He could have no thought of danger then, and when all was over he turned to Knox and said, "The work is done, and well done.

Bring me my horse." Washington was not mistaken.

The work was indeed done.

Tarleton early in the siege had dashed out against Lauzun on the other side of the river and been repulsed.

Cornwallis had been forced back steadily into the town, and his redoubts, as soon as taken, were included in the second parallel.