Shots tore through their ranks. Undaunted, the men continued to surge toward an old stone house occupied by British General Lord Cornwallis and his Redcoats. Thousands of British and Hessian ...

Blame the Patriots more than the cunning Dunmore. Norfolk native Andrew Lawler’s latest book is a lively gathering of ...

The anniversary of what can be called the “fall of Bangalore,” passed us by on March 21. The last stand by Tipu Sultan’s ...

Charles Cornwallis (December 31, 1738 - October 5, 1805) was a British Army general and official who became the first Governor-General appointed under the Government of India Act. Why is he called ...

Lord Charles Cornwallis. His forces were on their way to the pivotal Battle of Yorktown, where the British suffered great losses and surrendered. The war officially ended in 1783. Archaeological ...

Today, you can stroll the battlefield where British Redcoats decimated American troops and tour the house where Lord Cornwallis established a temporary base of operations. But history is just one ...