Victory at Yorktown  A Novel  George Washington Series (Volume
3)  Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen  Macmillan Audio
OCTOBER 1, 1780 Despite the sun shining brightly through the
autumn leaves on the Hudson Valley, he felt cold, cold and
weary. They had given him a mission, and it was almost a curse
that it should have fallen on him. Since this damn war had
started for him, nearly four years ago, he had never felt as
alone and depressed as he did now. Major Allen van Dorn was
posted to the staff of General Sir Henry Clinton, commander in
chief of all of His Majesty’s forces in North America. He looked
over at his sole escort, the rather nervous sergeant riding
beside him. “Sergeant O’Toole, keep that white flag up high, and
be waving it, not hanging limp,” he sighed. “We’re most likely
inside their lines now. You want one of their militia to blow us
out of the saddles and only then figure they made a mistake?”
“No, sir, sorry, sir.” The sergeant took to waving the white
banner with exaggerated vigor as