Camden 1780: The Annihilation of Gates’ Grand Army (Osprey Campaign 292)
Camden 1780: The Annihilation of Gates’ Grand Army (Osprey Campaign 292)
2016 | ISBN: 1472812859 | English | 100 Pages | True PDF | 103 MB
2016 | ISBN: 1472812859 | English | 100 Pages | True PDF | 103 MB
As the American Revolution continued, the British refocused their fight on the southern colonies in the hopes of triggering an outbreak of loyalism that would sweep the rebels aside. Under Sir Henry Clinton they captured Savannah at the end of 1778, and Charleston in May 1780, with Lord Cornwallis being left in command with just 8,500 men under him. Too thinly spread to guard the 15,000 square miles he was responsible for, Cornwallis went on the offensive, invading North Carolina and using Camden as a launch pad.