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Siege and Surrender of Charles Town in 1780 Report
London Gazette extraordinary reports General Clinton and Admiral Arbuthnot detailing the Charleston siege. It covers troop movements from Savannah to Ashley River, batteries, parallels, and capitulation on May 12 with six thousand captured and prize ships, artillery, and stores. Mentions Cornwallis Tarleton Paterson Leslie and Moncrieff, and ships Roebuck Elphinston Gambier and Arbuthnot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitthall
Earl of Lincoln
Henry Clinton
Bath
Lord George Gernam
Charles
Royal Navy
Georgia
Paterson
Savannah
Ashley River
Ashley
Elphinstone
Charles Town
Sullivan’s Island
Perreneau
Scone River
Wappoo
S Mall
Stono
Fort Johnson
Webster
Cooper’s River
Biggin
Cooper
Tarleton
Ferguson
Wandoo
Servee Bay
Spencer’s Inlet
New York
Cooper River
Earl Cornwallis
Arbuthnot
Sullivan’s Land
Hudson
Sips
Santee
Pirallel
Lincoln
Leslie
Artilley
Leslie, Hayne
K ‘Fborth
Royal Artillery
Corps of Engineers
Brisith
Heffian
Ores Carleton
Moncrieff
C. H. Clinton
Perseus
Keith Elphinston
Spithead
South Carolina
Andrew Hammond
Mr. Stephens
Roebuck
Admiralty
Amsterdam
Europe
Edisto
John’s Island
Elphinston
Evans
Charles Town Bar
Middle Ground
Fort Moultrie
Bar
Bricole
Notre Dame
Queen of France
Truste
General Moultrie
Shute
Bionde
Virginia
Raleigh
Sandwich
Renown
James Island
Richmond
Acetus
Hog’s Island
Sullivan’s Mand
Mount Pleasant
Lord Cornwallis
Wando River
Hudson, Orde
Gambier
Lempries Point
Fort Sullivan
Hudson and Gambier
Knowles
Batte
Orde
Offiers
Bowers
M.arbuthnot