Question

British forces under general Clinton move from New York to take the city and occupy it and most of the state. What is the area of battle and the city?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no potions attached, we can say the following.

British forces under general Clinton moved from New York to take the city and occupy it and most of the state. The area of battle is South Carolina and the city was Charleston.

Here, we are talking about the worst defeat of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War of Independence against the British troops. The historic name is the Siege of Charleston, South Carolina. The battle lasted two months. It started on March 29 and ended on May 12, 1780.

Henry Clinton had evacuated the city of Newport, Rhode Island in 1779, while Wilhelm von Knyphausen stayed in New York. In December 1779, Clinton navigated all the way down the Savanna River and landed in Simmons Island, ready to attack Charleston.