American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

Siege of Savannah

1779 battle of the American Revolutionary War

The siege of Savannah or the second battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell. The…