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Title
Savannah
Description
The occupation of Savannah by the British was part of their strategy to bring Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia back under royal control. General Prevost commanded the British defenses, while Comte d’Estaing’s and Benjamin Lincoln led the joint French and …
Publisher
Date
1779-10-09
Scenario#
106
Scenario Description
The occupation of Savannah by the British was part of their strategy to bring Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia back under royal control. General Prevost commanded the British defenses, while Comte d’Estaing’s and Benjamin Lincoln led the joint French and Continental forces. On 23 September, Prevost rejected an offer to surrender. The French commander then ordered the bombardment of the city. When the bombardment failed to have the desired effect, d’Estaing, against the advice of many of his officers, launched an assault against the Spring Hill defenses on October 9. British Resistance was stiff, but the attacking soldiers managed to break into the British works. A counterattack, commanded by John Maitland, drove the French and Continentals back. Pulaski, seeing the line pulling back, advanced with his cavalry, but was mortally wounded during the charge. Unable to exploit the breakthrough, the French and Continental troops were ordered to fall back. Lincoln wished for another assault, but was overruled by d’Estaing and on October 17, the siege was abandoned.
Location
Savannah, Georgia
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The siege of Savannah or the Second Battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The siege itself consisted of a joint Franco-American attempt to retake Savannah, from September 16 to October 18, 1779. On October 9 a major assault against the British siege works failed. During the attack, Polish nobleman Count Casimir Pulaski, leading the combined cavalry forces on the American side, was mortally wounded. With the failure of the joint attack, the siege was abandoned, and the British remained in control of Savannah until July 1782, near the end of the war.
Narrative Source
Combatants
Continental Army
Great Britain

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