Posted on 03/19/2009 6:02:41 AM PDT by Crush
Military Milestones from a Kentucky Raider to 'a Bulldog of a Fighter'
Mar. 15, 1781: British Army forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Charles Cornwallis march toward a pyrrhic victory over Continental Army and militia forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Greene at Guilford Courthouse (near present-day Greensboro), N.C.
Once engaged, the two armies fight for less than two hours. Tactically, it ends in a victory for Cornwallis, who drives Greenes forces from the field. But British losses are heavy.
Cornwallis will purportedly say, I never saw such fighting since God made me. The Americans fought like demons. When word of Guilford Courthouse reaches London, Parliamentarian Charles James Fox will declare: Another such victory would ruin the British army!
Cornwallis entire army will surrender to the combined American-French forces of Generals George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown, Virginia, Oct. 19, almost seven months to the day after Guilford Courthouse.
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