Cornwallis
[kawrn-waw-lis, -wol-is]
- Charles, 1st Marquis,1738–1805, British general and statesman: surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, October 19, 1781.
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Contemporary Examples
The British still held New York when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in October 1781.
After all, Cornwallis' surrender only deprived Britain of 8,000 of its 42,000 troops in North America (p. 74).
Cornwallis himself remained in Yorktown, pleading indisposition but perhaps unable to face the triumph of revolution.
Historical Examples
I hope we shall soon be able to push Lord Cornwallis in turn.
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis MarionWilliam Dobein James
I had never been further on the road between Halifax and Annapolis, than to Cornwallis.
Ned MyersJames Fenimore Cooper
Cornwallis Bland sneers back, meanwhile reelin' in his saddle.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
This done, he turns to reemonstrate with Cornwallis Bland for his obstinancy.
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
And address the envelope, of course, to Mrs. Cornwallis English.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
Cornwallis
- Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis. 1738–1805, British general in the War of American Independence: commanded forces defeated at Yorktown (1781): defeated Tipu Sahib (1791): governor general of Bengal (1786–93, 1805): negotiated the Treaty of Amiens (1801)
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