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Cornwallis

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Corn·wal·lis  (kôrn-wls, -wôls), Charles. First Marquis and Second Earl Cornwallis. 1738-1805.
British military and political leader who commanded forces in North Carolina during the American Revolution. His surrender at Yorktown in 1781 marked the final British defeat.
Cornwallis [kɔːnˈwɒlɪs]
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(Biographies / Cornwallis, Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805) M, British, MILITARY: general) Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738-1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786-93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
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Noun1.Cornwallis - commander of the British forces in the American War of IndependenceCornwallis - commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)
Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis
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Henry van der Luyden had been Louisa Dagonet, and her mother had been the granddaughter of Colonel du Lac, of an old Channel Island family, who had fought under Cornwallis and had settled in Maryland, after the war, with his bride, Lady Angelica Trevenna, fifth daughter of the Earl of St.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
Whenever the town rejoiced for a battle won by Washington, or Gates, or Morgan or Greene, the news, in passing through the door of the Province House, as through the ivory gate of dreams, became metamorphosed into a strange tale of the prowess of Howe, Clinton, or Cornwallis.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
“The French are good soldiers,” said Captain Hollis ter; “they stood us in hand a good turn at Yorktown; nor do I think, although I am an ignorant man about the great movements of the army, that his excellency would have been able to march against Cornwallis without their reinforcements.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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