When asked about spies in the American Revolution, most Americans may recall Nathan Hale, caught spying in 1776 by the British ... York rather than aiding General Cornwallis at Yorktown.

who occupied the Old Stone House during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776. After surrendering to George Washington at Yorktown in 1781, Cornwallis returned to England and was later appointed ...

In 1776, the French foreign minister covertly ... States and England wanted to win by avoiding mistakes. British General Charles Cornwallis stumbled first, getting trapped at Yorktown with no ...

Six years after the Declaration of Independence by the American colonies in 1776, fierce fighting between ... What now of General Cornwallis? With the shame of losing America trailing him like ...

Lord Charles Cornwallis ... in March 1776. Reid said something that made Knox’s success in this mission so special was his understanding of a phrase attributed to Marine Corps General Robert ...

British General Charles Cornwallis ordered the burning of a Continental ... documents referencing the construction of barracks in 1776 through 1777 produced any archaeological fruit.

On December 9, 1776, General Cornwallis and the British Army, close on the heels of the retreating American Army, finally reached the Jersey side of the Delaware River, only to be stopped by lack ...

Christmas 1776: Paine on December 19 ... Four years and nine months later, British General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington, following the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia. . 2025: Paine’s ...

Emanuel Leutze painting of General George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River with the Continental Army on the night of Dec. 25-26, 1776 ... and with Cornwallis and the British ...

General Washington led the army to ... he famously crossed the Delaware River on Christmas in 1776. The war was won with General Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown in 1781. The Treaty of Paris ...