Who was the British general who took Charleston, South Carolina, 1779 during the American War of Independence?
British Army during the American Revolutionary War retake Savannah in 1779 ended in failure. In 1780 the main British strategic focus turned to the south. British planners mistakenly believed a large base of loyalism existed in the southern colonies, and based plans on the flawed assumption that a large loyalist army could be raised to occupy the territories that had been pacified by regular British troops. In May 1780 an army of 11,000 men under the command of Henry Clinton and Charles Corwnallis captured Charleston along with 5,000 of the Continental army. Shortly afterwards Clinton returned to New York leaving Cornwallis with a force of less than
The South-Carolina and American General Gazette The South-Carolina and American General Gazette The South-Carolina and American General Gazette was an 18th century newspaper published in colonial Charleston, South Carolina. The paper was founded as "The South-Carolina Weekly Gazette" in 1758 by Robert Wells and G. Bruce, and changed names to "The South-Carolina and American General Gazette" in 1764. Aside from some periods of suspension during the American Revolutionary War, it published until February 1781. When Charleston and the paper fell under British control, it published under the title "The Royal Gazette" from March 1781 and into 1782. Wells was a loyalist and left for England in