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Updated: May 22, 2025
They marched across that State, and then they went into Vir-gin-i-a. By this time everybody could tell where Washington was going. People could see that he was going straight to York-town. They knew that Washington was going to fight his old enemy at York-town. But he had kept his secret long enough. The British in New York could not send help to Cornwallis. It was too late.
The French ships sailed to Vir-gin-i-a, and shut up Yorktown on the side of the sea. Washington's men shut it up on the side of the land. They built great banks of earth round it. On these banks of earth they put cannons. The British could not get away. They fought bravely. But the Americans and French came closer and closer. Then the British tried to fight their way out.
Gyp's inquisitive nose was fairly against the white sheet. "Vir-gin-i-a Cox!" she read shrilly. "Jerauld Travis only two points behind! And Dana King third " An uncontrollable lump rose in Jerry's throat. She had hoped she had dared think that she was going to win!
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