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lose any territory but the British



                                                                                                                                         successfully entered New York to




                                                                                                                                         resupply. On July 8th, the French at



                                                                                                                                         sent a fleet with Comte d'Estaing



                                                                                                                                         to the Atlantic coast to fight off




                                                                                                                                         the British. The attacks against the



                                                                                                                                         British however failed and was meet



                                                                                                                                         with an abrupt halt with a stalemate




                                                                                                                                         in the North. The American forces



                                                                                                                                         suffered a staggering number of




                                                                                                                                         setbacks from 1779 to 1781, which



                                                                                                                                         include defeats by General Benedict




                                                                                                                                         Arnold  to the  British and some



                                                                                                                                         of  the first betrayals against the
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