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Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, KG, PC was a British Army officer, Whig politician and colonial administrator. In the United States and the United Kingdom, he is best known as one of the leading British general officers in the American War of Independence. His surrender in 1781 to a combined American and French force at the siege of Yorktown ended significant hostilities in North ...
Fort Lee, NJ | Oct 20, 1776. Gen. William Howe ordered Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis to capture Fort Lee removing the Continental Army’s defenses along the Lower Hudson River. On November 20, 1776, Cornwallis’ force crossed the Hudson River and landed north of Fort Lee. Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene heard of the approaching British army.
Charles Cornwallis, 1. marki Cornwallis, (født 31. desember 1738 på Grosvenor Square i London, død 5. oktober 1805 i Ghazipur i Uttar Pradesh i India) var en britisk kommandant og koloniguvernør. I USA huskes han mest som general i den amerikanske uavhengighetskrigen. Hans nederlag i 1781 for en samlet amerikansk– fransk styrke i ...
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.
Charles, Earl Cornwallis (1738–1805) was a military officer who served in the British Army during the American War of Independence. He is best known for surrendering his army after the 1781 siege of Yorktown, an act that ended major hostilities in North America and led directly to peace negotiations and the eventual end of the war.
Vida y Biografía de Charles Cornwallis. (Hables Cornwallis, primer marqués de Cornwallis, Londres, 1738-Ghazipur, 1805) Militar y gestor británico. Comandante adjunto en la guerra de América. Dirigió las tropas británicas en la guerra de Yorktown, donde, vencido su ejército, debió rendirse a las tropas francoamericanas.
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