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Title: The new international encyclopaedia
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Gilman, Daniel Coit, 1831-1908 Peck, Harry Thurston, 1856-1914 Colby, Frank Moore, 1865-1925
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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second parallel was opened only 300 yardsfrom the fort. On the 14th the two advancedredoubts were carried by assault, one by Ameri-can, the other by French troops. On the 16th thewalls and fortifications of the Briiisli workswere broken down and almost every gun dis-mounted. The Britisli general attempted now tocsen))e by night by way of Gloucester Point, buttlie atfcnijit was fr\istrated by a furious storm,wliicli scattered his boats. On the 19th he sur-rendered to the allies, the land army with itsnnmitions being surrendered to the .Americans,the marines to the French. The prisoners, ex-elusive of seamen, numbered more than 7000,of whom 2000 were sick or wounded. .Vmong thes)H)ils the .Xnierieans obtained 235 pieces of can-non. 8000 stand of small arms. 28 regimentalcolors: the French 2 fri^ates and 20 transports.The total loss of the Hritish was about 550. andof tlie allies 300. This victory virtually endedthe Kevolulionary struggle. The second siege was begun by McClellan with M,
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> O> YORKTOWN. 733 YOUATT. about 53,000 Union troops on April 5, 1862. TheConfederate general, Maynuler, witli 15,000 men,had taken possession early in the spring and haderected formidable works around the town and onGloucester Ioint. He was soon rciinforeed byGeneral Johnston, who took command, the totalConfederate force now munbcring about 55,000,while the Federal army, also reenforced, nownumbered about 05.000. During tlie night ofIMay 3d-4th Johnston secretly evacuated York-town and retreated toward Richmond, but wa.spursued by a part of the Union army, and on the5th was forced with a part of his troops underLongstreet to fight the battle of Williamsburg(q-v.). In 1881 the centennial of the surrender ofCornwallis was celebrated with elaborate cere-monies, and a monument commemorative of theevent was dedicated in the presence of man.y dis-tinguished Americans and foreigners. Consult;Johnston, The Yorktoirn Campaign and the Sur-render of Cornicallis (New York, 1881) ;

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