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Losing America, Conquering India - Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire (Paperback)
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Losing America, Conquering India - Lord Cornwallis and the Remaking of the British Empire (Paperback)
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On October 19, 1781, British general Charles Lord Cornwallis
surrendered his army at Yorktown, effectively ending the
Revolutionary War and conceding the independence of the United
States of America. Britain soon overcame the humiliation of defeat
by expanding its empire elsewhere. Five years after Yorktown,
Cornwallis was installed as governor and commander of the army in
India, determined to make the subcontinent the brightest jewel in
the British crown. Officers who served under him during the War
rose to high positions in the British army and navy. Emulating
Cornwallis's deep sense of duty to king and country, they
vigorously pursued the conquest of India, put down the 1798 Irish
Rebellion, defended Canada, defeated the Dutch at the Cape of Good
Hope, occupied Ceylon and battled Napoleon. Prominent among them
was General Sir James Henry Craig, governor of Canada, whose clumsy
attempt to spy on the U.S. was a factor in setting off the War of
1812.
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