Seventeenth Camp at Bladensburg [in Maryland]. 19-24 July 1782. Eight miles from the previous camp near Georgetown. Each division had an extra two-days' halt here. The stream is in the Anacostia River. The road at lower right, coming in from Annapolis, is the route by which the wagon train led by L.-A. Berthier had arrived on 23 September 1781. Although it only passed through Bladensburg without stopping to camp, the itinerary describing its route (Itinerary 6) notes that, if the army camped here, "headquarters would be well lodged on either side of the river, . . .there are fine campsites here, as well as pastures and forage."

Sixteenth Camp, a Mile and a Half beyond Georgetown. 18-21 July 1782. Eight miles from the previous camp at Alexandria. Details concerning the ferries over the Potomac, which the had crossed before reaching Georgetown (then in Maryland) on the east bank of the river, are given in the description of the wagon train's 1781 march in the opposite direction, in Itinerary 6. The stream shown here is a small segment of Rock Creek in what is now the city of Washington, D.C. The camp was located on high ground on the east bank of the creek, presumably in the vicinity of the present P Street Bridge, along the road from Georgetown to Bladensburg. In 1782 the District of Columbia was still in the future and L'Enfant's geometric grid had not yet been superimposed on the old road pattern. Cf. Colles, Survey, Plate 65.

Fifteenth Camp at Alexandria. 17-20 July 1782. Fifteen miles from the previous camp at Colchester. The road from Colchester, corresponding roughly to present U.S. Route 1, crossed Hunting Creek (not included on this map) before coming into the town. The two small creeks shown here have subsequently been filled in. The "Meeting house" is the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, built in 1774 and still standing on South Fairfax Street between Wolfe and Duke Streets. The army's camp seems to have been in the general vicinity of the present junction of Route 1 and the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. George Grieve, who saw the French army in Alexandria, mentions that their camp was on the ground previously occupied in 1755 by General Braddock's army; see his description cited above, Verger's journal, n. 121.

Fourteenth Camp at Colchester. 16-19 July 1782. Ten miles from the previous camp at Dumfries. The town of Colchester, near the mouth of Occoquan Creek (east of present U.S. Route 1), was already in a state of decline when the French army camped nearby. Verger (p. 159) describes it as "almost deserted." The infantry was ferried across the Occoquan, but the artiller was obliged to use a ford 4 miles upstream. The road to the for ( chemin du gué) is indicated on the map. Chastellux describes a meeting here with General Daniel Morgan: "I was then at Colchester, where the first division of the troops had just arrived, after having crossed in boats a small river that flows near this town. The baggage train and the artillery had taken another route to reach a rather difficult ford. General Morgan met the baggage train when it was engaged in a narrow gorge, and finding that the wagoners were not managing very well, he stopped and showed them how they should drive their wagons. After having put everything in order, he called at my quarters and had dinner with me. The simplicity of his bearing and the nobility of his manners reminded me of those ancient Gallic or Germanic chiefs, who, when at peace with the Romans, came to visit them and offer assistance. He expressed great attachment to the French nation, and great admiration for the fine appearance of our troops. . . ." Chastellux (4), II, 581.