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Benjamin Kennedy

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Description:During most of the Revolution, the British Army occupied the colonial capital of Georgia. But in October, 1779 a fleet of French ships, with an army of French soldiers and Carolina volunteers, attempted to recapture Savannah from the redcoats. After a terrible bombardment, during which the Americans sent cannon balls and bombs hurling into their own city on their own Georgia people, the Allies attempted a furious direct assault on the place. Both efforts failed, the Americans retired with severe losses, and the English continue occupy Savannah until the Peace of Paris. But though the siege of Savannah - the only significant military action in Georgia hearing the Revolution - was an American military failure, it encouraged British to think they could re-conquer the colonies from a southern stronghold and to divert critical men and resources from the campaign in the northern colonies, where the revolution was won. This volume presents nine contemporary narratives, written during the siege or immediately after it, by three Frenchmen, three Englishman, and three Americans. Curiously, the effect of this arrangement is to emphasize how the American Revolution, at least for the French and British, was just one episode in a worldwide struggle of great powers. From these sources, the Americans seem the least important people at Savannah in 1779. The reports of all three commanders - French, English, and American - are included. None of the documents has been published in this century, and the French ones have never been published in English. The volume's Frontispiece is a fold out reproduction of French map of the siege. Editor and translator Benjamin Kennedy teaches at West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs: Nine Narratives of the Siege of Savannah in 1779. To get started finding Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs: Nine Narratives of the Siege of Savannah in 1779, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: The Beehive Press

Release: 1974

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Description: During most of the Revolution, the British Army occupied the colonial capital of Georgia. But in October, 1779 a fleet of French ships, with an army of French soldiers and Carolina volunteers, attempted to recapture Savannah from the redcoats. After a terrible bombardment, during which the Americans sent cannon balls and bombs hurling into their own city on their own Georgia people, the Allies attempted a furious direct assault on the place. Both efforts failed, the Americans retired with severe losses, and the English continue occupy Savannah until the Peace of Paris. But though the siege of Savannah - the only significant military action in Georgia hearing the Revolution - was an American military failure, it encouraged British to think they could re-conquer the colonies from a southern stronghold and to divert critical men and resources from the campaign in the northern colonies, where the revolution was won. This volume presents nine contemporary narratives, written during the siege or immediately after it, by three Frenchmen, three Englishman, and three Americans. Curiously, the effect of this arrangement is to emphasize how the American Revolution, at least for the French and British, was just one episode in a worldwide struggle of great powers. From these sources, the Americans seem the least important people at Savannah in 1779. The reports of all three commanders - French, English, and American - are included. None of the documents has been published in this century, and the French ones have never been published in English. The volume's Frontispiece is a fold out reproduction of French map of the siege. Editor and translator Benjamin Kennedy teaches at West Georgia College, Carrollton, Georgia.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs: Nine Narratives of the Siege of Savannah in 1779. To get started finding Muskets, Cannon Balls & Bombs: Nine Narratives of the Siege of Savannah in 1779, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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