Une école picturale histoire des États-Unis ; à laquelle sont ajoutés de la Déclaration d'indépendance, et la Constitution des États-Unis . y victorieuse, infliger une perte, en tués, blessés et prisonniers, de plus thaneight cents hommes, tandis que leur propre ne dépasse pas soixante.La bataille de l'Cowpens a été parmi les plus décisives de theRevolution. Les Patriotes ont lutté, actionné par un désir de re-wenge les injustices et les atteintes dont les conservateurs et Englishhad commis sur theni, leurs voisins, et leurs maisons, VII. Questions.-19. Quel changement dans les commandants Gatess défaite à l'Southc

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A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . y victorious, inflict-ing a loss, in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of more thaneight hundred men, while their own did not exceed seventy.The battle of the Cowpens was one of the most decisive of theRevolution. The patriots fought, actuated by a desire to re-venge the wrongs and outrages which the Tories and Englishhad committed upon theni, their neighbors, and their homes, VII. Questions.—19. What change in commanders did Gatess defeat at the Southcause? 20. Where did Greene establish a camp? 21. Into what river does tliatflow? (See map, p. 104.) 22. How did he divide his army, and what did he do withone of the divisions? VIII. 23. What expedition was dispatched by Cornwallis ? 24. What movementdid Morgan malie? 25. Where is the Cowpens? (See map, p. 164.) 26. When didthe battle of the Cowpens talce place ? IX. 27. Give an account of the battle. 2S. What is said of the decisiveness of thebattle ? 29. What is said of the desire which actuated the jjatriots? AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 177. GENERAL MORGAN. and the result was a blow which perceptibly paralyzed thepower of the royalists in the South.X. Morgan^ did not linger on the battle-field. Believing thatCornwallis would advance uponhim with an overwhelming force assoon as he should hear of Tarle-tons defeat, the victor set out ina northeasterly direction, his ob-ject being to get across the Cataw-ba before the enemy, then onlytwenty-five miles distant, couldintercept him. Nor was he mis-taken with regard to the movement of Cornwallis. That com-mander soon received the inglorious tidings from the Cowpens, and, starting oflf in pursuit of Morgan, reached the Catawba atevening, on the 29th, just two hours after the Americans hadforded the river. He halted, intending to cross in the morning, but during the night a heavy rain set in, and by daybreakthe stream was so swollen as to b

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