. American history:. nd twenty-five. ^With the rem-nant of his forces Gates rapidly retreated to Hillsboro,||in North Carolina. 3. Battle of Sanders Creek. c. Aug. IS. 4. Losses of each party in thin action. 5. Retreat cfGates. 6. Sumpterscorps. BATTLE OF BANDERS CREEK. 9. The defeat of Gates was soon followed * Han^inn Rock is a short distonce E. from the Catawba orWatercc llivcr, in the iircscnt Lancaster County, and about thirty-five miles N. from Camden. (See Map, preceding page.) t <amih:n \» on the K. bank of the Wateree, 110 miles Charleston. The battle of the IGth took plac
. American history:. nd twenty-five. ^With the rem-nant of his forces Gates rapidly retreated to Hillsboro,||in North Carolina. 3. Battle of Sanders Creek. c. Aug. IS. 4. Losses of each party in thin action. 5. Retreat cfGates. 6. Sumpterscorps. BATTLE OF BANDERS CREEK. 9. The defeat of Gates was soon followed * Han^inn Rock is a short distonce E. from the Catawba orWatercc llivcr, in the iircscnt Lancaster County, and about thirty-five miles N. from Camden. (See Map, preceding page.) t <amih:n \» on the K. bank of the Wateree, 110 miles Charleston. The battle of the IGth took place a little Sanders Creek, about eight miles N. from Camden. (SeeMap ; also Map, preceding page.) % Clermiml is about thirteen miles N. from Camden. (SeeMap, prec(^ding page.) § (The llritish accounts, Stedman, ii. 210, Andrews iv. 30, &c.,estimate the American loss at about 2000.) II Hilhbmo\ in N. Carolina, is situated on one of the headbranches of the Neusy llivcr, thirty-five miles N. W. from 50 ptrnt- 394 THE REVOLITIOX. Qteos B, AXALTSis by the surprise and dispersion of Sunipters corpi;. This ■ otfioor. wIk> had already advjuiocHi between Cainden and Charleston, on learning the niisfonime of his superior retired promptly to the upper pans of Carolina, but at Fishiuo;-Creek* his troops were surprised by Tarlelons a. A»f. IS- cavalry, and routed* with great slaughtejr. 1 jfecrKftK 10. Cornwallis, itgaiu supposdug the province suWued, onMe««». adopteii measures of extreme severity, in order to compela submission to royal authority. Orders were given tohaug every militia nnui who. having once servevi with theBritish, had afterwaais joiueil the Americans; and thosewho had formerly submitted, but had taken part in the re-cent revolt, were , and their property was taken !£.•*«.; from them or de;jtrv\vetl. *But these rii^>rous measuresw^**^ failevl to accomplish their object; tor although the spiritof the people was overawed, it was
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