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Events on Thursday 16 September 1779 1
1779Siege of SavannahFranco-American attempt to retake Savannah failsFrench forces under d'Estaing and American forces under Benjamin Lincoln besieged British-held Savannah, Georgia. Their main assault on 9 October was repulsed with heavy losses, and Casimir Pulaski was mortally wounded. It was one of the bloodiest allied defeats of the war.