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HENRY CLINTON

Sir Henry Clinton was a British soldier. He was born in 1738 and died in 1795. he went to Boston as major-general in 1775 with Howe and John Burgoyne. In 1778 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British forces. He evacuated Philadelphia in June and on his retreat thence to New York fought with George Washington the indecisive battle of Monmouth. In May, 1778, he captured Charleston and the whole army under Lincoln. During the following summer he planned with Benedict Arnold the treasonable surrender of West Point. He failed to relieve Charles Cornwallis in October, 1781, and returned to England in 1782.
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