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  1. 10 de jun. de 2024 · In May 1778, the British army evacuated Philadelphia. Howe's replacement, Sir Henry Clinton, had been ordered to consolidate his forces in New York City to brace for a possible French attack there.

  2. 13 de jun. de 2024 · In early May 1779, Arnold offered his services to Sir Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of the British army, and soon began regular, encoded correspondences with Clinton's aid, Major John André.

  3. 10 de jun. de 2024 · Siege of Yorktown, (September 28–October 19, 1781), joint Franco-American land and sea campaign that entrapped a major British army on a peninsula at Yorktown, Virginia, and forced its surrender. The siege virtually ended military operations in the American Revolution.

  4. 20 de jun. de 2024 · Cornwalliss superior, Sir Henry Clinton, was angered by Cornwallis’s strategy, and there seems to have been confusion as to the interpretation of the orders. Clinton was unsure whether Yorktown could be resupplied effectively.

  5. 10 de jun. de 2024 · Battle of Bunker Hill, (June 17, 1775), first major battle of the American Revolution, fought in Charlestown (now part of Boston) during the Siege of Boston. Although the British eventually won the battle, it was a Pyrrhic victory that lent considerable encouragement to the revolutionary cause.

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  6. 4 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Henry Clinton's original secret record of private daily intelligence. Magazine of American History, 10 (1883), pp. 327-342, 409-419, 497-507; 11 (1884), pp. 53-70, 156-167, 247-257, 342-351, 433-444, 533-544; 12 (1884), pp. 72-79, 162-175.

  7. 4 de jun. de 2024 · “Of particular interest is his correspondence with his cousin, General Sir Henry Clinton, during the American War of Independence.” United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783. University of Virginia