[Diary entry: 15 August 1781]

15. Dispatched a Courier to the Marquis de la Fayette with information of this matter—requesting him to be in perfect readiness to second my views & to prevent if possible the retreat of Cornwallis toward Carolina. He was also directed to Halt the Troops under the Command of General Wayne if they had not made any great progress in their March to join the Southern Army.1

1. GW to Lafayette, 15 Aug. 1781 (DLC:GW). Presumably the courier was Louis Le Bègue Duportail (see GW to Lafayette, 17 Aug. 1781, DLC:GW).

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Title: [Diary entry: 15 August 1781]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 15 August 1781

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 15 August 1781],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0007-0004-0011. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, pp. 410–411.]