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2 giorni fa · Sir Charles Cornwallis, in Valladolid, to Mr. Thomas Wilford, president of the Spanish Company. (fn. 1) Sir, my purpose in staying Owsley here grew never out of any desire I had to serve myself of him for any business concerning my own employment, having brought with me one very able and sufficient for that purpose.
2 giorni fa · Wayne, with a force of 800 men, was unknowingly facing the entire British Army of 5,000 men under Gen. Charles Cornwallis at Green Spring. Wayne tried to confuse the British by sending marksmen forward and by sending runners back 5 miles to the Continental Army to let them know what he was facing.
2 giorni fa · published on 06 June 2024. Download Full Size Image. British General Charles O'Hara (Cornwallis' second-in-command) surrenders to General Benjamin Lincoln after the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781); George Washington is depicted beneath the American flag. Oil on canvas painting by John Trumbull, 1820. Rotunda of the US Capitol.
4 giorni fa · On November 20, Gen. William Howe ordered Gen. Lord Charles Cornwallis to capture Fort Lee. The plan was to trap the American army between the Hackensack River and the Hudson River. With a force of 4,000-6,000 British soldiers, Cornwallis crossed the Hudson River in a rainstorm and landed about 6 miles north of the fort and marched ...
2 giorni fa · On April 13, under the command of Cornwallis, 4,000 British and Hessian troops were used in a 4-pronged surprise attack against the garrison at Bound Brook. Two groups moved north along both sides of the Raritan River, while a third contingent crossed the river further up to attack from the West, and the fourth group moved from the ...
5 giorni fa · British Major General Charles Cornwallis surrenders his army at Yorktown, the U.S. Army's first - but not last - overall war victory.
3 giorni fa · The earliest reference to Parker Street (formerly Parker's Lane) so far discovered, belongs to February, 1620, when mention was made of "a way or passage of twenty feet broad, lately marked out by the said Walter Burton, leading from Drury Lane to and through the ground of the said Sir Charles Cornwallis, knight, towards Holborn."
