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British Commanders

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General who ordered the attack on Lexington and Concord; recalled to England after the battle of Bunker Hill Thomas Gage
Fought at Long Island; pursued Washington's army across New Jersey, fought at second battle of Trenton and at Brandywine; in the South he triumphed at Camden yet his reserves were sapped at Guilford Courthouse and eventually surrendered at Yorktown Charles Cornwallis
Commanded a loyalist regiment; became hated in the South; defeated at Cowpens by Daniel Morgan, he commanded the British forces at Gloucester Point at Yorktown Banastre Tarleton
Shared in the British victory at Long Island; succeeded Howe as commander of the British forces; and clashed inconclusively with Washington at Monmouth. In 1779 he shifted his theater of operations to the south, joined and captured Charleston in 1780 Henry Clinton
He persuaded the king to let him lead an invasion from Canada; he reoccupied Crown Point and captured Fort Ticonderoga; however, the plan eventually stalled and he was forced to surrender at Saratoga John Burgoyne
He was ordered into the countryside to guard the British western flank in SC. His tactics of intimidation only angered the local mountain men who came together and pursued him to King's Mountain, where they defeated his unit and where he was killed. Patrick Ferguson
Evacuated British troops from Boston to New York where he defeated Washington's army at Long Island, White Plains. Later, he also defeated Washington at Brandywine and Germantown William Howe
Commanded the British fleet in America from 1776 - 78 Richard Howe
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