August 1794 After more than half a month of hard fighting under the city of Pittsburgh, the Continental Army still failed to capture Pittsburgh, and more than half a month seemed to exhaust Washington's mental strength, of course, not only Washington, but also the generals in the Continental Army were exhausted.
Fortunately, the half-month battle was not without results, at least most of the towers outside Pittsburgh were now in ruins.
At the beginning of the war, Washington had 15,000 troops under his command, and now, more than half a month later, despite repeated additions by the Continental Congress, the strength of the Continental Army is still only 10,000.
Under the city of Pittsburgh, more than 10,000 casualties of the Continental Army were caused.
"Your Excellency Marshal, let's withdraw our troops, according to our intelligence, it seems that a large group of British troops have landed on the east coast now, and if we wait for the arrival of enemy reinforcements, then we will not be able to retreat if we want to!"
"That's right, Your Excellency Marshal, after more than half a month of fighting, the food, grass, ammunition and other materials accumulated by our army before have almost been consumed, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that our soldiers will go into battle shirtless!"
In the Continental Army tent outside Pittsburgh, one Continental Army general after another spoke to Washington, who was sitting at the top.
Hearing the words of these generals, Washington raised his eyebrows and said: "Even if the British reinforcements have landed, it will take them at least half a month to reach Pittsburgh, and it took us half a month to pay huge casualties to remove all these obstacles outside the city.
Moreover, the outer barrier has been lost.
I expected that the British army in Pittsburgh would also become a trapped beast for half a month.
We have the advantage in numbers, can't we take a lonely city like Pittsburgh!
” Speaking of the latter, Washington already had an angry look on his face.
Seeing the angry look on Washington's face, the generals of the Continental Army lowered their heads one after another, and for a moment no one dared to look at Washington.
Seeing that he had succeeded in intimidating the generals in the camp, Washington's heart was a little calmer, but then Washington's heart was tightened by the current unfavorable situation.
The arrival of British reinforcements was not covert news, and Washington knew that the reinforcements had been drawn from the garrisons in the West Indies.
And the number reached five thousand.
At present, after the attack of the Continental Army, in Washington, there are at most less than 4,000 troops left in the city of Pittsburgh, and not only that, but the combat effectiveness of the defenders of Pittsburgh should be comparable to that of the Continental Army.
Although there were only a very small number of soldiers with combat experience in the Continental Army, most of the soldiers were ordinary civilians and black slaves.
However, after all the fighting, especially in the more than half a month outside Pittsburgh.
Washington's Continental Army has been trained almost all of them, and after a brutal war, those who can survive now can be called veterans.
On the other hand, in the British army, in addition to the original 2,000 British troops, the remaining 6,000 people are some militia and the like, and even temporarily conscripted civilians account for a large number of them.
So in this case.
Under the equal strength of the two sides, the combat effectiveness is almost the same, and at this time, the superiority of the Continental Army in strength is highlighted.
The look on Washington's face softened, and then he spoke: "Don't be so frustrated, it's true that we are a little short of supplies right now.
However, Columbus has already written to us, and the Continental Congress has raised a large amount of supplies and is urgently being transferred to us.
In terms of time, it should take another five days to get here.
And along with this transport team came there was also a support army, unlike the previous times, this time the reinforcements were drawn from the original army plus a part of the newly recruited army, with a total strength of 7,000 people!
Once reinforcements arrive, we will have 17,000 troops, and we will not be able to resist Pittsburgh, which is garrisoned by more than 3,000 men!
Of course, I also take into account the physical and mental exhaustion of the soldiers during this period of fighting, so let's stop the attack for the next two days and have a good rest, anyway, the British strongholds outside Pittsburgh have been uprooted by us now.
However, there is one thing that the scout cavalry not only does not relax, but also zooms in on the scope of reconnaissance.
From now on, I'll need the Scout Cavalry to scour land like a hundred miles east of Pittsburgh, and report it as soon as I find something!
” As soon as Washington's order was given, the generals of the Continental Army stood up one after another.
While the Continental Army outside the city was exhausted from days of fighting, Stewart, who was guarding Pittsburgh, was also exhausted.
It is true that Stewart had recruited some civilians on a large scale before the Continental Army arrived in Pittsburgh, but that did not change the balance of power with the Continental Army.
And now, with the outposts outside the city being uprooted by the Continental Army at a heavy cost of casualties, Pittsburgh has become an isolated city, and there are only more than 3,600 troops in the city, and these troops are not the elite of the British army.
Originally, there were 5,000 defenders at the Pittsburgh City Gate, but after the Continental Army launched an attack on the stronghold outside Pittsburgh, the defenders in the city could not sit idly by and watch the stronghold be uprooted, so some reinforcements were sent one after another.
Fortunately, the supplies in the city of Pittsburgh are still sufficient, and Stewart also received a death order from London, telling him to hold Pittsburgh.
"Your Excellency the Governor, there seem to be some people in the city who are panicking, and many people are plotting to break through!"
A staff member hurried over to Stewart's side and whispered in his ear.
Hearing this, Stewart was shocked, but then he quickly suppressed this feeling.
"What's going on, Pittsburgh is so solid right now, how can anyone want to break through?"
"It is said that Master Murio brought it up, and he said that Pittsburgh was under siege right now.
Without the outer barrier, there is no benefit in holding on.
It's better to break through!
” Damn Murio, Stewart cursed in his heart.
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This Murio was a Whig official in the colonial government in Pittsburgh, and after Stewart's defeat in Ohio, many officials who were not optimistic about Stewart's future turned to Murio, which greatly increased Murio's voice in the colonial government.
After thinking for a while, Stewart made up his mind with a hideous face "Immediately convey my order, let Anthony lead a team of men to put Murio under house arrest for me, and tell the public that the government has evidence of the rebellion and collusion between Murio and the Continental Army!"
"But.
Your Excellency the Governor, Murio's status is different after all, he is from London after all!
” Although the staff member didn't make it clear, Stewart could understand what he meant.
It is nothing more than that it is the Whigs who are now in power in Britain, and Murio as a member of the Whig Party also has a lot of connections with the Whig leadership in London, in this case.
Stewart's hasty house arrest of Murio will surely provoke retaliation from the Whig Party in the future.
"When is this all the time, is it useful to say this!
Didn't Murio know that London had given me a strict order, and if I broke through at this time, I am afraid that I would immediately die without a place to bury!
Don't leave anything else to me, go and give the order now!
” But after Stewart's words were finished.
The staff member beside him did not act, but hesitated.
This situation caused Stewart's pupils to shrink slightly, and of course he knew why this staff member hesitated.
Murio had become the number two man in the colonial government, and Stewart's governorship would certainly not be kept, regardless of whether Pittsburgh could hold it or not, and the reason why Stewart had to stay in Pittsburgh to the death.
It's nothing more than wanting to save one of his lives.
At this time, in order to hold Pittsburgh, Stewart can go his own way.
But people like this staff member have to consider the consequences of continuing to follow Stewart to the dark, otherwise, in the future, Stewart will step down, if Murio comes to power, where can these people have good fruit to eat?
"Don't worry, I'm free to do anything about this, I promise that when the Continental Army outside Pittsburgh is defeated, then Murio will definitely not see the sun again, and then you have nothing to worry about!"
Stewart knew that he couldn't be persecuted at this time, so he patiently persuaded him.
Hearing Stewart say this, the staff member was relieved a little, and then left the governor's office to give orders.
Although the North American colonies to which Prussia belonged had not yet been involved in the war, the atmosphere in the colonies was already a period of silence, and although some of the officials of the colonial government were punished because of Geog's time, the work of the government was not affected by the reassurance of Brunecke himself.
A month had passed since the events in Geog, and in the course of that month the 3rd and 4th Divisions of the Prussian colonies had reorganized 17,000 soldiers.
All of these soldiers were concentrated on the border with the Continental Congress and the British colonies.
According to the battle plan negotiated between Bruneke and Scharnhorst, Scharnhorst would personally lead the 1st and 3rd Divisions in Nashville, Tennessee, while the 4th Division would be deployed in the Greensboro area of North Carolina.
Heading north from Nashville is a direct threat to Indiana, which has become part of the Continental Congress, and Greensboro is adjacent to Virginia, the richest state of the British colony.
It can be said that the Prussian colonial government has made all preparations for war, and the only thing to wait for now is an opportunity to send troops, as soon as the time comes, then 30,000 Prussian troops will become the decisive force that will determine the future of the North American continent!
Five thousand British troops have landed in Philadelphia, New Jersey, where they will rest for a week and wait for supplies before moving west from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
But to the distress of the British generals, contrary to their expectations, after they landed in Philadelphia, they saw a noisy city, and everyone seemed to know that Pittsburgh was under siege, only to see that the roads of Philadelphia were crowded with refugees.
And because most of the troops or militias that maintained order in Philadelphia were transferred to Pittsburgh, plus these refugees who were struggling to get by.
As a result, the law and order in Philadelphia was reduced to the lowest point in history.
Countless refugees and thugs dared to commit crimes on the streets in broad daylight, and slooting and looting were commonplace.
For Philadelphia, which has less than 200 militiamen left, the government is simply powerless to deal with the situation.
After all, the entrances and exits of Philadelphia and various important facilities involve a large number of militias, so that the militia used for daily patrols is basically only a few dozen people, and in the face of the influx of refugees, the population of Philadelphia jumped to more than 100,000 people, this militia is simply not enough.
Immediately after the 5,000 British troops landed in Philadelphia, local government officials approached the army's generals, hoping that the army would help them punish the mob.
At the same time, it is hoped that the army will be able to leave 200 soldiers to help the local government maintain law and order.
However, the latter request was rejected by the British generals.
Of course, after the Philadelphia officials had paid tens of thousands of pounds of money and property, the British generals decided to stay in Philadelphia for another two days after resting for a week, and seeing that the soldiers were very energetic and well-supplied, to help the Philadelphia government eliminate the unrest.
Then, 5,000 British soldiers divided into dozens of squads to patrol the streets of Philadelphia.
As long as these soldiers are bumped into robbery, smashing, etc., then there is no reason or severity at all.
If you go straight up, you will be killed.
In just one day, one hundred and three refugees and rioters were killed by British guns.
But man is not a simple creature, and the chaos behind the scenes in Philadelphia is not so simple, so the next day, countless refugees, including some local residents, took to the streets to protest against the brutality of the British army, who killed them indiscriminately.
Many of the protesters were black, and many of them fled to Philadelphia with their hosts.
Then the master left, and these black slaves stayed in Philadelphia and became ownerless, and the security in Philadelphia was so bad, these black slaves abandoned by their masters played a role in adding fuel to the fire.
However, the protesters underestimated the determination of the British army, and soon the British army's repeated dissuasions were ineffective.
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On the streets of Philadelphia, the British army carried out a clearance operation.
And in the process of clearing the field.
The British army also treated them differently, those stubborn whites were often tied up by the British army and thrown aside, and there was no politeness to the blacks, in the eyes of the British army, the black people who were as cheap as slaves actually dared to contradict the majestic teachers of the Kingdom of Great Britain, it was simply death!
"Those British are going to kill us, don't be afraid, it's a big deal to fight with them!"
"Yes, fight, kill all these Brits!"
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Therefore, in the face of these blacks who did not listen to advice and even dared to openly resist, the British army often killed them.
As a result, there was a great chaos in Philadelphia, and the black slaves who were unwilling to be killed by the British army rose up one after another, coupled with the push of the ill-intentioned people behind them, which directly made Philadelphia full of chaotic scenes.
"It's overturned, announce to everyone, those black slaves and thugs are all rebels of the Continental Council, and their actions at this moment are subverting the rule of the Kingdom of Great Britain, so I ordered the army to exterminate all these things that I don't know how to lift!"
The commander of the 5,000 British troops, Major General Alberta of the British West Indies garrison, said.
But to everyone's surprise, in the face of such a strong extermination operation of the 5,000 British army, those thugs and black slaves still had the strength to fight back, and I don't know how they did it, they actually conjured up a lot of weapons in the blink of an eye.
As soon as they were armed, the resistance of these men against the British army immediately caused a lot of casualties among the British army.
When the casualties were reported to Alberta, the eyes of the Major General were red.
"Whether it's mentally or mentally, I want all these guys to send me to hell!"
Just when the Alberta Thunder was furious, in a remote neighborhood of Philadelphia, in a small nondescript two-story building, five people were sitting around to discuss.
"Very well, Wells, now that Philadelphia is in chaos, I must ask for credit to His Excellency the Marshal for you!"
A middle-aged fat man who looked to be the tallest in status said to a tall, thin young man sitting next to him.
If no one deliberately instigated it behind it, it is obvious that Philadelphia would not have caused such a big incident in two days, and as Alberta previously announced, it was the people of the Continental Congress behind the riots of these blacks and thugs who were behind the trouble.
Hearing the words of this middle-aged fat man, the tall thin man named Wells immediately said modestly: "This is also a last resort, in order for the great Continental Congress and the people of all North America to no longer be enslaved by the British, this is also the only way!"
Philadelphia was one of the most important cities in the North American colonies, and after the resurgence of the Continental Congress, Washington quickly sent intelligence agents to infiltrate it.
"After this chaos, these British troops will have to stay in Philadelphia for at least a few more days, and you must remember that every day we hold the British here at this time will be relieved of the pressure on our troops in Pittsburgh!
For the sake of the freedom and liberation of the people of North America, I would like to ask you to continue your efforts in the coming time!
” After the middle-aged fat man finished speaking, the other four people nodded yes one after another.