Monmut jangi - Battle of Monmouth

Monmut jangi
Qismi Amerika inqilobiy urushi
Vashington Monmutdagi qo'shinlarni miting qilmoqda tomonidan Emanuel Leyts
Sana 1778 yil 28-iyun Manzil Manalapan shaharchasi va Freehold Township, Monmut, Nyu-Jersi Koordinatalar: 40 ° 15′23 ″ N. 74 ° 19′15 ″ V / 40.256341 ° N 74.320899 ° Vt / 40.256341; -74.320899 Natija Natija yo'q (Qarang. Qarang Natijada )
Urushayotganlar
Qo'shma Shtatlar	Buyuk Britaniya
Qo'mondonlar va rahbarlar
Jorj Vashington Charlz Li	Ser Genri Klinton
Kuch
14,300	17,660[a]
Yo'qotishlar va yo'qotishlar
370 (rasmiy) c.500 (taxmin qilingan)	358 (rasmiy) 1,134 gacha (taxminiy)

The Monmut jangi (shuningdek,. nomi bilan ham tanilgan Monmut sud uyidagi jang) Monmut sud uyi (hozirgi zamon) yonida jang qilingan Nyu-Jersi shtatining Friildxod Township ) 1778 yil 28 iyunda, davomida Amerika inqilobiy urushi. Bu Qit'a armiyasi, general tomonidan buyurilgan Jorj Vashington, qarshi Britaniya armiyasi Shimoliy Amerikada general Sir buyruq bergan Genri Klinton.

Bu so'nggi jang edi Filadelfiya kampaniyasi, o'tgan yili inglizlar Vashingtonga ikkita yirik mag'lubiyat etkazishgan va Filadelfiyani bosib olishgan yil boshlangan. Vashington qishni o'tkazdi Valley Forge armiyasini qayta qurish va uni bosh qo'mondon sifatida almashtirishni ma'qul ko'rgan siyosiy dushmanlarga qarshi o'z mavqeini himoya qilish. 1778 yil fevralda fransuz-amerikalik Ittifoq shartnomasi strategik muvozanatni amerikaliklar foydasiga o'zgartirib, inglizlarni harbiy g'alaba umididan voz kechishga va mudofaa strategiyasini qabul qilishga majbur qildi. Klintonga Filadelfiyani evakuatsiya qilish va armiyasini birlashtirish buyurilgan. Qit'a armiyasi inglizlarni soyaga solib qo'ydi, ular Nyu-Jersi bo'ylab Sendi Xuk tomon yurishganda, Qirollik floti ularni Nyu-Yorkka olib boradigan joy. Vashingtonning yuqori lavozimli zobitlari turli darajadagi ehtiyotkorlikni talab qilishdi, ammo u uchun inglizlarning buzilmasdan chekinishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik siyosiy ahamiyatga ega edi. Vashington o'z qo'shinining uchdan bir qismini ajratib, qo'mondonligi ostida jo'natdi General-mayor Charlz Li, Buyuk Britaniyaga katta zarba bermasdan og'ir zarba berishni umid qilib.

Li Monmut sud uyida inglizlarning orqa qo'riqchisiga hujum uyushtirganida, jang amerikaliklar uchun yomon boshlandi. Britaniyalik asosiy kolonnaning qarshi hujumi Voni asosiy tanasi bilan kelguniga qadar Li orqaga chekinishga majbur qildi. Klinton Vashingtonni mudofaaga yaroqsiz holatda topib, Sendi Xuk tomon yurishni davom ettirganda o'zini yo'qotdi.

Klinton Filadelfiyadan yurish uchun o'z qo'shinini ikkita bo'limga ajratgan edi; jangovar qo'shinlarning aksariyati birinchi bo'linmada, ikkinchisi esa 1500 vagonli bagaj poezdining og'ir transportining ko'p qismini tashkil etgan. Inglizlar Nyu-Jersidan o'tib borgan sari tobora kuchayib borayotgan Amerika kuchlari tomonidan ta'qib qilindi va 27 iyunga qadar Li tomonidan avangard juda uzoq masofada edi. Ertasi kuni inglizlar Monmut sud uyidan chiqib ketganda, Li o'zlarining orqa qo'riqchilarini ajratishga va mag'lub etishga urindi. Hujum yomon muvofiqlashtirildi va Angliya birinchi divizioni qaytgach, amerikaliklar tezda sonidan oshib ketishdi. Lining ba'zi bo'linmalari orqaga qaytishni boshladilar, bu esa buyruqbozlik va boshqaruvning buzilishiga olib keldi va Li umumiy chekinishga buyruq berishga majbur qildi. Avangardning ayovsiz kurash olib borgan harakati, Vashingtonga asosiy tanani kuchli mudofaa pozitsiyasiga joylashtirish uchun etarli vaqt berdi, bunga qarshi inglizlarning avangardni asos solgan harakatlari. Piyodalar jangi ikki soatlik artilleriya dueliga yo'l ochib berdi va bu bahsda Klinton ajralib chiqa boshladi. Duel kontinental brigada Britaniyaliklar safiga qaragan tepalikda artilleriya tashkil qilib, Klintonni qurolini tortib olishga majbur qilganida tugadi. Vashington Klintonning piyoda askarlari chekinayotgan paytda ularga qarshi ikkita kichik bo'linma hujumini uyushtirdi, ikkinchisi esa inglizlarga katta talafot etkazdi. Vashington tomonidan ingliz qanotlarini tekshirishga urinish quyosh botishi bilan to'xtatildi va ikki qo'shin bir-biridan bir chaqirim (ikki kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashdi. Britaniyaliklar tun bo'yi bagaj poezdi bilan bog'lanish uchun sirg'alib ketishdi. Qolgan yurish Sendi Xukka qo'shimcha hodisalarsiz yakunlandi va Klinton armiyasi Nyu-Yorkka iyul oyi boshida olib ketildi.

Jang taktik jihatdan noaniq va strategik ahamiyatga ega bo'lmagan; Vashington armiyasi dalada samarali kuch bo'lib qoldi va inglizlar Nyu-Yorkka muvaffaqiyatli ko'chib o'tdilar. Qit'a armiyasi azob chekishdan ko'ra ko'proq yo'qotishlarni keltirib chiqardi va bu jang maydoniga egalik qilishni saqlab qoladigan kamdan-kam holatlardan biri edi. Qishda o'tkazilgan mashg'ulotdan so'ng u o'zini ancha yaxshilanganligini isbotladi va jang paytida Amerika qo'shinlarining professional xulq-atvori inglizlar tomonidan keng qayd etildi. Vashington jangni g'alaba sifatida namoyish eta oldi va unga rasmiy minnatdorchilik bildirildi Kongress "Monmutning Buyuk Britaniya buyuk armiyasi ustidan qozongan muhim g'alabasini" sharaflash. Uning bosh qo'mondon lavozimi mavhum bo'lib qoldi. U birinchi marta o'z Vatanining Otasi sifatida maqtandi va uni kamsituvchilar jim bo'ldi. Britaniyalik orqa qo'riqchiga qilingan hujumni uyiga bosa olmaganligi uchun Li tanqid qilindi. Jangdan keyingi kunlarda o'z ishini muhokama qilish uchun beg'araz harakatlari tufayli Vashington uni buyruqlarga bo'ysunmaslik, "keraksiz, tartibsiz va sharmandali chekinish" va bosh qo'mondonga nisbatan hurmatsizlik ayblovlari bilan hibsga olindi va harbiy sudga yubordi. . Li sud jarayonini o'zi va Vashington o'rtasidagi bahsga aylantirgan o'ta xatoga yo'l qo'ydi. U barcha moddalarda aybdor deb topildi, garchi uning dastlabki ikkita ayblov bo'yicha aybdorligi munozarali edi.

Bugungi kunda jang joyi a Nyu-Jersi shtat bog'i jamoat uchun erni saqlaydigan, deb nomlangan Monmut jang maydonidagi shtat bog'i.

Fon

General Jorj Vashington

1777 yilda, taxminan ikki yil Amerika inqilobiy urushi, Britaniya bosh qo'mondoni general Sir Uilyam Xou ishga tushirdi Filadelfiya kampaniyasi isyonchilar poytaxtini egallab olish va ularni tinchlik uchun da'vo qilishga ishontirish. O'sha yilning kuzida Xou generalga ikkita muhim mag'lubiyatni keltirdi Jorj Vashington va uning Qit'a armiyasi, da Brendvin va Jermantaun va Filadelfiyani egallab olib, majbur qildi Ikkinchi qit'a Kongressi to shoshilmay zararsizlantirish uchun York, Pensilvaniya.^[2][3] Vashington yilning qolgan qismida jang qilishdan qochdi va dekabrda u qishki binolarga qaytib ketdi Valley Forge Kongressning saylovoldi tashviqotini davom ettirish istagiga qaramay.^[4][5][6] Taqqoslash uchun, unga bo'ysunuvchi general Horatio Geyts da sentyabr va oktyabr oylarida yirik g'alabalarni qo'lga kiritgan edi Saratoga janglari.^[7] Vashington armiya ichidagi ba'zi joylarda tanqidga uchragan va Kongress a ga ishonganligi uchun Fabian strategiyasi inglizlarni qattiq jangda qat'iy mag'lub etish o'rniga uzoq muddatli eskirish urushida kiyish.^[8]

Noyabr oyida Vashington Kongress ichidagi "Kuchli fraktsiya" haqidagi mish-mishlarni eshitib, uni Geytsni bosh qo'mondon sifatida almashtirishni ma'qul ko'rdi.^[9] Kongressga taniqli general tanqidchi tayinlandi Tomas Konvey kabi Armiya bosh inspektori va Geytsning Urush va ordnance kengashi dekabrda Vashington borligiga ishonch hosil qildi fitna undan qo'shin qo'mondonligini olish.^[10][b] Ta'minot kam bo'lgan va kasallikdan o'lim uning kuchining 15 foizini tashkil etgan qish davomida u armiyani tarqatib yuborilishidan va uning bosh qo'mondoni lavozimidan ushlab qolish uchun kurashgan.^[12] U "siyosiy kurashning aqlli kampaniyasini" muvaffaqiyatli olib bordi.^[13] unda u kongressdagi ittifoqchilari va armiyasi orqali tanqidchilarining ovozini o'chirish uchun ishlayotganda qiziqishsiz, hiyla-nayrangsiz va noaniq odamning obrazini taqdim etdi.^[14][15] Shunga qaramay, uning etakchisiga nisbatan shubhalar saqlanib qoldi va agar u o'z pozitsiyasiga ishonch hosil qilsa, batfildda muvaffaqiyat qozonishi kerak edi.^[15]

Shu bilan birga, inglizlar Shimoliy Amerikada katta miqdordagi mablag'larni mudofaaga zarar etkazish uchun sarmoya yotqizishlariga qaramay, qit'a armiyasini yo'q qila olmadi va Amerika qo'zg'olonini qat'iyan to'xtata olmadi. imperiya.^[16] Evropada Frantsiya uzoq muddatli raqibni zaiflashtirish imkoniyatidan foydalanish uchun manevralar qilar edi. Keyingi Frantsiya-Amerika ittifoqi 1778 yil fevralda frantsuz kuchlari Shimoliy Amerikaga inqilobchilarni qo'llab-quvvatlash uchun yuborildi. Bu sabab bo'ldi Angliya-Frantsiya urushi (1778–1783), qaysi Ispaniya 1779 yilda Frantsiya tomoniga qo'shiladi. Evropaning qolgan qismi a tomon harakatlanishi bilan dushmanona betaraflik, Buyuk Britaniya, 1780 yilda Gollandiyaning Frantsiya bilan ittifoqi bo'lganida, ko'proq bosimga duchor bo'lar edi To'rtinchi Angliya-Gollandiya urushi. Harbiy eskalatsiyaga, diplomatik izolyatsiyani kuchayishiga va cheklangan resurslarga duch kelgan inglizlar vatanni himoya qilishni va Karib dengizi va Hindistondagi ko'proq qimmatbaho mustamlakalarni Shimoliy Amerika mustamlakalaridan ustun qo'yishga majbur bo'lishdi. Ular qat'iy harbiy g'alabani qo'lga kiritish uchun harakatlarini tark etishdi, bekor qilishdi Chidab bo'lmaydigan harakatlar qo'zg'olonni qo'zg'atgan va 1778 yil aprelda Carlisle tinchlik komissiyasi kelishilgan kelishuvga erishish uchun. Filadelfiyada yangi o'rnatilgan bosh qo'mondon general Sir Genri Klinton o'z armiyasining uchdan bir qismi bo'lgan 8000 askarni G'arbiy Hindiston va Florida shtatiga qayta joylashtirish, qolgan armiyasini Nyu-Yorkka birlashtirish va mudofaa pozitsiyasini qabul qilish to'g'risida buyruq berildi.^[17][18][19]

Qit'a armiyasi

General Genri Klinton

Vashington militsiyani emas, balki professional doimiy armiyani afzal ko'rgani yana bir tanqid manbai bo'lgan.^[20] U qisqa muddatli harbiy xizmat muddati tugashi bilan 1775 yil kuzida o'z armiyasining tarqatib yuborilishini ko'rgan va uning mag'lubiyatini aybdor Long-Aylend jangi 1776 yil avgustda qisman yomon ishlayotgan militsiyaga.^[21] Uning da'vati bilan Kongress 1776 yil sentyabr va dekabr oylari oralig'ida qo'shinlar tarkibiga kiradigan qo'shin tuzish to'g'risida qonun qabul qildi. Ishga qabul qilish etarli sonni ko'paytira olmadi va Vashington tomonidan qo'llanilgan qattiq intizom, uydan uzoq vaqtlar va 1777 yilgi mag'lubiyatlar armiyani tark etish va ofitserlarning tez-tez iste'foga chiqishi bilan yanada zaiflashtirdi.

Vodiy Forjiga kirgan armiya tarkibida polk tashkilotining yadrosi va tajribali ofitserlar va askarlarning asosiy qismi bo'lgan bo'lsa-da, ammo hech kim bu Britaniya armiyasining taktik mahorati uchun o'yin deb xayolot ostida emas edi.^[22] Vaziyat 1778 yil mart oyida kelishi bilan sezilarli darajada yaxshilandi Fridrix Vilgelm fon Steuben, Vashington armiyani tayyorlash uchun javobgarlikni kimga topshirgan. Bosh qo'mondonning g'ayratli ko'magi bilan Steuben ilgari mavjud bo'lmagan burg'ulashning yagona standartini amalga oshirdi va armiyani qattiq ishladi va uni Britaniya armiyasi bilan teng sharoitlarda raqobatlashadigan yanada professional kuchga aylantirdi.^[23][24][c]

21 may kuni General-mayor Charlz Li yana qit'a armiyasiga qo'shildi. Li inqilobdan oldin Virjiniyada nafaqaga chiqqan va urush boshlanganda Vashington bilan bir qatorda armiyaning potentsial qo'mondoni sifatida tanilgan sobiq Britaniya armiyasining zobiti edi. U 1776 yil dekabrda Vashington mag'lub bo'lganidan keyin qo'lga olingan Nyu York va aprel oyida mahbuslarni almashtirishda ozod qilingan edi. U Vashingtonning Nyu-Yorkdagi qarorsizligini tanqid qilgan va shahardan chekinish paytida bo'ysunmagan. Ammo Vashington uni o'zining eng ishonchli maslahatchisi va qit'a armiyasining eng yaxshi zobiti deb bilar edi va u Lini ikkinchi qo'mondon sifatida jon deb kutib oldi.^[25][26][27]

O'n olti oylik asirlikda Li muomala qilmagan edi. U Vashingtonning yuziga hurmat bilan munosabatda bo'ldi, ammo bosh qo'mondonning qobiliyatlari to'g'risida boshqalarga tanqidiy munosabatda bo'lib turdi va ehtimol Vashingtonning do'stlari bu haqda Vashingtonga xabar berishdi.^[28][29] Li Kontinental armiyani ishdan bo'shatdi, Shtubenning uni takomillashtirish borasidagi sa'y-harakatlarini yomonladi va Vashingtonning boshiga o'tib, uni militsiya asosida qayta tashkil etish rejasini Kongressga taqdim etdi va Vashington uni tanbeh berishga undadi.^[30] Shunga qaramay, Li Vashingtonning ko'plab ofitserlari tomonidan hurmatga sazovor bo'lgan va Kongress tomonidan katta hurmatga sazovor bo'lgan va Vashington unga yaqin orada kontinental qo'shinni Vodiy Forjdan olib chiqadigan bo'linma buyrug'ini bergan.^[31][19]

Prelude

Baron fon Steuben

Aprel oyida, frantsuz alyansi haqidagi xabar unga etib kelmasdan oldin, Vashington o'z generallariga yaqinlashib kelayotgan kampaniya uchun uchta muqobil variant haqida fikrlarini o'rganish uchun memorandum chiqardi: Filadelfiyadagi inglizlarga hujum qilish, operatsiyalarni Nyu-Yorkka ko'chirish yoki Vodiy Forjda mudofaada qolish va armiyani qurishda davom eting. O'n ikkita javobning barchasi, avvalgi yilgi ko'ngilsizliklardan keyin inqilobni jamoat qo'llab-quvvatlashi kerak bo'lsa, armiya yaxshi harakat qilishi kerakligi muhim edi. Ko'pgina generallar hujumning bir yoki boshqa variantini qo'llab-quvvatladilar, ammo Vashington ozchilikni qo'llab-quvvatladi, ular orasida Steuben ham bor edi, chunki u kontinental armiyani inglizlarni qabul qilishga tayyor bo'lguncha hali ham Valley Forge-da yaxshilanishga muhtoj edi. Frantsuz-amerikalik ittifoq haqida xabar kelib, Filadelfiya va uning atrofidagi Britaniyaning faolligi oshganidan so'ng, Vashington 8-may kuni rejalarini muhokama qilish uchun o'nta general bilan uchrashdi. Bu safar ular bir ovozdan mudofaa variantini ma'qullashdi va inglizlarning niyati aniqroq bo'lguncha kutishdi.^[32]

May oyida inglizlar Filadelfiyani evakuatsiya qilishga tayyorlanayotgani ayon bo'ldi, ammo Vashington hali ham Klintonning niyatlari to'g'risida to'liq ma'lumotga ega emas edi va inglizlar Nyu-Jersi orqali quruqlikka siljib ketishidan xavotirda edilar. The 2-Nyu-Jersi polki Mart oyidan beri Nyu-Jersida ingliz yemxo'rlari va xushyoqarlariga qarshi operatsiyalarni olib borgan, bu qimmatli razvedka manbai bo'lgan va oy oxiriga kelib inglizlarning quruqlik bilan evakuatsiyasi tobora kuchayib borayotgandek edi. Vashington polkni brigada generali boshchiligidagi Nyu-Jersi brigadasining qolgan qismi bilan kuchaytirdi Uilyam Maksvell, Buyuk Britaniyaning faoliyatiga to'sqinlik qilish va harri qilish to'g'risida buyruqlar bilan.^[33] Qit'alar tajribali kishilar bilan hamkorlik qilishi kerak edi Nyu-Jersi militsiyasi, general-mayor buyurgan Filimon Dikkinson, urushning eng qobiliyatli militsiya qo'mondonlaridan biri va Vashingtonning Britaniya faoliyati to'g'risida eng yaxshi ma'lumot manbasi.^[34] 18 may kuni Vashington tajribasiz, 20 yoshli general-mayorni yubordi Lafayet 2200 kishi bilan Filadelfiyadan o'n bir chaqirim (o'n sakkiz kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashgan Barren tepaligida kuzatuv punktini tashkil etish. Frantsuzning birinchi muhim mustaqil buyrug'i ikki kundan keyin uning uchun deyarli falokat bilan tugadi Barren tepaligidagi jang va faqat odamlarining intizomi uning inglizlar tomonidan tuzoqqa tushishiga to'sqinlik qildi.^[35]

Filadelfiyadan mart

Kontinental armiya Vodiy Forjdan (to'q ko'k) va Britaniya armiyasi Filadelfiyadan (qizil) Monmut jangigacha olib boradigan yo'llar. Yo'llar ruxsat berilgan joyda inglizlarning birinchi bo'limi g'arbiy yo'nalishni bosib o'tdi, ikkinchi diviziya esa sharqqa parallel yo'lni bosib o'tdi. Kesilgan ko'k chiziq Lafayetning avangard qo'mondoni bo'lganida inglizlarni ushlashga urinishini ko'rsatadi.

15 iyun kuni inglizlar Filadelfiyadan Delaver daryosidan o'tib Nyu-Jersiga chiqib ketishni boshladilar. So'nggi qo'shinlar uch kundan keyin o'tib ketishdi va qo'shin atrofni birlashtirdi Xaddonfild. Taxminan to'qson chaqirim (yuz qirq besh kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashgan Nyu-Yorkka boradigan aniq yo'l to'g'risida hali qaror qilmagan Klinton o'z qo'shinini ikkita bo'linishga ajratdi va yo'l oldi. Allentown, shimoliy-sharqdan qirq milya (oltmish to'rt kilometr). U qo'mondonligidagi 10 mingga yaqin qo'shinni o'z ichiga olgan birinchi divizionga hamrohlik qildi General-leytenant Charlz Lord Kornuollis. General-leytenant tomonidan boshqariladigan ikkinchi bo'lim Wilhelm von Knyphausen 9000 dan ortiq shaxsiy tarkibni o'z ichiga olgan bo'lib, ularning 7500 dan ortig'i jangchilar edi. Ushbu bo'lim 1500 vagonli yuk poezdining sekin harakatlanadigan og'ir transportining asosiy qismini o'z ichiga olgan.^[36]

Yurish tez-tez harorat 90 ° F (32 ° C) dan oshib ketadigan issiqlik to'lqini paytida qisqa segmentlarda o'tkazildi, bu esa harakatni sekinlashtirdi va issiqdan charchashga olib keldi. Sekin siljish Klintonga taalluqli emas edi. U o'z qo'shinlari Vashington kuchlari uchun kurashdan boshqa narsa emasligiga ishongan va katta jang Filadelfiyadan voz kechish uchun qilingan xorlikning o'rnini to'ldirishini va hatto isyonga jiddiy zarba berishi mumkinligini his qilgan.^[37][38] Mumkin bo'lgan taqdirda, ikkala bo'linma o'zaro qo'llab-quvvatlashga imkon beradigan parallel yo'nalishlardan o'tdilar. Engil qo'shinlar va kashshoflar marshrutni asosiy kuchdan oldin tekshirib chiqdi va to'siqlarni tozaladi, jangovar bo'linmalar bagaj poezdiga joylashtirildi va batalyon - katta bo'linmalar qanot himoyachilarini ta'minladilar.^[39] Maksvellning kontinentallari va Dikkinson militsiyasining tez-tez snayperlik qilishlari va to'qnashuvlari, ularning inglizlarga yo'llarni to'sib qo'yish, ko'priklarni buzish va quduqlarni buzish bilan to'sqinlik qilish va to'sqinlik qilishga urinishlari moddiy jihatdan taraqqiyotga to'sqinlik qilmadi.^[40][41]

24-iyun kuni birinchi divizion Allentaunga etib keldi, ikkinchisi etib keldi Imleystaun, to'rt mil (olti kilometr) sharqda.^[42] Klinton yo'l olishga qaror qildi Sendi Xuk, qaerdan Qirollik floti o'z qo'shinini Nyu-Yorkka olib borishi mumkin edi. Yurish ertasi kuni soat 04:00 da qayta boshlanganda, yo'l tarmog'i ikkala bo'linmaning alohida marshrutlar bo'ylab yurishini imkonsiz qildi va hanuzgacha bir-birining qo'llab-quvvatlash masofasida qoldi. Klifauzenning ikkinchi bo'limi Monmut sud uyi (hozirgi zamon) tomon yo'lda o'n ikki mil (o'n to'qqiz kilometr) ustunni boshqargan. Freehold ). Kornuollis ergashdi, Soqchilar va Grenaderlar orqada, jangovar og'ir bo'linishni bagaj poezdi va hujumning ehtimoliy yo'nalishi o'rtasida qo'ydi. Kunning oxirida Kfayuzen qarorgoh qurdi Freehold Township Monmut sud uyidan to'rt milya (olti kilometr) uzoqlikda, Klinton esa shtab-kvartirasini Robin's Rising Sun Tavern, Knyphausen'dan o'n ikki mil (o'n to'qqiz kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashgan.^[43][44]

Ertasi kuni, 26-iyun kuni inglizlar doimiy ravishda bo'lib o'tgan to'qnashuvda qirqqa yaqin talofat ko'rdilar, bir birlik bosib o'tishga yaqinlashdi. Kfayuzen o'sha kuni erta tongda Monmut sud uyiga etib bordi va soat 10:00 ga qadar butun ustun shu erda to'plandi. Vashington kuchlari son-sanoq to'planib turishi Klintonga ayon edi va inglizlar Filadelfiyadan oltmish etti mil (bir yuz sakkiz kilometr) yurishlaridan so'ng charchashdi. Monmut sud uyi yaxshi mudofaa pozitsiyasini taklif qildi va ehtimol Klinton o'zi xohlagan jang uchun imkoniyat ko'rgan bo'lishi mumkin. U barcha qo'shinlarni qamrab olish uchun o'z qo'shinini safarbar qildi va keyingi ikki kechada o'z qo'shinlarini dam olishga qaror qildi. Uning kuchining asosiy qismi, birinchi bo'linma, Allentown yo'lida, qishloqdagi ikkinchi bo'linmani qamrab olgan.^[45]

Inqilob g'azablangan fuqarolar urushini keltirib chiqardi Monmut okrugi Bu ikkala tomonga ham ta'sir qilmagan va qo'shinlar ketganidan keyin ham davom etadigan narsa.^[46] Bu o'rtasida kurashgan Vatanparvarlar, isyon tarafdorlari bo'lgan va Sodiqlar, Buyuk Britaniyaga sodiq qolgan va hattoki Qirolichaning Amerikadagi Reynjerslari Britaniya armiyasi bilan birga jang qilgan.^[47] Ikki tomon ham fuqarolik maydonida o'zaro kurash olib borishdi va taxminlarga ko'ra Monmut okrugidagi oilalarning ellik foizi urush paytida odamga yoki mol-mulkiga katta zarar etkazgan.^[48] 1778 yil bahorga kelib, ilgari sodiq bo'lgan Monmut sud uyi vatanparvarlarning nazorati ostiga o'tdi.^[49] Inglizlar etib kelishganida, ular aholisi asosan tashlab ketgan dushman turar joyida bo'lishdi. Klintonning talon-taroj qilishga qarshi buyrug'i oddiy xodimlar tomonidan e'tiborsiz qoldirilgan va zobitlar tomonidan bajarilmagan. Angliya va Gessiya askarlari ko'ngilsizlik va g'azabdan harakat qilishdi va sadoqatli g'azab va qasosdan harakat qilib, ko'plab buzg'unchilik, talon-taroj va o't qo'ydilar. Klinton 28 iyun kuni yurishni davom ettirganida, qishloqning o'n uchta binosining o'n uchi vayron qilingan edi, ularning barchasi Patriotga tegishli edi.^[50]

Izlash

Vashington inglizlarning 17 iyun kuni Filadelfiyani evakuatsiya qilayotganini bilib oldi. U zudlik bilan urush kengashini chaqirdi, u erda o'n etti generaldan ikkitasi, qit'a armiyasi hali ham inglizlarga qarshi kurashda g'alaba qozona olmaydi, deb hisoblaydi, Li bunga urinish jinoyat deb biladi. . Vashington Klintonning aniq niyatlariga amin bo'lmagan va zobitlarini ehtiyotkorlik bilan chaqirgan holda, Vashington inglizlarni ta'qib qilishga va aniq masofaga ko'chishga qaror qildi. Lining brigadalari Kontinental armiyani 18-iyun kuni tushdan keyin Vodiy Forjidan olib chiqdilar va to'rt kundan keyin Delaverdan Nyu-Jersiga Coryell's Ferryda so'nggi qo'shinlar o'tdilar.^[51][52] Vashington o'z armiyasini Li va general-mayor qo'mondonlik qilgan ikki qanotga ajratdi Lord Stirling va Lafayette tomonidan boshqariladigan zaxira. Vashington etib keldi Xayr 23 iyun kuni Allentownda inglizlardan shimoldan yigirma besh mil (qirq kilometr) uzoqlikda. Armiya lager qurgan paytda, Polkovnik Daniel Morgan Maksvell va Dikkinsonni kuchaytirish uchun 600 yengil piyoda askari bilan janubga buyruq berildi.^[53]

24 iyun kuni Dikkinson Vashingtonga Klintonni sekinlatish uchun qilgan harakatlari juda oz ta'sir ko'rsatayotgani va Vashingtonga jangni qo'zg'atish uchun Nyu-Jersida ataylab cho'zilib ketganiga ishonganini aytdi.^[54] Vashington yana bir urush kengashini chaqirdi, unda barcha o'n ikki zobit qatnashgan va har xil darajada ehtiyot bo'lishgan. Li g'alabaning foydasi yo'q, mag'lubiyat inqilobiy ishga qaytarib bo'lmaydigan zarar etkazishini ta'kidladi. U Frantsiya aralashuvi amerikaliklar foydasiga qarama-qarshi tomonlarni silkitmaguncha va Klintonga beg'ubor Nyu-Yorkka borishga ruxsat berilishini taklif qilmaguncha, u qit'a armiyasini professional, yaxshi tayyorlangan dushmanga qarshi xavf ostiga qo'ymaslikni afzal ko'rdi. Boshqa to'rtta general ham rozi bo'ldi. Qolganlarning eng tajovuzkorlari ham katta kelishuvdan qochishni xohlashdi; Brigada generali Entoni Ueyn Maksvell va Dikkinsonni kuchaytirish uchun qo'shimcha 2500-3000 qo'shin jo'natishni taklif qildi, bu ularga armiyaning uchdan bir qismi bilan "taassurot kuchini" yaratishga imkon beradi. Oxir-oqibat, 1500 nafar erkak tanlangan murosaga kelishildi^[d] ni kuchaytiradi avangard "fursat xizmat qilishi mumkin" kabi harakat qilish. Kimga Podpolkovnik Aleksandr Xemilton, yordamchi sifatida qatnashgan kengash "eng sharafli doyalar jamiyatiga va ularga faqat hurmat ko'rsatgan bo'lar edi." Ko'ngli qolgan Vashington belgi kuchini brigada generali qo'mondonligi ostiga yubordi Charlz Skot.^[56]

Kengash yopilgandan ko'p o'tmay, Ueyn - o'z ismini murosaga keltirishdan bosh tortgan - Lafayette va general-mayor. Natanael Grin Vashington bilan yakka tartibda asosiy kuch tomonidan qo'llab-quvvatlanadigan kuchliroq avangardlik harakati to'g'risida iltimos bilan murojaat qildi va shu bilan birga katta jangdan qochdi. Lafayette Vashingtonni Steuben va brigada generaliga ishontirdi Louis Duportail rozi bo'ldi va Vashingtonga "rahbarlar uchun sharmandalik va qo'shinlar dushmanning Jersi shtatidan jazosiz o'tishiga yo'l qo'yishi sharmandalik bo'ladi" dedi. Grin siyosiy jihatni ta'kidlab, Vashingtonga jamoatchilik undan hujum qilishini kutishini va cheklangan hujum katta jangga olib kelgan taqdirda ham, ularning muvaffaqiyatga erishish imkoniyatlarini yaxshi deb bilishini maslahat berdi. O'tgan yilgi mag'lubiyatlarni o'chirib tashlamoqchi bo'lgan va tanqidchilarining noto'g'riligini isbotlamoqchi bo'lgan Vashingtonning barchasi tinglashi kerak edi. 25 iyun kuni erta tongda u Ueynga yana 1000 tanlangan erkak bilan Skottni kuzatib borishni buyurdi. U shunchaki Klintonni ta'qib qilishdan ko'proq narsani qilishni xohlardi va hali ham katta jang xavfidan qochib, inglizlarga og'ir zarba berishga umid qilar edi. Trenton jangi 1776 yilda.^[57][58]

Lafayetda reining

General-mayor Lafayet

Vashington Li oldiga avangard qo'mondonligini taklif qildi, ammo Li o'z kuchi va mavqeiga ega bo'lgan odam uchun kuch kamligini aytib, rad etdi.^[e] Vashington o'rniga Lafayetni tayinladi, agar imkoniyat bo'lsa, "butun qo'mondonliging bilan" hujum qilishni buyurdi. Lafayet qo'mondonligidagi tarqoq kuchlar ustidan to'liq nazorat o'rnatolmadi va inglizlarni ushlashga shoshilgach, u o'z qo'shinlarini sinish nuqtasiga siqib chiqardi va ta'minotidan ortib ketdi. Vashington borgan sari xavotirni kuchaytirdi va 26 iyun kuni ertalab u Lafayetni "shoshilinch marsh bilan erkaklaringizni bezovta qilmaslik" haqida ogohlantirdi. O'sha kuni tushdan keyin Lafayette Klinton o'tgan kecha joylashgan Robinning tavernasida edi. U inglizlardan uch mil uzoqlikda, uni qo'llab-quvvatlash uchun asosiy armiyadan juda uzoq edi va odamlari charchab, och qolishdi. U jang qilishga tayyor bo'lib, zobitlari bilan ertasi kuni ertalab Klintonga zarba berish niyatida tungi marshni muhokama qildi.^[61]

O'sha kuni kechqurun Vashington Lafayetga Morgan va militsiyani ekran sifatida qoldirib, ko'chib o'tishni buyurdi Englishtown, u erda u yana ta'minot va asosiy armiya qatoriga qaytadi.^[62][f] Bu paytga kelib Li, Lafayetning kuchi avval o'ylaganidan ham muhimroq ekanligini tushunib, fikridan qaytdi va unga buyruq berishni talab qildi. Vashington Liga Skottning sobiq brigadasi va Brigada generali brigadasini olib ketishni buyurdi Jeyms Varnum, Lafayette bilan Englishtown-da bog'laning va barcha oldingi kuchlarni boshqaring. Gren asosiy korpusning Li qanotini boshqarishni o'z zimmasiga oldi.^[64][g] 27-iyunga kelib, Lafayet endi Li ning 4500 askaridan iborat avangardi bo'lgan safga qaytdi.^[h] inglizlardan olti milya (o'n kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashgan Montut sud uyida. Vashington 7800 kishidan sal ko'proq qo'shinlarning asosiy qismi va artilleriyaning asosiy qismi bilan birga edi Manalapan ko'prigi, Lidan to'rt milya (olti kilometr) orqada.^[68] Morganning engil piyoda askarlari, endi militsiya otryadining qo'shilishi bilan 800 kishigacha ko'paygan, Monmut sud uyining janubida ikki mil (uch kilometr) dan sal narida joylashgan Richmond Millsda bo'lgan.^[69][men] Dikkinsonning 1200 va undan ortiq militsiyasi Klintonning yon tomonlarida bo'lib, Monmut sud uyidan g'arbiy ikki mil (uch kilometr) uzoqlikda joylashgan.^[71]

Jang

Jang haqida umumiy ma'lumot

27-iyun kuni tushdan keyin Vashington Englishtownda avangardning yuqori lavozimli ofitserlari bilan maslahatlashdi, ammo jang rejasini taklif qilmadi. Li hujum qilish yoki qilmaslik to'g'risida to'liq qarorga ega ekanligiga ishongan va Vashington ketganidan keyin o'zining urush kengashini chaqirgan. U Klinton harakatlanayotganini bilishi bilanoq, ingliz orqa qo'riqchisini eng zaif bo'lgan paytda qo'lga olish umidida oldinga siljishni niyat qilgan. Klintonning maqsadlari yoki er sharlari to'g'risida hech qanday ma'lumot mavjud bo'lmaganda, Li o'zining aniq rejasini tuzish befoyda deb hisoblagan; u o'z qo'mondonlariga faqat qisqa vaqt ichida harakatga tayyor bo'lishni va uning buyrug'ini bajarishini aytdi.^[60][72] 28 iyun kuni erta tongda Vashingtondan olingan yozma buyruqqa javoban Li polkovnikka buyruq berdi Uilyam Grayson 700 kishini oldinga olib borish. Ular Britaniyaning har qanday harakatini kuzatishi kerak edi va agar shunday bo'lsa, ularni harakatlantirib sekinlashtiring, masofani yopish uchun avangardga vaqt bering.^[73]

Grayson Englishtowndan soat 06: 00gacha, Klinton harakatga kelgani haqidagi xabar kelganidan bir soat o'tib ketmadi.^[74] Ham avangard, ham asosiy korpus zudlik bilan lagerni sindirdi va ikkalasi ham sekin harakat qilishdi; brigadalar noto'g'ri yurish tartibida tuzilganida va asosiy qismi uning artilleriya poezdi tomonidan sekinlashganda avangard kechiktirildi.^[75] Soat 07: 00da Li vaziyatni o'zi sinab ko'rish uchun oldinda yurdi. Militsiya chavandozi inglizlar orqaga chekinmayapti, ammo hujum qilishga tayyorlanmoqda, deb noto'g'ri xabar berganidan keyin biroz chalkashliklardan so'ng Li inglizlar soat 02: 00da harakatlana boshlaganini va bu joyda piyoda va otliqlarning kichik bir partiyasi qolganini bilib qoldi.^[76]

Klintonning birinchi harakati bir soatdan keyin rejalashtirilgan, ammo soat 04: 00ga qoldirilgan ikkinchi divizionning ketishini yoritish uchun Monmut sud uyining shimoli-g'arbiy qismida qirolichaning Reynjersini joylashtirish edi. 05:00 ga qadar birinchi diviziya harakatlana boshladi va oxirgi ingliz qo'shinlari soat 09: 15da Monmut sud uyidan chiqib, yo'lga shimoli-sharq tomon yo'l oldilar. Midltaun. Ustunni orqasidan yengil piyoda askarlar bataloni va polkdan iborat orqa qo'riqchi bor edi ajdarholar Reynjers bilan 1550–2000 qo'shinni tashkil etdi.^[77][78]

Bog'lanish uchun oldindan

Lining Britaniyaning orqa qo'riqchisiga hujumi

Dastlabki otishmalar soat 08:00 atrofida, amerikaliklarning to'qnashuvida Reynjersning kichik otryadi va Dikkinsonning militsiyasi o'rtasida almashildi. Grayson o'z qo'shinlarini militsiyani qo'llab-quvvatlash uchun jarlik ustidagi ko'prik yonida joylashtirilishi va "Reynjers" ning chekinishini tomosha qilish uchun yetib keldi.^[79][j] Ushbu ko'prik Angliyaun - Monmut sudi uyi yo'lida joylashgan bo'lib, botqoqli botqoqli hududlar bilan chegaradosh uchta jarlikdan biri bo'lgan "Spotsvud O'rta Bruk" ni bosib o'tib, tez orada jang maydoniga aylanadi. Ko'prikdan tashqari, jarliklar artilleriya tomonidan emas, piyoda askarlar tomonidan qiyinchilik bilan hal qilinardi; noto'g'ri tomondan kesilgan yoki ularga mahkamlangan har qanday birlik jiddiy xavfga duch kelishi mumkin. Li to'qnashuvdan ko'p o'tmay Grayson bilan uchrashganida, Angliya hali ham Monmut sud uyini kuch bilan egallab olganiga ishongan Dikkinson uni ariq bo'ylab yurmaslikka qattiq undadi. Britaniya faoliyati haqidagi razvedka hanuzgacha ziddiyatli bo'lib, Li ko'prikda bir soat vaqtini yo'qotdi. Lafayet qolgan avangardlari bilan kelguncha u oldinga siljimadi.^[81][82]

Avangard ko'prikda to'plangandan so'ng, Li polkovnik boshchiligidagi otryadlardan tashkil topgan taxminan 550 kishilik qo'rg'oshin elementini boshqarish uchun Graysonni Ueyn bilan almashtirdi. Richard Butler, Polkovnik Genri Jekson to'rtta artilleriya tomonidan qo'llab-quvvatlangan Grayson (Virginiyaliklarning asl kompozitsion batalioni qo'mondonligiga qaytdi).^[83][84] Avangard Angliuntaun yo'li bo'ylab Monmut sud uyiga qarab ilgarilab, soat 09:30 atrofida Foreman's Mill shimolidagi yo'l bilan tutashgan joyga etib bordi. Li Ueyn bilan Monmut sud uyini qidirish uchun oldinga bordi, u erda ular inglizlarning orqa qo'riqchisini topdilar. Britaniyaliklarning taxminan 2000 kishilik kuchini taxmin qilgan Li, ularning orqa tomoniga bog'lanish rejasini tuzdi. U Ueynni orqadagi qo'riqchini joyiga qo'yish buyrug'i bilan tark etdi va chap qanot manevrasida uni boshqarish uchun avangardning qolgan qismiga qaytdi. Lining ishonchi Vashingtonga "muvaffaqiyatning aniqligi" ni anglatuvchi hisobotlarni qamrab oldi.^[85]

Li ketganidan so'ng, Butlerning otryadi orqadagi qo'riqchilarni namoyish qilgan otlangan qo'shinlar bilan otishma o'tkazdi va inglizlarni shimoliy-sharqqa, asosiy ustun tomon chekinishni boshladi. Keyingi ta'qibda Ueyn britaniyalik ajdarlarning ayblovini bekor qildi va ingliz piyoda qo'shinlariga qarshi jinoyatni boshladi, bu esa orqa qo'riqchini to'xtatishga va Midltaun bilan tutashgan tepalikda paydo bo'lishga undadi. Shrewsbury yo'llar.^[86] Ayni paytda Li qolgan avangardlarni o'zi boshqarganligi sababli, u Skott va Maksvellga batafsil reja bilan ta'minlashni e'tiborsiz qoldirdi.^[87] Ikki milya (uch kilometr) yurishdan so'ng, Ueyn chap tomonda harakat qilayotgan Ueyn qo'shinlariga guvoh bo'lish uchun vaqt o'tishi bilan soat 10:30 atrofida ba'zi o'rmonlardan chiqdi.^[88]

Britaniyaliklar u kutganidan ancha ko'p bo'lganligi ayon bo'lganda, Li o'zini zaif qanot deb bilgan narsalarini ta'minlash uchun Lafayette bilan ishlagan. Chap qanotda yana bir ingliz kuchining paydo bo'lishi 2000-3000 kuchli Jeksonni o'z polkini Spotsvud Shimoliy Bruk qirg'og'idagi yakka holatidan qaytarishga undadi.^[89] Avangard markazida Skott va chap tomonda joylashgan Maksvell Li bilan aloqada bo'lmagan va uning rejasi bilan shug'ullanmagan. Li o'ng qanotni itarib yuborayotganini tomosha qilayotganlarida, ular tobora yakkalanib qolishdi va ingliz qo'shinlari o'z janubidagi Monmut sud uyiga qarab yurishganda, ular uzilib qolishidan qo'rqib qolishdi. Ular o'zlarining pozitsiyalarini to'g'rilashga kelishdilar; Skott Spotsvudning O'rta Bruk bo'ylab janubi-g'arbiy qismida bir oz ko'proq himoyalanadigan joyga yiqildi, Maksvell esa aylanib, Skottning o'ng qanotiga ko'tarilish niyatida orqaga qaytdi.^[90][91]

U Skottga buyurtma bilan yuborgan ikki xodim ofitseri uni hech qaerda topilmagani va inglizlarning kuch bilan qaytishi haqidagi xabarlari bilan ularni ajablantirayotgani haqidagi xabar bilan qaytib kelganida, karaxt bo'lib qoldi. U ba'zi ingliz artilleriyasini o'chirishga urinish muvaffaqiyatsiz tugagandan so'ng, Lafayetning bir qism kuchlari orqaga chekinayotganini ko'rganida, Liga o'ng qanot ham buyruqsiz orqaga chekinayotgani ko'rinib qoldi. U avangard boshqaruvini qo'ldan chiqarayotgani ayon bo'ldi va hozirda atigi 2500 kishilik tezkor buyrug'i bilan u ingliz orqa qo'riqchisini qamrab olish rejasi tugaganini tushundi. Uning ustuvor vazifasi - ustun raqamlar oldida buyrug'ining xavfsizligi.^[92]

Qarshi hujum va chekinish

Lafayetning yordamchisi tomonidan chizilgan zamonaviy xarita

Uning qo'riqchisi tekshirilayotgani haqida xabar olgandan so'ng, Klinton Kornuollisga birinchi divizionni Monmut sud uyiga qarab orqaga qaytishni buyurdi. U Vashingtonning asosiy tanasi qo'llab-quvvatlash uchun yaqin emasligi va erning holati Li uchun manevr qilishni qiyinlashtirishi mumkinligiga ishongan. U nafaqat bagaj poezdini himoya qilishdan ko'proq narsani qilishni niyat qilgan; u avangard himoyasiz deb o'ylardi va Li qo'rqqanidek o'ng qanotini burish va uni yo'q qilish imkoniyatini ko'rdi.^[93] Monmut sud uyida to'xtab turgandan so'ng, Klinton g'arbiy tomon itarishni boshladi. U o'zining eng yaxshi qo'shinlarini ikkita ustunga, o'ng tomonda soqchilar, chapda granatalar va qurol-yarog 'bilan birlashtirdi Qirollik artilleriyasi ular orasida, ajdarlardan iborat polk ular haqida saf tortgan edi. Uchinchi va to'rtinchi brigadalarning piyoda askarlari navbatda turdilar, 5-brigada esa Monmut sud uyida zaxirada qoldi. Buyuk Britaniyaning o'ng qanotida qirolichaning Reynjerslari va piyodalar piyodalari xizmat qilishgan. To the rear, a brigade of Hessian grenadiers remained in a defensive line to which Clinton could fall back if things went badly.^[94] In total, his force comprised some 10,000 troops.^[95]

Lee ordered a general retreat to a line about one mile (two kilometers) to the west of Monmouth Court House that ran from Craig's House, north of Spotswood Middle Brook, to Ker's House, south of the brook. He had significant difficulties communicating with his subordinates and exhausted his aides attempting to do so. Although he arrived in the vicinity of Ker's house with a sizeable force by noon, he was unable to exercise command and control of it as a unified organization. As disorganized as the retreat was for Lee, at unit level it was generally conducted with a discipline that did credit to Steuben's training. The Americans suffered only some one dozen casualties as they fell back, an indication of how little major fighting there was; there were no organized volleys by infantry mushketlar, and only the artillery engaged in any significant action.^[96] Lee believed he had conducted a model "retrograde manoeuver in the face and under fire of an enemy" and claimed his troops moved with "order and precision."^[k] He had remained calm during the retreat but began to unravel at Ker's house. When two of Washington's aides informed Lee that the main body was still some two miles (three kilometers) away and asked him what to report back, Lee replied "that he really did not know what to say."^[98] Crucially, he failed to keep Washington informed of the retreat.^[99]

Lee realized that a knoll in front of his lines would give the British, now deployed from column into line formation, command of the ground and render his position untenable. With no knowledge of the main body's whereabouts and believing he had little choice, Lee decided to fall back farther, across the Spotswood Middle Brook bridge. He believed he would be able to hold the British there from Perrine's Hill until the main body came up in support. With his aides out of action, Lee pressed whomever he could find into service as messengers to organize the withdrawal. It was during this period that he sent the army auditor, Mayor Jon Klark, to Washington with news of the retreat. But Washington was by now aware, having learned from Lee's troops who had already crossed the ravine.^[100][101]

Vashingtonning kelishi

The main body had reached Englishtown at 10:00, and by noon it was still some four miles (six kilometers) from Monmouth Court House. Without any recent news from Lee, Washington had no reason to be concerned. At Tennent's Meeting House, some two miles (three kilometers) east of Englishtown, he ordered Greene to take Brigadier General Uilyam Vudford 's brigade of some 550 men and 4 artillery pieces south then east to cover the right flank. The rest of the main body continued east along the Englishtown–Monmouth Court House road. In the space of some ten minutes, Washington's confidence gave way to alarm as he encountered a straggler bearing the first news of Lee's retreat and then whole units in retreat. None of the officers Washington met could tell him where they were supposed to be going or what they were supposed to be doing. As the commander-in-chief rode on ahead, over the bridge and towards the front line, he saw the vanguard in full retreat but no sign of the British. At around 12:45, Washington found Lee marshalling the last of his command across the middle morass, marshy ground southeast of the bridge.^[102]

Expecting praise for a retreat he believed had been generally conducted in good order, Lee was uncharacteristically lost for words when Washington asked without pleasantries, "I desire to know, sir, what is the reason – whence arises this disorder and confusion?"^[103] When he regained his composure, Lee attempted to explain his actions. He blamed faulty intelligence and his officers, especially Scott, for pulling back without orders, leaving him no choice but to retreat in the face of a superior force, and reminded Washington that he had opposed the attack in the first place.^[103][104] Washington was not convinced; "All this may be very true, sir," he replied, "but you ought not to have undertaken it unless you intended to go through with it."^[103] Washington made it clear he was disappointed with Lee and rode off to organize the battle he felt his subordinate should have given. Lee followed at a distance, bewildered and believing he had been relieved of command.^[105][l]

With the main body still arriving and the British no more than one-half mile (one kilometer) away, Washington began to rally the vanguard to set up the very defenses Lee had been attempting to organize. The commander-in-chief directed Wayne to take three battalions and form a rearguard in the Point of Woods, south of the Spotswood Middle Brook, that could delay the British. He issued orders for the 2nd New Jersey Regiment and two smaller Pennsylvanian regiments to deploy on the slopes of Perrine's Hill, north of the brook overlooking the bridge; they would be the rallying point for the rest of the vanguard and the position on which the main body would form. Washington offered Lee a choice: remain and command the rearguard, or fall back to and organize the main body. Lee opted for the former and, as Washington departed to take care of the latter, promised he would "be the last one to leave the field."^[107][110]

American rearguard action

American rearguard action

Lee positioned himself with four guns supported by two infantry battalions on the crest of a hill to the right of Wayne. As the British advanced – Guards on the right, Grenadiers on the left – they passed the Point of Woods, oblivious to the Continentals concealed in them. Wayne's troops inflicted up to forty casualties. The Guards reacted as they were trained and with the support of the dragoons and some of the Grenadiers, crashed into the Americans at the charge. Within ten minutes, Wayne's three battalions were being chased back to the bridge. The rest of the Grenadiers, meanwhile, continued to advance on Lee's position, pushing the Continental artillery back to a hedgerow to which the two infantry battalions had already withdrawn. Another short, sharp fight ensued until Lee, seeing both flanks being turned, ordered his men to follow Wayne back across the bridge.^[111][112]

As Lee and Wayne fought south of the Spotswood Middle Brook, Washington was deploying the main body on Perrine's Hill, northwest of the bridge across the brook. Stirling's wing had just taken up positions on the American left flank when its artillery started to engage troops of the British 3rd Brigade. Clinton had earlier ordered the brigade to move right, cross the brook and cut the vanguard's line of retreat at the bridge. After the infantry of the 42-chi (qirollik tog'li) piyoda polk crossed the brook, they ran into three battalions of Scott's detachment retreating westwards. Under pressure from the Highlanders, the Continentals continued through an orchard to the safety of Stirling's line while Stirling's artillery forced the Highlanders back to the orchard. A second battalion of Highlanders and the 44-oyoq polki that had swung right and crossed the Spotswood North Brook were also persuaded by the artillery to retreat. Even farther to the right, an attempt to outflank Stirling's position by the Queen's Rangers and the light infantry of the rearguard lacked the strength to carry it through, and they too fell back to join the 3rd Brigade.^[113]

At 13:30, Lee was one of the last American officers to withdraw across Spotswood Middle Brook. The rearguard action had lasted no more than thirty minutes, enough time for Washington to complete the deployment of the main body. When a battalion of Grenadiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Genri Monkton chased Lee's troops over the bridge, the British found themselves facing Wayne's detachment reforming some 350 yards (320 m) away. As the Grenadiers advanced to engage Wayne they came under heavy fire from Stirling's artillery, another 350 yards (320 m) behind Wayne. Monckton became the highest-ranking British casualty of the day, and in the face of an unexpectedly strong enemy, the Grenadiers retreated back across the bridge to the hedgerow from which they had expelled Lee earlier.^[114]

Washington had acted decisively to form a strong defensive position anchored on the right above the bridge on the Englishtown road and extending in a gentle curve one-half mile (one kilometer) up the slope of Perrine's Hill. When Lee joined it, Washington sent him with two battalions of Maxwell's New Jersey Brigade, around half of Scott's detachment and some other units of the former vanguard to form a reserve at Englishtown. The rest of the vanguard, which included the other half of Scott's detachment and most of Wayne's, remained with Washington.^[115][m] The infantry battle gave way to a two-hour artillery duel across the 1,200 yards (1,097 m) of no-man's land on either side of the brook, in which both sides suffered more casualties due to heat exhaustion than they did from enemy cannon.^[117]

Britaniya chekinishi

British withdrawal and American attacks. The 1st Grenadier Battalion was left behind in the general withdrawal, and it was caught by Wayne's Pennsylvania Brigade as it moved south to link up with the 4th Brigade (not shown). The 33rd Regiment of the 4th Brigade came up in support, and together they forced the Pennsylvanians to retreat until Greene's artillery on Combs Hill forced the British to retreat in turn.^[118]

Clinton had lost the initiative. He saw no prospect of success assaulting a strong enemy position in the brutal heat, and decided to break off the engagement.^[119] His first task was to bring in his isolated right flank – the 3rd Brigade, Rangers and light infantry still sheltering in the orchard north of Spotswood Middle Brook. While the Highlanders of the 42nd Regiment remained in place to cover the withdrawal, the remainder fell back across the brook to join the Grenadiers at the hedgerow. Around 15:45, while the withdrawal was in progress, Greene arrived with Woodford's brigade at Combs Hill overlooking the British left flank and opened fire with his artillery. Clinton was forced to withdraw his own artillery, bringing the cannonade with Washington's guns on Perrine's Hill to an end, and move the Grenadiers to sheltered ground at the north end of the hedgerow.^[120]

At 16:30, Washington learned of 3rd Brigade's withdrawal and launched the first American offensive action in six hours. He ordered two battalions of picked men "to go and see what [you] could do with the enemy's right wing."^[121] Only one battalion some 350 strong led by Colonel Jozef Cilley actually made it into action. Cilley made good use of cover along the Spotswood North Brook to close with and engage the 275–325 troops of the 42nd Regiment in the orchard. The Highlanders found themselves in a disadvantageous position and, with the rest of British right flank already departed, they had no reason to stay. They conducted a fighting retreat in good order with minimal casualties. To the British, the rebels were "unsuccessful in endeavouring to annoy." To the Americans, it was a significant psychological victory over one of the British Army's most feared regiments.^[122]

As his right flank pulled back, Clinton issued orders for what he intended to be a phased general withdrawal back towards Monmouth Court House.^[123] His subordinates misunderstood. Instead of waiting until the 3rd Brigade had rejoined before pulling back, all but the 1st Grenadier Battalion withdrew immediately, leaving it and the 3rd Brigade dangerously exposed. Washington was buoyed by what he saw of Cilley's attack, and although he lacked specific intelligence about what the British were doing, the fact that their artillery had gone quiet suggested they might be vulnerable. He ordered Wayne to conduct an opportunistic advance with a detachment of Pennsylvanians.^[124]

Wayne's request for three brigades, some 1,300 men, was denied, and at 16:45 he crossed the bridge over Spotswood Middle Brook with just 400 troops of the Third Pennsylvania Brigade.^[n] The Pennsylvanians caught the 650–700 men of the lone Grenadier battalion in the process of withdrawing, giving the British scant time to form up and receive the attack. The Grenadiers were "losing men very fast", Clinton wrote later, before the 33-oyoq polki arrived with 300–350 men to support them. The British pushed back, and the Pennsylvanian Brigade began to disintegrate as it retreated to Parsonage farm. The longest infantry battle of the day ended when the Continental artillery on Combs Hill stopped the British counter-attack in its tracks and forced the Grenadiers and infantry to withdraw.^[126][o]

Washington planned to resume the battle the next day, and at 18:00 he ordered four brigades he had previously sent back to the reserve at Englishtown to return. When they arrived, they took over Stirling's positions on Perrine's Hill, allowing Stirling to advance across the Spotswood Middle Brook and take up new positions near the hedgerow. An hour later, Washington ordered a reinforced brigade commanded by Brigadier General Xanoch Kambag'al to probe Clinton's right flank while Woodford's brigade was to drop down from Combs Hill and probe Clinton's left flank. Their cautious advance was halted by sunset before making contact with the British, and the two armies settled down for the night within one mile (two kilometers) of each other, the closest British troops at Ker's House.^[131]

While the battle was raging, Knyphausen had led the baggage train to safety. His second division endured only light harassment from militia along the way, and eventually set up camp some three miles (five kilometers) from Middletown. With the baggage train secure, Clinton had no intention of resuming the battle. At 23:00, he began withdrawing his troops. The first division slipped away unnoticed by Washington's forward troops and, after an overnight march, linked back up with Knyphausen's second division between 08:00 and 09:00 the next morning.^[132]

Natijada

Monmut jangi

On June 29, Washington withdrew his army to Englishtown, where they rested the next day. The British were in a strong position near Middletown, and their route to Sandy Hook was secure. They completed the march largely untroubled by a militia that considered the threat to have passed and had melted away to tend to crops. The last British troops embarked on naval transports on July 6, and the Royal Navy carried Clinton's army to New York. The timing was fortuitous for the British; on July 11, a superior French fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Charlz Anri Hektor d'Esten anchored off Sandy Hook.^[133]

The battle was tactically inconclusive and strategically irrelevant; neither side dealt a heavy blow to the other, and the Continental Army remained in the field while the British Army redeployed to New York, just as both would have if the battle had never been fought.^[134][p] Clinton reported 358 total casualties after the battle – 65 killed, 59 died of fatigue, 170 wounded and 64 missing. Washington counted some 250 British dead, a figure later revised to a little over 300. Using a typical 18th-century wounded-to-killed ratio of no more than four to one and assuming no more than 160 British dead caused by enemy fire, Lender and Stone calculate the number of wounded could have been up to 640. A Monmut okrugi tarixiy assotsiatsiyasi study estimates total British casualties at 1,134 – comprising 304 dead, 770 wounded and 60 prisoners. Washington reported his own casualties to be 370 – comprising 69 dead, 161 wounded and 140 missing. Using the same wounded-to-killed ratio and assuming a proportion of the missing were fatalities, Lender and Stone estimate Washington's casualties could have exceeded 500.^[140][141]

Claims of victory

In his post-battle report to Lord Jorj Germeyn, Mustamlakalar bo'yicha davlat kotibi, Clinton claimed he had conducted a successful operation to redeploy his army in the face of a superior force. The counter-attack was, he reported, a diversion intended to protect the baggage train and was ended on his own terms, though in private correspondence he conceded that he had also hoped to inflict a decisive defeat on Washington.^[142] Having marched his army through the heart of enemy territory without the loss of a single wagon, he congratulated his officers on the "long and difficult retreat in the face of a greatly superior army without being tarnished by the smallest affront." While some of his officers showed a grudging respect for the Continental Army, their doubts were rooted not in the battlefield but in the realisation that the entry of France into the conflict had swung the strategic balance against Great Britain.^[143]

For Washington, the battle was fought at a time of serious misgivings about his effectiveness as commander-in-chief, and it was politically important for him to present it as a victory.^[144] On July 1, in his first significant communication to Congress from the front since the disappointments of the previous year, he wrote a full report of the battle. The contents were measured but unambiguous in claiming a significant win, a rare occasion on which the British had left the battlefield and their wounded to the Americans. Congress received it enthusiastically and voted a formal thanks to Washington and the army to honor "the important victory of Monmouth over the British grand army."^[145]

In their accounts of the battle, Washington's officers invariably wrote of a major victory, and some took the opportunity to finally put an end to criticism of Washington; Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel Jon Laurens, another of Washington's aides, wrote to influential friends – in the case of Laurens, his father Genri, Kontinental Kongress prezidenti – praising Washington's leadership. The American press portrayed the battle as a triumph with Washington at its center. Hokim Uilyam Livingston of New Jersey, who never came any nearer to Monmouth Court House during the campaign than Trenton, almost twenty-five miles (forty kilometers) away, published an anonymous 'eyewitness' account in the New Jersey Gazette only days after the battle, in which he credited the victory to Washington. Articles were still being published in a similar vein in August.^[146]

Congressional delegates who were not Washington partisans, such as Samuel Adams va Jeyms Lovell, were reluctant to credit Washington but obliged to recognize the importance of the battle and keep to themselves any questions they might have had about the British success in reaching New York. The Washington loyalist Elias Boudinot wrote that "none dare to acknowledge themselves his Enemies."^[147] Washington's supporters were emboldened in defending his reputation; in July, Major General Jon Kadvalader challenged Conway, the officer at the center of what Washington had perceived to be a conspiracy to remove him as commander-in-chief, to a duel in Philadelphia in which Conway was wounded in the mouth. Tomas MakKin, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, was perhaps the only congressional delegate to register his disapproval of the affair, but did not think it wise to bring Cadwalader up before the court to answer for it.^[148][149] Faith in Washington had been restored, Congress became almost deferential to him, public criticism of him all but ceased and for the first time he was hailed as the Father of his Country. The epithet became commonplace by the end of the year, by which time the careers of most of his chief critics had been eclipsed or were in ruins.^{[150][151][152]}

Lee's court martial

Major General Charles Lee

Even before the day was out, Lee was cast in the role of villain, and his vilification became an integral part of the narrative Washington's lieutenants constructed when they wrote in praise of their commander-in-chief.^[153] Lee continued in his post as second-in-command immediately after the battle, and it is likely that the issue would have simply subsided if he had let it go. But on June 30, after protesting his innocence to all who would listen, Lee wrote an insolent letter to Washington in which he blamed "dirty earwigs" for turning Washington against him, claimed his decision to retreat had saved the day and pronounced Washington to be "guilty of an act of cruel injustice" towards him. Instead of the apology Lee was tactlessly seeking, Washington replied that the tone of Lee's letter was "highly improper" and that he would initiate an official inquiry into Lee's conduct. Lee's response demanding a harbiy sud was again insolent; Washington ordered his arrest and set about obliging him.^{[154][155][156]}

The court convened on July 4, and three charges were laid before Lee: disobeying orders in not attacking on the morning of the battle, contrary to "repeated instructions"; conducting an "unnecessary, disorderly, and shameful retreat"; and disrespect towards the commander-in-chief. The trial concluded on August 12, but the accusations and counter-accusations continued until the verdict was confirmed by Congress on December 5.^[157] Lee's defense was articulate but fatally flawed by his efforts to turn it into a personal contest between himself and Washington. He denigrated the commander-in-chief's role in the battle, calling Washington's official account "from beginning to end a most abominable damn'd lie", and disingenuously cast his own decision to retreat as a "masterful manoeuvre" designed to lure the British onto the main body.^[158] Washington remained aloof from the controversy, but his allies portrayed Lee as a traitor who had allowed the British to escape and linked him to the previous winter's alleged conspiracy against Washington.^[159]

Although the first two charges proved to be dubious,^[q] Lee was undeniably guilty of disrespect, and Washington was too powerful to cross.^[162] As the historian John Shy noted, "Under the circumstances, an acquittal on the first two charges would have been a vote of no-confidence in Washington."^[163] Lee was found guilty on all three counts, though the court deleted "shameful" from the second and noted the retreat was "disorderly" only "in some few instances." Lee was suspended from the army for a year, a sentence so lenient that some interpreted it as a vindication of all but the charge of disrespect.^[164] Lee's fall from grace removed Washington's last significant critic from the army and the last realistic alternative to Washington as commander-in-chief, and silenced the last voice to speak in favor of a militia army. Washington's position as the "indispensable man" was now unassailable.^[165][r]

Assessing the Continental Army

Joseph Bilby and Katherine Jenkins consider the battle to have marked the "coming of age" of a Continental Army that had previously achieved success only in small actions at Trenton and Prinston.^[172] Their view is reflected by Jozef Ellis, who writes of Washington's belief that "the Continental Army was now a match for British professionals and could hold its own in a conventional, open-field engagement."^[173] Mark Lender and Garry Stone point out that while the Continental Army was unquestionably improved under Steuben's tutelage, the battle did not test its ability to meet a professional European army in European-style warfare in which brigades and divisions maneuvered against each other. The only army to mount any major offensive operation on the day was British; the Continental Army fought a largely defensive battle from cover, and a significant portion of it remained out of the fray on Perrine's Hill. The few American attacks, such as Cilley's, were small-unit actions.^[174]

Steuben's influence was apparent in the way the rank and file conducted themselves. Half of the troops who marched onto the battlefield at Monmouth in June were new to the army, having been recruited only since January. The significant majority of Lee's vanguard comprised ad hoc battalions filled with men picked from numerous regiments. Without any inherent unit cohesion, their effectiveness depended on officers and men who had never before served together using and following the drills they had been taught. That they did so competently was demonstrated throughout the battle, in the advance to contact, Wayne's repulse of the dragoons, the orderly retreat in the face of a strong counter-attack and Cilley's attack on the Highlanders. The army was well served too by the artillery, which earned high praise from Washington.^[175] The professional conduct of the American troops gained widespread recognition even among the British; Clinton's secretary wrote, "the Rebels stood much better than ever they did", and Brigadier General Sir Uilyam Erskin, who as commander of the light infantry had traded blows with the Continentals, characterized the battle as a "handsome flogging" for the British, adding, "We had not receiv'd such an one in America."^[176]

Meros

A 90-foot (27 m) tall monument to the battle in front of the Monmouth County Courthouse yilda Freehold

In keeping with a battle that was more politically than militarily significant, the first reenactment in 1828 was staged to support the presidential candidacy of Endryu Jekson. In another attempt to reenact the battle in 1854, the weather added an authentic touch to the proceedings and the reenactment was called off due to the excessive heat. As the battle receded into history so too did its brutality, to be replaced by a sanitized romanticism. The public memory of the fighting was populated with dramatic images of heroism and glory, as epitomized by Emanuel Leyts "s Vashington Monmutdagi qo'shinlarni miting qilmoqda.

The transformation was aided by the inventiveness of 19th-century historians, none more creative than Washington's step-grandson, Jorj Vashington Parke Kustis, whose account of the battle was as artistic as Leutze's painting. Custis was inevitably derogatory towards Lee, and Lee's uyatli achieved an orthodoxy in such works as Vashington Irving "s Jorj Vashington hayoti (1855–1859) and Jorj Bankroft "s History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the American Continent (1854–1878). The role Lee had unsuccessfully advanced for the militia in the revolution was finally established in the poetic 19th-century popular narrative, in which the Continental Army was excised from the battle and replaced with patriotic citizen-soldiers.^[177]

The battlefield remained largely undisturbed until 1853, when the Frilxold va Jeymsburg qishloq xo'jaligi temir yo'li opened a line that cut through the Point of Woods, across the Spotswood Middle Brook and through the Perrine estate. The area became popular with tourists, and the Parsonage, the site of Wayne's desperate battle with the Grenadiers and the 33rd Regiment, was a favorite attraction until it was demolished in 1860.^[178] During the 19th century, forests were cleared and marshes drained, and by the early 20th century traditional agriculture had been replaced by orchards and yuk mashinalari fermalari.^[179] In 1884, the Monmouth Battle Monument was dedicated outside the modern-day county courthouse in Freehold, near where Wayne's troops first brushed with the British rearguard.^[180] In the mid 20th century, two battlefield farms were sold to builders, but before the land could be developed, lobbying by state officials, Monmouth County citizens, the Monmouth County Historical Association and the Monmouth County Chapter of the Amerika inqilobining o'g'illari succeeded in initiating a program of preservation. In 1963, the first tract of battlefield land came under state ownership with the purchase of a 200-acre farm. The Monmut jang maydonidagi shtat bog'i was dedicated on the bicentennial of the battle in 1978 and a new visitor center was opened in 2013. By 2015, the park encompassed over 1,800 acres, incorporating most of the land on which the afternoon battle was fought. The state park helped restore a more realistic interpretation of the history of the battle to the public memory, and the Continental Army takes its rightful place in the annual reenactments staged every June.^{[179][181][182]}

Legend of Molly Pitcher

Five days after the battle, a surgeon treating the wounded reported a patient's story of a woman who had taken her husband's place working a gun after he was incapacitated. Two accounts attributed to veterans of the battle that surfaced decades later also speak of the actions of a woman during the battle; in one she supplied ammunition to the guns, in the other she brought water to the crews. The story gained prominence during the 19th century and became embellished as the legend of Molli Pitcher. The woman behind Molly Pitcher is most often identified as Meri Lyudvig Xeys, whose husband William served with the Pennsylvania State Artillery, but it is likely that the legend is an amalgam of more than one woman seen on the battlefield that day; it was not unusual for lager izdoshlari to assist in 18th-century battles, though more plausibly in carrying ammunition and water than crewing the guns. Late 20th-century research identified a site near Stirling's artillery line as the location of a well from which the legendary Molly drew water, and a historic marker was placed there in 1992.^[183][184]

Shuningdek qarang

• Amerika inqilobiy urushi janglari ro'yxati
• American Revolutionary War § British northern strategy fails. Places 'Battle of Monmouth' in overall sequence and strategic context.
• Amerika inqilobidagi Nyu-Jersi

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