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Charles Cornwallis. Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 – October 5, 1805) was a British military commander and colonial governor. In the United States, he is best remembered as a British general in the American War of Independence. As a member of the House of Lords he had supported most of the colonialists demands ...
Charles Cornwallis, I marchese Cornwallis (Londra, 31 dicembre 1738 – Ghazipur, 5 ottobre 1805), è stato un generale, nobile e politico britannico.. Ufficiale del British Army preparato e capace, dimostrò buone qualità di comando durante la guerra d'indipendenza americana dove peraltro, dopo una serie di brillanti vittorie soprattutto negli Stati meridionali degli Stati Uniti, finì per ...
Charles Cornwallis was sympathetic to American views during pre-war political disputes in Parliament but became one of the most prominent British generals during the War for Independence. He is known for his surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in October 1781 after allowing his army to become trapped there.
8 de dez. de 2022 · Who was Charles Cornwallis, Britain’s commander of the Southern Armies in the Revolutionary War? A respected and long serving general, his doomed attempts to...
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Marquess Cornwallis, als Ritter des Hosenbandordens (1798) Charles Cornwallis, 1. Marquess Cornwallis KG (* 31. Dezember 1738 in Grosvenor Square, London; † 5. Oktober 1805 in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh) war ein britischer General im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, der später auch als Generalgouverneur von Indien diente.
Lord Charles Cornwallis, son of the English Baron of Eye, attended the famous Eton preparatory school and then a military academy in Italy. King Charles V bought his commission as an officer—that’s how it was done in those days, though not usually paid for by the king! He fought in Germany during the Seven Years’ War, known here as the ...
Charles Cornwallis, 1er marquis Cornwallis, né le 31 décembre 1738 à Londres (à Grosvenor Square) et décédé le 5 octobre 1805 à Gauspur près de Ghazipur dans le Nord de l' Inde 1, est un général britannique connu comme commandant des troupes britanniques lors du siège de Yorktown pendant la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis.
