A Failed Campaign

Great Britain anticipated an easy victory at the start of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783). It planned to subdue the colonies in the North and then concentrate on the South. But after several years of fighting, General George Washington and his Continental Army always managed to avoid capture. In 1779, British commander in chief Sir Henry Clinton decided to reverse the strategy. Quick wins in Georgia and the Carolinas, he reasoned, would boost morale on the field and back