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17 de mai. de 2024 · Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess and 2nd Earl Cornwallis was a British soldier and statesman, probably best known for his defeat at Yorktown, Virginia, in the last important campaign (September 28–October 19, 1781) of the American Revolution. Cornwallis was possibly the most capable British general.
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6 de mai. de 2024 · Fought near Greensboro, North Carolina, it was a pyrrhic victory for the British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis, which narrowly defeated Major General Nathanael Greene and the Southern Continental Army at the cost of 25% casualties.
Há 2 dias · A major famine coincided with Curzon's time as viceroy in which 1 to 4.5 million people died. Curzon implemented a variety of measures, including opening up famine relief works that fed between 3 and 5 million, reducing taxes and spending vast amounts of money on irrigation works.
23 de mai. de 2024 · Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis of Eye (1632 – 13 April 1673) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1662 when he inherited the peerage as Baron Cornwallis.
18 de mai. de 2024 · Unfortunately, the structures were destroyed by fire in 1781, set ablaze by British troops under General Charles Cornwallis as they moved toward the Battle of Yorktown, a decisive conflict that led to the British surrender in 1783.
5 de mai. de 2024 · General Charles Cornwallis, sometimes known as Lord Cornwallis, founded the Indian Civil Service. Between 1753 and 1762, he had the title Viscount Brome, and from 1762 to 1792, Lord Cornwallis went by the name Earl Cornwallis.
21 de mai. de 2024 · On April 13,1777, Lord Charles Cornwallis led 4,000 British Crown troops in an attack on a small American garrison of about 500 commanded by General Benjamin Lincoln in Bound Brook.
