News Paper Battle Article

Thursday March 15,1781. Another battle has taken place but this time at the Guliford Courthouse, North Carolina. Major General Greene and Lord Charles were at it. So many were either killed or wounded on both sides, so how many were killed or wounded on Major General Greene’s side 79 were killed and 185 were wounded while on Lord Charles’s side 93 were killed and 413 were wounded. Britain showed indications of ripping off stars and stripes, but Greene raised a new force comprising 1,700 continentals and about 2,700 militia. The battle began at noon and progressed unevenly. The tables turned for Americans in the fall of 1780, when in october a patriot defeated a loyalist. Additionally in late 1780 General George Washington appointed Major General Nathenale                                        Greene to head to the continental army in the south. The new commander decided to divide his troops in the Carolinas’ in order to force the larger British Contingent under Lieutenant General Charles CornWallis to fight them. It was a trechorous battle but sadly, the British won.             where i got this image      www.britishbattles.com

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