At guilford courthouse he orders his artillery to fire grapeshot into a mass of mixed
british and continental troops killing his own men in order to break continetals defense. Cornwallis loses the trust of his men and never gets it back.
The Battle of Stalingrad.
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In March of 1781, American General Nathan Greene lost a fierce battle to General Cornwallis at the Guilford Court House in North Carolina. Greene kept his composure, however, and the British, although victorious had to regroup. Cornwallis had to retreat in order to keep control of his supply base. In order to do this the British forces exhausted themselves in the forced march of almost 500 miles. As an aside, Cornwallis paid tribute to Greene as seen by his personal letters to a friend in New York.
Because they were going to lose the war.
No, he Ulysses S. Grant didn't lose any wars but he did lose a battle; the Battle of Shiloh. COMMENT Grant won the battle of Shiloh, not only from the tactical point of view, as the Confederates failed on their attempt to destroy or scatter his army, but especially from the strategical one because, after the battle they withdrew southward, opening the way to the occupation of Corinth and the control of a further long stretch of the Mississippi River by the Union.
Lord Cornwallis was one of the top British generals in the Revolutionary War. He was successful in several battles, but is best remembered for his surrender to colonial forces at Yorktown in 1781, effectively ending the war.
The Battle of Stalingrad.
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he was a big suck up
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It was the battle of Guilford Courthouse (near Greensboro, NC). While we lost that battle, Cornwallis (the English general) said that another such victory for the English and they shall lose the war.
Sled dogs do not lose confidence, infac it can help
Cornwallis lost at Yorktown because he got trapped on the peninsula and french and Americans surrounding all around him and he didn't want to lose any men so he surrendered.
Harald lost the battle due to Williams tactics of moving his troops out of their battle positions. Williams idea very soonly decreased his army.
In March of 1781, American General Nathan Greene lost a fierce battle to General Cornwallis at the Guilford Court House in North Carolina. Greene kept his composure, however, and the British, although victorious had to regroup. Cornwallis had to retreat in order to keep control of his supply base. In order to do this the British forces exhausted themselves in the forced march of almost 500 miles. As an aside, Cornwallis paid tribute to Greene as seen by his personal letters to a friend in New York.
Ultimately, American won through attrition. America made the war so costly for Great Britain for so long that Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown persuaded Parliament that it was better to lose the colonies than to continue in protracted and expensive war with no end in sight.
Because they were going to lose the war.