Weakness has a constraining power difficult to understand, which is not foreseen even by those who give way to it; and of this the history of the
Conservatives Consider Concessions
The maintenance of the unity of the Conservative party," said Guizot, "the maintenance of conservative policy and power, will be the fixed idea and
The February 1848 Revolution In France
This series has six easy five minute installments. This first installment: Guizot's Repugnance and Sorrow of Those Painful Days.The French
Cornwallis’ Report
I have the honor to enclose to your excellency the copy of the correspondence between General Washington and me on that subject, and the terms of
Dawson Concludes; Cornwallis Begins
I have the mortification to inform your Excellency that I have been forced to give up the posts of York and Gloucester, and to surrender the troops
Cornwallis Surrenders
The army, with all its artillery, stores, military-chest, etc., was surrendered to General Washington; the navy, with its appointments, to Admiral de
British Main Redoubts Captured
At 5 P.M. of the 9th the American battery on the right of the line opened its fire -- General Washington in person firing the first gun -- and six
British Abandon Outer Works
Gratified with Clinton's promise of assistance, and probably confident of his ability to hold his inner position until he could be relieved, Lord
Moves to Yorktown by Land and by Sea
The British naval forces were dispersed while the French forces were concentrated at the key point.Continuing Yorktown Surrenders,with a selection