That single decision by Lord Cornwallis changed the very nature of the British Empire in India. In Ireland, the British nationalised eight million acres of land – a third of its total landmass.

The British fleet was late in coming to the aid of Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown. Why? Not only were they tardy, but they arrived with but half their fleet strength, and so were roundly defeated by ...

Lord Cornwallis has gotten a bum rap in America. He was a gifted troubleshooter who implemented a more streamlined, sustainable version of British power, so that London could emerge triumphant and ...

Hugh Dussek talked about Lord Cornwallis and his role in the Revolutionary War, focusing on the 1780 Battle of Charlotte. Mr. Dussek was interviewed at the site in downtown Charlotte where General ...

Charles, Lord Cornwallis. Despite numerical superiority, the Patriot forces suffered a humiliating rout, one of the worse defeats in American military history.

Having been defeated in New England and fought to a standstill in the middle colonies, in 1778 the British, under Lord Cornwallis, shifted their effort at defeating the American war for independence ...

This was a tragic accident," lead British investigator Lord John Stevens said today. "Three people tragically lost their lives in the accident and one was seriously injured.

The shade of Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, will revisit the scenes of his American campaigns from New York to the Carolinas in a one-night appearance at St. Paul’s Church, Summerville, on the ...

IN ONE memorable scene in the Hollywood spectacular The Patriot, Lord Cornwallis, the corpulent, pompous, preening servant of King George III, unleashes a volley of abuse at his subordinates. He ...