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What was the name of the battle where Lee's defense was articulate but fatally flawed by his efforts to turn it into a personal contest between himself and Washington?
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The battle where Lee's defense was articulate but fatally flawed by his efforts to turn it into a personal contest between himself and Washington was the Battle of Monmouth. He denigrated the commander-in-chief's role in the battle, calling Washington's official account "from beginning to end a most abominable damn'd lie", and disingenuously cast his own decision to retreat as a "masterful manoeuvre" designed