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Updated: May 3, 2025

Thus was terminated with the loss of near three hundred men killed and prisoners, among the latter of whom were the general and some naval officers, the invasion of Carolina by Monsieur Le Febour. It seems to have been undertaken in the confidence that the colony was too weak for resistance; and was conducted without skill or courage.

John Marshall - The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 : Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War : which Established the Independence of his Country and First : President of the United States

There was reason to rejoice that these precautions were used; for, although no armament arrived from Europe, yet an expedition planned in the Havanna, was carried into execution. A French frigate and four armed Spanish sloops, commanded by Monsieur Le Febour, sailed for Charleston, with orders to touch at St. Augustine for men. His force is said to have amounted to about eight hundred.

John Marshall - The Life of George Washington, Vol. 1 : Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War : which Established the Independence of his Country and First : President of the United States