On this day in 1779,
Col. John White outwits an overwhelmingly superior force and prevents them from reaching Savannah by lighting several large fires around a camp to give the appearance of a large troop presence and by riding around the fictitious camps shouting orders to no one. The trick worked and Lt. James French's force of 111 surrendered at The Battle of Savage Point.
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Col. John White outwits an overwhelmingly superior force and prevents them from reaching Savannah by lighting several large fires around a camp to give the appearance of a large troop presence and by riding around the fictitious camps shouting orders to no one. The trick worked and Lt. James French's force of 111 surrendered at The Battle of Savage Point.
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