George Washington, a Character Sketch

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George Washington, a Character Sketch
Adam Graeme Mercer
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"We are now drawing an inactive campaign to a close," wrote Washington (October 5), disappointed at the little progress that they had made. The war had been pro- longed beyond his expectations, and yet the end seemed far off. He had hoped much from the co-operation of their French allies, but the second fleet was blocked up in Brest by English ships. In the meantime he stood in great need of the powder and arms expected from France. Thus his plans for the campaign had to be changed. **A foreign
... loan is indispensably necessary to the continuance of the war,'' he wrote to General Sulli- van (November 20).
Washington's "Fabian policy," though necessary, was unpopular with many, who wished to annihilate the en- emy in short order. Given the requisite munitions of war, and his course would have been different. Without these, the record of splendid achievements could not be written.
A dramatic episode of the war this year was the at- tempted betrayal of the fortress of West Point to the British by the traitor, Benedict Arnold.


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