Excerpt from Our French Allies: Rochambeau and His Army, Lafayette and His Devotion, D'estaing, Deternay, Barras, Degrasse, and Their Fleets, in the Great War of the American Revolution, From 1778 to 1782A number of cannon fired from the enemy's lines this afternoon, but no damage done.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.