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  1. 1 day ago · This is a list of people who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian Army or other British military force since the Acts of Union 1707.

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · In exile Martin laid plans to re-take North Carolina. He would raise an army of 10,000 and march it to a coastal rendezvous with Lord Cornwallis, Sir Henry Clinton, and naval officer Sir Peter Parker.

  3. Jun 24, 2024 · An answer to that part of the narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton by Charles Cornwallis. Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust Digital Library. K.B., which relates to the conduct of Lieutenant-General Earl Cornwallis, during the campaign in North-America, in the year 1781.

  4. 1 day ago · When Sir Henry Clinton's army, six thousand strong, waded ashore at Paulus Hook on September 22, 1778, friends of American Independence were wise to puzzle over his intentions, apprehending a decisive march northward along the Hudson River to "cut off the communication between the Southern and Eastern states."

  5. 3 days ago · The Cromwell Association Online Directory of Parliamentarian Army Officers. Compiled by Tim Wales. This resource contains the names of over 4,000 officers who served in the armies of Parliament during the first English civil war (1642-6), and in some cases subsequently.

  6. Jun 24, 2024 · Operations of the British army under Lieutenant Generals Sir William Howe and Sir Henry Clinton, June, 1777 to November, 1778, recorded by Major John André, adjutant general;to which is added The ethics of Major André's mission, by C. De W. Willcox, COL. U. S. A

  7. Jun 27, 2024 · The operations, particularly of the Second Division during the whirlwind campaign of Waterloo and the consequent march to Paris are described in great detail as are the details of the Army of Occupation which lasted until 1818, concluding with their embarkation. As well as his correspondence, Henry Clinton also kept a personal diary ...