Decision at the Chesapeake

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Label

Decision at the Chesapeake

Instantiates

• Decision at the Chesapeake

Publication

• New York, C. N. Potter, 1964

Bibliography note

Bibliography: pages 299-305

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

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

Control code

426234

Dimensions

22 cm

Edition

1st ed..

Extent

xvii, 317 pages

Lccn

64016772

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

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Record ID

.b33379294