Monday, October 02, 2006

October 4, 1781


Two deserters enter the American camp, and report that Cornwallis's army is very sickly. They estimate that two thousand men are in the hospital.

That night, 2000 marines from de Grasse's fleet land in Gloucester to reinforce those troops already there. Heavy artillery fire continues throughout the night, killing one officer and several enlisted men.

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