, 215;
opposed by Gates, Mifflin, and Conway, 215, 216;
angers Conway by preventing his increase in rank, 216;
is refused troops by Gates, 217;
defends and loses Delaware forts, 217;
refuses to attack Howe, 218;
propriety of his action, 219;
becomes aware of cabal, 220;
alarms them by showing extent of his knowledge, 221;
attacked bitterly in Congress, 222;
insulted by Gates, 223;
refuses to resign, 224;
refuses to notice cabal publicly, 224;
complains privately of slight support from Pennsylvania, 225;
continues to push Gates for explanations, 226;
regains complete control after collapse of cabal, 226, 227;
withdraws to Valley Forge, 227;
desperation of his situation, 228;
criticised by Pennsylvania legislature for going into winter quarters,
229;
his bitter reply, 229;
his unbending resolution, 230;
continues to urge improvements in army organization, 231;
manages to hold army together, 232;
sends Lafayette to watch Philadelphia, 233;
determines to fight, 234;
checked by Lee, 234;
pursues Clinton, 235;
orders Lee to attack British rearguard, 235;
discovers his force retreating, 236;
rebukes Lee and punishes him, 236, 237;
takes command and stops retreat, 237;
repulses British and assumes offensive, 238;
success due to his work at Valley Forge, 239;
celebrates French alliance, 241;
has to confront difficulty of managing allies, 241, 242;
welcomes D'Estaing, 243;
obliged to quiet recrimination after Newport failure, 244;
his letter to Sullivan, 244;
to Lafayette, 245;
to D'Estaing, 246;
tact and good effect of his letters, 246;
offers to cooperate in an attack on New York, 247;
furnishes admirable suggestions to D'Estaing, 247;
not dazzled by French, 248;
objects to giving rank to foreign officers, 248, 249;
opposes transfer of Steuben from inspectorship to the line, 249;
his thoroughly American position, 250;
absence of provinciality, 251, 252;
a national leader, 252;
opposes invasion of Canada, 253;
foresees danger of its recapture by France, 254, 255;
his clear understanding of French motives, 255, 256;
rejoices in condition of patriot cause, 257;
foresees ruin to army in financial troubles, 258;
has to appease mutinies among unpaid troops, 258;
appeals to Congress, 259;
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