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2 de oct. de 2015 · In March, 1775, Clinton joined Major Generals William Howe and General John Burgoyne on the HMS Cerberus to set sail for Boston to aid Lieutenant General Thomas Gage. After one month in port, General Henry Clinton accompanied Major General Howe in the June 17, 1775 assault on Breeds Hill in the Battle of Bunker Hill.
General Clinton, very susceptible to sea-sickness, landed with over 2,000 soldiers on an island adjacent to Sullivan's Island. His refusal to lodge aboard the Bristol, Parker's flagship, prevented close coordination and added communication difficulties to an already poor working relationship. The British believed Breach Inlet, the body of water ...
After the British captured Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780, Sir Henry Clinton issued a proclamation about loyalty. The proclamation would backfire, drawing more the American cause and widening the divisions within the citizen population. SOUTH-CAROLINA. By Sir HENRY CLINTON, Knight of the Bath, General of His Majesty's Forces, and MARIOT ...
Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton painted by Andrea Soldi between 1760 and 1770. Henry Clinton, born in April 1730, was no stranger to the city when the British landed in Manhattan on September 15, 1776. His father, George Clinton, an admiral in the Royal Navy, was appointed governor of New York in 1741, and the family made its way to the colony in ...
Sir Henry Clinton Yale University Press , 1954 - United States - 658 pages Original ms., in the Clements Library of the University of Michigan, has title: An historical detail of seven years campaigns in North America, from 1775-1782.
Summary Creator: Clinton, Henry, Sir, 1738?-1795 Abstract: The Henry Clinton papers contain the correspondence, records, and maps of Henry Clinton, who served under Thomas Gage and William Howe between 1775 and 1778, and was commander-in-chief of the British forces in North America from 1778 to 1782.
In a feeble effort to coordinate with Burgoyne, British general, Sir Henry Clinton, moved to assist Burgoyne by attacking the American fortifications 60 miles north of New York City on October 6, 1777, capturing Forts Clinton and Montgomery and dismantling the Hudson River Chain. The forts were garrisoned by a collection of New York State ...
