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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fought on August 16, 1780, the Revolutionary War Battle of Camden, South Carolina, pitted American forces under Major General Horatio Gates against a small British field force commanded by ...

One of his radicalizing moments came in 1773, when Parliament exonerated Lord Robert Clive, who had helped install British rule over India through force and corruption.

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 ...