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the British were able to establish a strong position in the South A+
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Francis Marion was one of the leaders in the South. He was known as the Swamp Fox and attacked the British in South Carolina. General Nathaniel Green was sent to South Carolina and lost at the Battle of Camden. Nathaniel Green also lost at The Battle of Guilford Court House but at the cost of a great number of British soldiers. This led the British to the Battle of Yorktown where General George Washington and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau trapped Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown.
Charleston, Charleston again, Camden and Kings Mountain.
The battle of Camden.
the British were able to establish a strong position in the South A+
General Cornwallis defeated the American forces led by Major General Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina on August 16, 1780. The battle was a significant victory for the British during the American Revolutionary War, as it solidified British control in the southern colonies. Gates' defeat was a major setback for the Continental Army, leading to a reassessment of military leadership and strategy in the region.
In battle in the south, British victories didn't seem to matter. The British won at Charleston and Camden, but the Americans kept retreating but not giving up.
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General Gates, the hero of Saratoga, has an army of 3,052 before the battle. Many of these were men who had not worked together and 2/3 were militia with little if any training. Gates lost to the British troops at Camden.
American army under Haratio Gates marched from they north and threatened the brits in South Carolina
Francis Marion was one of the leaders in the South. He was known as the Swamp Fox and attacked the British in South Carolina. General Nathaniel Green was sent to South Carolina and lost at the Battle of Camden. Nathaniel Green also lost at The Battle of Guilford Court House but at the cost of a great number of British soldiers. This led the British to the Battle of Yorktown where General George Washington and Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau trapped Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown.
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Charleston, Charleston again, Camden and Kings Mountain.
The British were able to establish a strong position in the south. Also, it nearly destroied the colonists army in the south. Therefore, the colonists switched tactics to a guerrilla warfare stratagy.
The battle of Camden.
In the battle of Camden, South Carolina, General Gage put militia in the line. The militia ran. The rest of the line could not withstand the British attack. While Colonial Militia were quite effective under certain conditions, they did not withstand a direct charge by professional solders.