Excerpt from The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America, Vol. 2 of 3: Including an Account of the Late War, and of the Thirteen Colonies, From Their Origin to That Period Some members of congrefs have a conference with lord Howe, p. 121. General Wafhington's diflreihng fituation, p. 122. The Americans evacuate newayork, p. 126. A terrible fire at new-york, p. 127. Great anim0f1ties in the American arfny, 2m. Congrefs adopt a new Code for the government of the army, p. 128. General Howe lands on frog's-neck, p. 130. The Americans, by the advice of general Lee, evacuate New York ifland, p. 131. The battle of the 3mm, or White Plains, 'p. 133. General Howe advances toward Kingfbridge, p.' 135. General Wafhington croffes the north'river, p. 137. The royal army takes fort Wafhington, p. 138. Fort Lee abandoned by general Greene, p. General vvafhington retreats to Newark, and through the Jerfeys, acrofs the Delaware into Pennfylvania, p. 141. General Lee taken, p. 144. A fummary of the captures made by general Howe, during the campaign, p. 145. General Lee's letter to the French minio iler, p. 146. The Carolinians engage in a fuccefsful war with the Cherokees, p. 147. Afis of congrefs, p. 151. They ap point commifiioners to the court of France, p. 153 - agree upon a fcheme of a lottery, p. 156. General Gates fixes upon gene ral Arnold to command the American fleet on Lake Cham plain, p. 157. Arnold engages the Britifh fleet and is defeated, p. 159. The wind keeps back Sir Guy Carleton from improv ing his viflory, p. 160 - his humanity to the American prifoners, p. 162. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.