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A decisive campaign of the American War of Independence The fast moving political situation of the latter part eighteenth century in America impacted upon the indigenous Indian tribes of the eastern woodlands as old loyalties and allegiances were fractured by the wars between European powers. The French in North America had but lately been deposed by the British when a new war broke out between the American colonists and the Crown. The Iroquois had remained loyal to the British but now the six nations were divided. Four tribes, the Mohawks, Cayugas, Onondagas and Senecas, remained faithful to their British allies whilst the Tuscaroras and Oneidas allied themselves to the new nation of the United States. Now Iroquois fought Iroquois. Nevertheless the power of the four nations, especially operating as guerrilla troops combined with Tory troops and Rangers could not be ignored as a substantial threat. In 1779 Congress decided to break the influence of the Iroquois decisively and forever. General John Sullivan and his troops of the Continental Army embarked on a scorched earth campaign which destroyed numerous Indian villages and brought the Indians and Tories to defeat at the Battle of Newtown. The action all but put an end to attacks by Loyalists and Indians. The survivors reeled back into Canada, but the hardship caused to the tribes by this crushing defeat resulted in many deaths by starvation and cold in the following winter. This history of the Sullivan Campaign is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

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• Plný název: Narratives of Sullivan's Expedition, 1779
• Podnázev: Against the Four Nations of the Iroquois & Loyalists by the Continental Army
• Autor: William Elliot Griffis
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 176
• EAN: 9780857063953
• ISBN: 9780857063953
• ID: 07415349
• Nakladatelství: Leonaur Ltd
• Hmotnost: 358 g
• Rozměry: 216 × 140 × 14 mm
• Datum vydání: 13. November 2010

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