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26 de feb. de 2015 · Tarleton, Banastre. 1754-1833. Banastre Tarleton, son of a wealthy Liverpool merchant, was Oxford educated. It was said that while at Oxford, Tarleton excelled in only two things, athletics and gambling. Tarleton attempted to learn law but, due to gambling problems, he had to give up his attempt.
Odznaczenia. Banastre Tarleton (ur. 21 sierpnia 1754 w Liverpoolu, zm. 16 stycznia 1833 w Leintwardine w Shropshire w Anglii) – brytyjski generał, polityk. Był synem kupca, Johna Tarletona. Kształcił się w Middle Temple w Londynie, a w 1771 rozpoczął studia na uniwersytecie w Oxfordzie, następnie wstąpił do angielskiej armii.
Banastre Tarleton was born into a middle class family in Liverpool, England. Tarleton attended Oxford and briefly studied law at the Middle Temple before his mother purchased him a cornet's commission in the 1st Dragoon Guards. He participated in the first British attack on Charleston in 1776 and eventually transferred to the 16th Light Dragoons.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Subscribe to topic Subscribe to author. The Battle of Cowpens (17 January 1781) was a decisive battle in the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a detachment of Continental soldiers and Patriot militia under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat a British force under Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
Sir Banastre Tarleton, Ölgemälde von Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1782. Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1.Baronet GCB (* 21. August 1754 in Liverpool, England; † 16. oder 25. Januar 1833 in Leintwardine, Shropshire), britischer Offizier im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, war bei den Amerikanern berüchtigt für seine mit rücksichtsloser Härte betriebene Kriegsführung auch gegen die ...
In fact, there seems to have been a unique set of circumstances that set the War in the Backcountry apart from the other Theaters. One British unit in particular achieved a particularly nasty reputation for brutality during the war that has yet to fade: the British Legion under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton, a roguish but talented ...
One claimed he ordered his men to kill surrendering Patriot soldiers at the Battle of the Waxhaws (S.C.). Eyewitness accounts suggest he was pinned under his horse, and his men acted on their own in vengeance for his rumored death. Regardless, the practice gained the name “Tarleton’s quarter,” which became a propaganda tool for the Patriots.
