An Answer To That Part Of The Narrative Of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton K B Which Relates To

by Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis

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19th-century half calf over marbled paper boards, spine ruled and lettered gilt, marbled endpapers An indispensable work on the 1781 Virginia campaign and the politics of military blame. In the spring of 1783 Sir Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of British forces during the latter half of the American Revolutionary War, published a Narrative of his conduct. Cornwallis, whose surrender at Yorktown 19 Oct 1781 effectively ended the war, believed Clinton's account

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