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Sir Henry Clinton served in North America for most of the War of Independence. He witnessed the Battle of Bunker Hill and led the daring night time march around Patriot forces at the Battle of Brooklyn. When the British Secretary Lord Germaine recalled William Howe in 1777, Clinton became the supreme commander of British forces in North America.
Henry Clinton (Isola di Terranova, 16 aprile 1730 – Rocca di Gibilterra, 23 dicembre 1795) è stato un generale britannico. Ufficiale esperto e prudente, prese parte alla guerra d'indipendenza americana divenendo nel maggio del 1778 comandante in capo del corpo di spedizione britannico impegnato in America per sottomettere le colonie ribelli.
Sir Henry Clinton believed that the War would be one of attrition, in which Congress would be brought to its senses by bankruptcy. The element missing from this calculation was the entry of the French into the war in 1778, which converted a local difficulty (from the British point of view) into a conflict fought across the globe.
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton GCB GCH (9 March 1771 – 11 December 1829) was a British Army officer and a general officer during the Napoleonic Wars . He came from a family of soldiers. His elder brother was William Henry Clinton and his father was General Sir Henry Clinton the British Commander-in-Chief in North America during the ...
He died at Cockenhatch, near Royston, Herts, on the 15th of February 1846. The younger son, Sir Henry Clinton (1771–1829), entered the army in 1787 and saw some service with the Prussians in Holland in 1789. He served on the staff of the duke of York in 1793–94, becoming brevet-major in 1794, and lieutenant-colonel of a line regiment in 1796.
Author: Henry Clinton Date:1778 Annotation: In May 1778, General Henry Clinton (1738-1795) became commander of chief of British forces. He replaced William Howe (1729-1814), who was occupying Philadelphia. The British ministry ordered Clinton to abandon Philadelphia, go to New York, and dispatch some of his troops to the West Indies.
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