Abraham Carlisle executed for treason.—Operations in the South.—State of Georgia and the Carolinas.—Loyalists or tories.—Party-spirit.—Victory of the British at Briar Creek.—March of the British towards Charleston.—They besiege the town, but soon retreat.—Clinton at Philipsburg.—Washington at New Jersey.—Tryon’s devastations.—Stony Point retaken with the bayonet.—Major Lee’s successes at Paul’s Hook.—Flight of the Americans on the Penobscot.—New settlements in the West.—Indian and loyalist depredations 129–145 CHAPTER IX. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (_continued_). Events in the West Indies.—Preparations for an attack on Savannah.—Paul Jones encounters Pearson.—Proposal to employ negroes in the war.—The British conquer South Carolina.—Action at Springfield 146–159 CHAPTER X. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (_continued_)—1780. General Gates sent to the relief of the southern provinces.—His discomfiture near Camden.—Women participate in the war.—Treason at West Point.—Arnold’s treachery.—Enterprise of Major André.—Failure of the scheme; escape of Arnold; arrest and death of André.—Gates superseded.—Ferguson slain.—Position of England at the close of 1780.—Critical state of affairs in America.—Financial efforts.—Arnold fights on the British side.—He ravages the banks of the James river 160–174 CHAPTER XI. THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR (_continued_)—1781. Cornwallis advances towards North Carolina.—Tarleton’s defeat at the battle of the Cowpens.—Passage of the Yadkin.—State of the American army.—The tories of North Carolina arm on the British side.—Greene and his taciturnity.—Battle near Guilford.—The Americans routed.—Greene’s advance to South Carolina.—Battle of Hobkirk’s Mill.—Sufferings of both armies.—The command of the British devolves on Colonel Stuart.—Execution of Isaac Hayne.—Phillips and Arnold in Virginia.—Operations of Cornwallis.—Smallness of Washington’s force.—Threatened attack on New York.—Sudden march towards the North.—Undecided Battle at Eutaw Springs 175–191 CHAPTER XII. CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.