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Charles Cornwallis
(1738—1805) governor-general of India and lord lieutenant of Ireland
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Act of Union
1801.United the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland, abolished the Irish Parliament in Dublin, and ended Irish legislative independence granted in 1782. The Act originated from Britain's ...
American Revolution
When Great Britain virtually eliminated the French from North America with the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Seven Years' War, it was expected that one of the major benefits ...
American War of Independence
(1776–83)The American revolution against British rule. It was triggered by colonial resentment at the commercial policies of Britain and by the lack of American participation in political decisions ...
Anthony Wayne
(1745–96)American Revolutionary general, who led a Pennsylvanian regiment in the abortive invasion of Canada (1776). He displayed conspicuous initiative in such actions as Brandywine, Germantown, and ...
battle of Camden
(16 August 1780)A battle of the American War of Independence in which some 2000 American militiamen under Horatio Gates were defeated when attacked by Cornwallis's army 193 km (120 miles) ...
battle of Guilford courthouse
1781.As late as the spring of 1781 British forces in America were capable of inflicting sharp defeats on the rebels. To follow up his victory at Camden in August 1780, Cornwallis moved northwards ...
battle of New Ross
1798.On 5 June 1798 some 30,000 rebels from Wexford (Ireland), led by Bagenal Harvey and Father Philip Roche, launched an attack on New Ross. The defence, numbering 1,500 men under General Henry ...
battle of Saints
The, 1782. This was the last important naval action in the American War of Independence. The loss of naval superiority in 1781 forced Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown. The French and Spanish then ...
battle of Trenton
1776.*Washington's attack upon Trenton in New Jersey gave a welcome victory after the loss of New York in September 1776. Early in the morning of Christmas Day, the Americans attacked the Hessian ...
blockade
N. an act of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.run a blockade (of a ship) manage to enter or leave a blockaded port.[...]
Continental Navy
The sea service created by the American Continental Congress in October 1775 in furtherance of the American War of Independence (1775–83) against the British. A squadron of eight converted ...
Cornwallis, Charles (1738–1805) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to American Military History
(1738–1805), British soldier.
Favored with distinguished ancestry and a good education, Cornwallis rose rapidly in the British army.
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquis (1738–1805) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)
(1738–1805).
Having confirmed Britain's defeat in the war of the American Revolution by his surrender at Yorktown, Virginia
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World Encyclopedia
In 1778 he became second in command of British forces in the American Revolution. His surrender at the Siege
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
commanding general of British forces in the southern campaign in the Revolutionary War, born in London. He was the 2nd earl Cornwallis, later marquis. In the Revolutionary War, Cornwallis ...
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Eutaw Springs
Battle of, Revolutionary War action in South Carolina (Sept. 18, 1781), in which the Americans under Greene unsuccessfully attacked a British force. The British failed to secure their gains, fell ...
Horatio Gates
(1728–1806)American general, born in England. He fought under General Braddock and Baron Amherst in the French and Indian wars but thereafter supported the American cause in the War of Independence. ...
James Wolfe
(1727–59)British general. As one of the leaders of the expedition sent to seize French Canada, he played a vital role in the capture of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island in 1758. The following year he ...
Lord George Germain
(1716–85),formerly Sackville. After a promising early career, both as politician and army officer, Sackville was court‐martialled for disobeying orders at Minden in 1759. Stripped of his rank and ...
Marquis de Lafayette
(1757–1834) soldier and statesman, born in Chavaniac, France. Lafayette was a major general in the Continental army and fought at Brandywine (1777); led an abortive expedition to invade Canada; and ...
