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right, the French on the centre and left. On October 19, Cornwallis 

 surrendered with 8000 men. 214 guns and 22 flags. On the 27th an Eng- 

 lish fleet of 27 sail came to Cape Henry, but it was too late. The French 

 took possession of the British quarters at Yorktown, Gloucester, Hampton 

 and Williamsburg. Later they rejoined Washington at King's Ferry on the 

 Hudson. Returning to France, Rochambeau was received with honor by 

 the King, and, with other French officers who had served with him, was 

 meted out decorations and promotions. It was on his return from York- 

 town that here in Philadelphia, as he tells ns in his Memoirs, of all 

 the honors paid him, none touched him more than an address presented 

 to him by a deputation of Quakers, old men in costumes that he charac- 

 terizes as quaint from their simplicity, who thanked him, not for his mili- 

 tary success, of wliicli they told him they had no admiration, but because 

 of liis being the friend of mankind, and for the perfect order and discipline 

 of his soldiers, and he records with satisfaction the fact that in the three 

 campaigns lie had made in America, there was not a single instance of any 

 quarrel between soldiers of the French Army and those of the American 

 Army, a record honorable alike to the soldiers of both nationalities, officers 

 and enlisted men, too. It is eminently characteristic of the man that in 

 this hour of glory he interceded on behalf of De Grasse and secured for 

 him a return to the King's favor. 



Rochambeau in his Memoirs gives a glowing account of the resources of 

 the country, and says he thought the United States could some day have 

 a population of thirty millions or more. He made a short visit to England 

 and was received most cordially, meeting many of Cornwallis' officers on 

 a very friendly footing. At the outbreak of the French Revolution he 

 had both civil and military duties forced on him, and was given the com- 

 mand of the Array of the North. He was the last Marshal of France ap- 

 pointed by Louis the XVI, and Napoleon in confirming this distinction 

 put him first on the list of his Marshals. Forced by ill health to give up 

 his command, he retired to liis Chateau, was arrested and sent to prison 

 by Robespierre, and after nine months' confinement, barely escaping 

 tlie guillotine, was released without trial, and indeed without formal 

 charges of any kind. His son was sent to the West Indies, where he was 

 as successful as possible under the most disadvantageous conditions, but 

 finally was made a prisoner of war by the English. Paroled by them, he paid 

 a visit to Washington, and was received by him with every honor. After 

 eighteen mouths he was exchanged, and that for Gen. O'Hara, one of the 

 English officers captui-ed at Yorktown. He again returned to France, and 

 was appointed Governor-Gener-al of San Domingo. The father congratu- 

 lated Berthier, who had served under him in America, on his appointment 

 as Napoleon's Chief of Staff, and was presented to Napoleon, who wanted 

 to make him a senator, an honor which he declined on the score of age 

 and bad health, but he was made Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. 

 The son was sent back to France as a prisoner by his own rebellious 

 subordinates, and the fatlier went to Paris to defend hira against charges 



