This was always his favorite weapon; he had the utmost faith in coming to close quarters, and he trained his soldiers to trust the steel.

At Monmouth he turned the fortunes of the day by his stubborn and successful resistance to the repeated bayonet charges of the Guards and Grenadiers.

His greatest stroke was the storming of Stony Point, where in person he led the midnight rush of his troops over the walls of the British fort.

He fought with his usual hardihood against Cornwallis; and at the close of the Revolutionary War he made a successful campaign against the Creeks in Georgia.

During this campaign the Creeks one night tried to surprise his camp, and attacked with resolute ferocity, putting to flight some of the troops; but Wayne rallied them and sword in hand he led them against the savages, who were overthrown and driven from the field.